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Front-End Lead — Digital Banking & Public Web Experience (credit unions)

RemoteLeadPosted Aug 21, 2026
ReactTypeScriptNext.jsAEMForgeWCAG+15 more

About this role

Lead front-end engineering for credit union public websites, building reusable CMS-driven components and translating design systems into production code. Own the component architecture connecting UX vision to CMS platforms while mentoring developers and ensuring accessibility, performance, and SEO excellence.

Must have

10+ years in modern front-end development

Strong React and TypeScript experience

Next.js experience highly desirable

Experience building enterprise-scale responsive websites

Experience integrating with CMS platforms via REST or GraphQL

Strong component architecture and design-system experience

Excellent HTML, CSS, and JavaScript fundamentals

Strong accessibility expertise

Understanding of SEO, performance optimization, and analytics

Experience with enterprise security and regulated environments

Financial-services experience preferred

Experience with AEM, Sitecore, Kentico, Drupal, Sanity, dotCMS, Umbraco, or similar

Technologies

JavaScriptReactHTMLTypeScriptGitRESTCSSGraphQLNext.jsSEODrupalCI/CDAEMSitecoreKenticoSanitydotCMSUmbracoForgeAnalyticsWCAG

Responsibilities

Lead front-end engineering for new public websites for credit unions

Build reusable, CMS-driven components and page templates

Work closely with UX to translate design system into component library

Integrate front-end components with CMS APIs and structured content

Develop responsive experiences across desktop, tablet and mobile

Ensure WCAG accessibility compliance

Optimize Core Web Vitals, page performance, SEO and rendering

Implement analytics, tagging and consent-management requirements

Integrate front-end journeys with digital banking and account-opening platforms

Establish front-end architecture, coding standards and development practices

Support headless or composable architectures where selected

Conduct code reviews and mentor other developers

Work with QA on automated and manual testing

Collaborate with DevOps on CI/CD and environment management

Support migration testing, launch, and stabilization

Create reusable AEQ components and accelerators for future migrations

Recruitment process

1

Owns implementation quality of member-facing web experience for credit union

2

Works closely with UX Lead and CMS Technical Lead

3

Senior, hands-on engineer who leads technically while building production code

4

Experience with Central1 Forge Digital Banking Experience preferred

5

Compensation is 80 to 100 dollars per hour depending on skill set