Senior Angular Architect

Derex Technologies Inc specializes in providing IT consulting, staffing solutions and software services. Globally headquartered in Harrison New Jersey since 1996 Derex delivers the highest quality technology professionals and an array of customized IT talent solutions designed to improve productivity and drive results to global clients throughout North America. With over two decades of unparalleled experience, Derex provides supports to its clientele, across such industries as Systems Integration, Banking and Finance, Telecommunications, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences, Energy, Healthcare, Technology, Transportation, and local and federal Government agencies. Position Title: Senior Angular Architect Reports to: Engineering Lead FLSA Classification: Exempt Location : DMV area, hybrid – primarily remote with in-person client engagement as needed Travel Requirements : Occasional travel within the DC-metro area for customer engagements and team on-sites Background Check Required: Yes Position Summary The Senior Angular Architect owns the front-end architecture of CloudAI's products and customer solutions, from application structure and state management through performance, accessibility, and release. The role sets the standards other engineers build against, makes the framework and library decisions a codebase lives with for years, and stays close enough to the code to prove those decisions work. Working alongside back-end, data, and AI engineers, the Senior Angular Architect ensures the user-facing layer of a solution is coherent, accessible, performant, and maintainable. As a senior technical leader, the architect mentors engineers and raises the quality of front-end practice across CloudAI. Key Responsibilities Own the front-end architecture of CloudAI products and customer solutions. Define application structure, module boundaries, state management, routing, and component hierarchy for Angular applications intended to last. Select and govern the front-end stack, including libraries, component systems, build tooling, and testing frameworks, and record the reasoning behind each decision. Design the integration layer between the application and back-end services, including GraphQL and REST contracts, caching, error handling, and authentication flows. Establish performance, accessibility, and security standards, and hold the codebase to them through review and automated checks. Build the hard parts and set the pattern for the rest. Implement the foundational and highest-risk portions of the application directly, including shared component libraries, design system implementation, and complex interaction patterns. Lead framework migrations and version upgrades, including legacy AngularJS or older Angular versions, standalone components, and signal-based state. Diagnose and resolve rendering, performance, and bundle size problems through measurement rather than assumption. Navigate changing requirements and shifting priorities without compromising the integrity of the architecture. Raise the capability of the engineering team. Review code with an emphasis on teaching, and mentor engineers on Angular patterns, TypeScript, testing, and accessibility. Partner with design to translate design systems into implemented, reusable, documented components. Define the front-end definition of done, including coverage expectations, and partner with test automation on the strategy that enforces it. Contribute to solution shaping and delivery. Estimate front-end effort, identify technical risk, and contribute to solution approach during presales and project planning. Engage customers directly on technical decisions, constraints, and trade-offs. Systematize standards, templates, and starter tooling as new needs surface from engagement work. Competencies & Skills Technical and interpersonal competencies required to succeed in this role, spanning both hard skills (tools, technologies, methodologies) and soft skills (communication, problem-solving, stakeholder management). Core Competencies Customer and Business Focus: Starts with the customer, works efficiently, and delivers lasting value through continuous improvement Ownership and Delivery: Takes ownership, honors commitments, moves with urgency, and delivers their best work Curiosity and Growth: Goes deep to understand the 'why,' stays open to new ideas, and challenges the status quo Candor and Collaboration: Leads with transparency, welcomes thoughtful disagreement, and chooses the path based on the merit of ideas Empathy and Respect: Listens to understand, respects others' perspectives, and acts as a team player Technical Competencies Angular at depth, including modern versions, standalone components, signals, RxJS, dependency injection, change detection, and the Angular CLI and build pipeline. TypeScript, HTML, and CSS at an expert level, including responsive layout, design token systems, and cross-browser behavior. Front-end architecture patterns, including monorepo tooling such as Nx, micro-frontends, state management such as NgRx, and shared component library design. React and Next.js preferred, at a depth sufficient to evaluate framework selection, support solutions built outside Angular, and reason about server-side rendering, static generation, and hydration against the trade-offs of a client-rendered application. API integration, including GraphQL clients, REST, and authentication and authorization flows such as OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and Cognito. Testing and quality, including Jest, Jasmine, or Karma for unit testing, Cypress or Playwright for end-to-end testing, and accessibility validation against WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508. CI/CD and cloud deployment of front-end applications, including AWS or Azure hosting, CDN configuration, and build optimization. Delivery Competencies Ownership: Remains with a problem until it is resolved rather than escalating to transfer it. Independent judgment: