At Degreed, we believe that learning is the key to unlocking opportunities. As the premier upskilling platform, we empower individuals to connect their skills and ambitions with meaningful growth opportunities. By integrating everything people use to learn—skill insights, courses, videos, articles, and projects—we create personalized pathways for career advancement. Our mission is to discover, empower, and celebrate the next generation of global expertise. Join us in shaping the future of learning and workforce development.
We are looking for an experienced Frontend Architect who has a solid technical background with significant hands-on coding skills, communication, and leadership skills. This person is excited about working with our product and engineering teams, designing and implementing scalable systems to join our team.
In this position you will work along-side other architects and work with experienced developers, product managers, and engineering managers to advise and implement reliable, robust and scalable solutions for the Degreed LXP. You will support multiple product teams providing mentorship, technical guidance, and knowledge transfers. We require individuals who are lifelong learners and passionate about taking on new challenges with a continuous improvement mindset.
This role will be based onsite in Bengaluru, India. After an in-office onboarding period, incumbents are expected to be available in office for a few days per week as part of hybrid work model. Candidates will also be required to travel internationally 1-2 times annually for full company gatherings.
Day in the Life
- Use Jira to manage your tasks and communicate status with peers and executive leadership.
- Participate in Code Reviews for multiple teams to approve architecture and implementations standards and practices.
- Provide mentorship and technical leadership to product team members, fostering their growth and development.
- Work with Product Designers to guide design best practices. Implement new or refactored shared FE libraries for engineers
- Lead end-to-end implementation of new user-facing features and enhancements as a technical leader providing guidance to other frontend developers and setting vision for the team.
- Collaborate with product owners to ensure features/changes meet business requirements and fulfill the Degreed strategy
- Work closely with designers, UX, and other developers to gain deep understanding of new features, dependencies, and technical details
- Regularly assess and propose enhancements to existing engineering processes, including aspects like deployment, monitoring, localization, accessibility, and troubleshooting.
- Guide teams and engineers on
- Best practices for Gitflow, feature work, and rebase practices.
- Conducting great, collaborative code reviews.
- Testing strategies, practices, and implementations
- Training on best practices for state management and performance improvements.
- Guide engineering teams on Tailwind Best Practices and Code Review
- Design Angular and React libraries, components, and services with a focus on modularity and scalability.
- Implement beautiful layouts using Tailwind CSS and HTML, demonstrating expertise in frontend development techniques.
- Actively participate in troubleshooting production issues and work with the team to continuously evaluate and improve the quality, reliability, and scalability of the LXP application.
- Continually improve the quality of UI code, setting high standards for code maintainability, readability, and reusability.
- Are an advocate for innovation, code quality + clarity, and provide inspiration for engineers
- Are a sponsor and promote great engineering efforts and quality.
Who You Are
We seek outstanding individuals to join our outstanding teams. As a Frontend Architect you not only want to deliver great products you also want to collaborate with other great architects and engineers, and you also want to share your experience with other engineers:
Background
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent
- 10 or more years of FE Experience
- Implemented and delivered 4 or more web products
Technical Expertise
- Experienced with (3 or more years each):
- ES6 & Typescript & Generics
- Angular v14+,
- React 18+
- RxJS v6+
- (bonus) Testing with Jest: Unit & Integration
- (bonus) Nx Monorepo
- Expert with Git, Gitflow, Code Reviews
- Expert with encapsulating UI code, isolating business code,
- Able to teach best practices and architecture patterns (training proof required)
- Expert with state management issues and solutions: (NgRx, Redux, Zustand, Elf, etc.)
- Expert with REST API development and architectures (GraphQL bonus).
Leadership Expertise
- Demonstrated technical leadership experience in an agile environment, with a strong ability to guide and mentor other team members.
- Comfortable creating highly scalable SaaS systems with a focus on decision-making
- Possess strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and documentation skills
- Solution-driven with ability to understand the big picture
- Highly organized, detail oriented, and able to work autonomously with minimal direction
Please be prepared to share examples of your work, documentation, solutions, etc.
What Sets You Apart
- You have 3 or more FE-relevant blogs where you shared your learnings
- You have FE animation, motion, and transition experience
- You have experience using PWA and Service workers
- You have experience building component libraries
- You have expert experience with RxJS and GraphQL
- Knowledge of a11y ARIA attributes and screen reader technologies is desirable.
- Knowledge of end-to-end testing with Cypress would be beneficial
- Familiarity with backend technologies such as with C#, .Net 6+, and SQL
At Degreed we value:
Diversity and Inclusion: We embrace individuals from all backgrounds and aim to build an environment where everyone can thrive.
Growth Mindset: We encourage continuous learning and development for our employees to grow their careers in line with their unique skills and goals.
Collaboration: We believe the best ideas come from teams working together, and we foster open communication and teamwork.
By joining our team, you’ll be part of a community that values continuous learning, collaboration, and making an impact. If you are passionate about driving change through learning and upskilling, we encourage you to apply and become a key contributor to our mission.
Work Environment & Physical Demands
Degreed offers a range of work arrangements depending on the role. Some positions are fully remote, while others are hybrid if you’re near an office. Please check the job details for specifics.
In remote or hybrid roles, you’ll collaborate virtually using tools like Zoom and Slack. You’ll need to operate a laptop and remain stationary for extended periods, with the ability to interpret written and verbal communication.
We are committed to creating an inclusive and flexible work environment that enables you to thrive.
Additional Information
Degreed provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
We believe in the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. Degreed will provide reasonable accommodations to those with disabilities during the application, interview, and employment process.
In line with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Degreed participates in the E-Verify employment verification program.
Fraudulent Recruitment Warning
Please be aware of fraudulent recruitment activities using the name “Degreed.” Scammers may impersonate Degreed, our website, or our team in recruitment scams. Degreed does not conduct recruitment through WhatsApp, Telegram, or any direct-messaging platforms. Official communication will always come from a Degreed.com email or phone number during the interview process. We do not request sensitive personal or financial information in unsolicited communications, nor do we offer roles requiring upfront payments or promising unrealistic returns. Stay vigilant and report any suspicious recruitment activity.
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What We Do
Degreed is the upskilling platform that connects learning to opportunities. We integrate everything people use to learn and build their careers — skill insights, LMSs, courses, videos, articles and projects — and match everyone to growth opportunities that fit their unique skills, roles, and goals. To learn even more, head over to http://degreed.com
