Software Engineer – Frontend (UI Architecture & Platform)

Location: Dallas (DFW Metroplex)

Experience: 3-6 years

About the Role

Optym is seeking a Software Engineer – Frontend to join our AI product team as a strong individual contributor with growing leadership responsibilities. This role is focused on building scalable, high-performance frontend systems while driving UI architecture, design consistency, and innovation across AI-driven applications.

You will play a key role in shaping frontend standards, contributing to a unified design system, and exploring modern UI paradigms for AI-powered workflows. This includes working on micro-frontend architectures, design-to-code integrations, and scalable state management patterns.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and ship scalable frontend applications using Next.js, React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS
• Contribute to and maintain a unified component library and design system, ensuring consistency across products
• Architect and implement micro-frontend solutions using Module Federation, Import Maps, or similar approaches
• Develop and integrate MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers (e.g., Figma MCP) for design-to-code and UI automation workflows
• Implement robust state management solutions using Context API, Zustand, or similar modern patterns
• Build reliable real-time UX patterns using SSE, WebSockets, and fallback polling strategies
• Optimize performance for large-scale applications (rendering, memory usage, virtualization, and bundle optimization)
• Ensure accessibility, responsiveness, and high UI quality standards across applications
• Lead and mentor frontend engineers, contributing to UI architecture decisions and engineering standards
• Drive UI-focused R&D initiatives, experimenting with new interaction patterns and AI-driven user experiences
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Backend teams to deliver cohesive solutions
• Contribute to testing, code reviews, CI/CD processes, and release quality

Required Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 3–6 years of experience building production-grade web applications
• Strong expertise in TypeScript, React, and modern frontend architecture patterns
• Hands-on experience with Next.js and API integration strategies
• Proven experience designing or contributing to component libraries or design systems
• Experience with state management (Context API, Zustand, or equivalent)
• Solid understanding of micro-frontend architecture and scalable frontend design
• Experience building real-time UI systems (SSE/WebSockets/polling)
• Strong knowledge of performance optimization, debugging, and browser internals
• Familiarity with design-to-code workflows and MCP-like integrations
• Strong software engineering fundamentals: modular design, testing, CI/CD, and version control

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI-driven or AI-assisted user interfaces
• Familiarity with design tools integration (e.g., Figma MCP, automated UI pipelines)
• Experience in aviation, logistics, or operations-focused domains
• Experience leading or mentoring a frontend/UI team
• Strong interest in UI architecture, platform thinking, and scalable frontend ecosystems
• Exposure to auth/RBAC systems

Why Join Optym

• Work on high-impact problems for global clients.
• Collaborate with world-class experts in optimization and AI.
• Opportunity to see your algorithms deployed at scale in real operations.
• Innovative culture, flexible environment, and strong growth potential.

We follow a hybrid model where we work from office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.