UI/Front End Lead(Angular):: Jersey City, NJ – Hybrid

Role: UI/Front End Lead(Angular)

Location: Jersey City, NJ – Hybrid

Duration: 12 Months

We are looking for top quality and they will work hybrid – able to be in the NJ office when needed

As part of the interview the team will want to know what products they have delivered from a tech perspective and how they manage senior stakeholders

The client has asked for the following things:

• Team lead experience - they will manage a team of 8-10 people including Angular and Java resources
• Strong Angular and front-end skills (CSS/Typescript included); they are using Angular 20 - 70%
• Java / springboot - 30%
• Stakeholder management - they are working in a matrixed organization and will have to interact with team leads/teams and with product teams and senior stakeholders
• Sports experience

What we are looking at while evaluating candidates: This is what interviews cover.

JavaScript

• Able to clearly explain how the JavaScript engine works, including:

• Single threaded execution model
• Handling asynchronous tasks using callback queues
• Event loop mechanism and workload management

• Demonstrate good understanding of JS fundamentals.

CSS

• Strong knowledge of mobile-first design, media queries, and responsive UI approaches.
• Familiar with the BEM methodology for CSS structuring.
• Improvement Area: Needs more depth in CSS optimization techniques and use of CSS variables for dynamic styling.

TypeScript

• Demonstrate solid understanding of:

• Types and interfaces
• Reusability patterns
• Best coding practices

• Follows coding standards using ESLint, formatting rules, and tools.

Angular

• Good knowledge of core Angular concepts:

• Change Detection Strategy, including OnPush usage scenarios
• Async Pipe, trackBy, and safe unsubscribe patterns using takeUntil and DestroyRef
• Able to explain Signals (readable, writable), effect, and computed.

• Understands Zone pollution, ngZone(), and use cases for runOutsideAngular().

Backend – Java / Spring Boot

• Capable of applying object oriented design patterns:

• Singleton Pattern
• Factory Pattern for handling multiple payment gateways

• Good understanding of backend reliability concepts:

• Idempotent design through unique request IDs and status tracking
• Explained IOC Container, bean lifecycle, and POJO usage

• Familiar with:

• Cron job configurations
• Logging via Log4J

• Able to explain:

• Circuit Breaker, retry logic, and rate limiting
• Event driven architecture and message queues
• Basics of WAF and API Gateways

Team Leadership & Mentoring

• Demonstrates good leadership traits:

• Delegates tasks effectively
• Monitors progress
• Guides juniors to take ownership
• Wore on code quality improvements and refactoring for optimization.

• Highlight risks proactively (e.g., Angular/Java security upgrades) and works on mitigation.