Frontend Architect

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About the role

  • Frontend Architect owning React, Next.js, and AWS architecture for Caylent, an AI-first cloud services company. Designing secure, real-time applications and guiding client delivery teams.

Responsibilities

  • Own the architecture of modern, high-performance, real-time web applications built on AWS.
  • Lead technical discovery and define frontend and edge architecture.
  • Guide delivery teams through standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and related activities.
  • Author architecture decisions, solution designs, and diagrams.
  • Present trade-offs and recommendations to technical and executive stakeholders.
  • Stay hands-on in code, set frontend standards, conduct design and code reviews, and mentor Senior and Mid-level engineers.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-assisted development and AI-powered user experiences.
  • Partner with Design, Backend Architects, Cloud/DevOps engineers, and Project Management.
  • Ensure frontend architecture aligns with data models, API contracts, security requirements, and infrastructure.
  • Deliver client experiences, communicate project status and risk, and provide solutions aligned with business outcomes.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 3 years focused on frontend engineering and 1+ years in a technical lead, architect, or equivalent role.
  • Expert-level experience building production applications with React.js and TypeScript, including state management, rendering performance, component architecture, and design systems.
  • Deep experience with Next.js, including the App Router, server components, SSR, SSG, ISR, route handlers, middleware, and caching strategies.
  • Strong experience designing and consuming GraphQL APIs, including schema design, queries and mutations, fragments, pagination, caching, and client libraries such as Apollo Client, Relay, or urql.
  • Hands-on experience implementing GraphQL Subscriptions for real-time experiences (WebSockets), including connection lifecycle, reconnection, filtering, authorization, and scale considerations.
  • Practical experience with AWS AppSync, including resolvers, data sources, authorization modes, and real-time/Events APIs.
  • Practical experience with Amazon CloudFront, including cache policies, origin configuration, CloudFront Functions and Lambda@Edge, and performance and cost tuning.
  • Working knowledge of AWS WAF and web security fundamentals, including OWASP Top 10, CSP, CORS, XSS/CSRF, and secure authentication flows.
  • Experience designing CI/CD pipelines for frontend applications.
  • Deep understanding of web performance, accessibility (WCAG), and frontend observability.
  • Experience with frontend testing strategies, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
  • Experience collaborating with UX/UI designers and contributing to early design conversations.
  • Experience with Generative AI technologies for productivity and frontend AI feature integration.
  • Experience contributing to and delivering on client-facing customer engagements.
  • Current legal authorization to work in Canada; Caylent cannot sponsor visa or work permit applications.
  • Preferred: AWS certifications; micro-frontends; monorepos; design systems; Amazon Cognito or other identity providers; API gateways and BFF patterns; AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform, or other IaC tools; LLMs, Amazon Bedrock, AI-first user experiences; consulting or professional services experience.

Benefits

  • 100% remote work
  • Equitable Life - Hybrid Plan
  • 100% Premium Coverage for the employee and dependents
  • Competitive phantom equity
  • Long-Term Disability
  • 4% Pension match (employer contribution)
  • Unlimited Vacations
  • Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays
  • Parental Leave
  • Paid for exams and certifications
  • Peer bonus awards
  • State of the art laptop and tools
  • Equipment & Office Stipend
  • Individual professional development plan
  • Annual stipend for Learning and Development
  • Work with an amazing worldwide team and in an incredible corporate culture

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

CA$152,000 - CA$171,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Tech skills

ApolloAWSCloudGraphQLJavaScriptNext.jsReactTerraformTypeScript

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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