Senior Front End Architect - Client Engagement
Hybrid · Architect 10+ yrs · Today
Posted by Tyler Wood. “Tyler Wood, recruiter at Gartner, posted an opening for a Senior Architect (Front-End Architecture) in Stamford, CT. Looking for 10+ years of experience with React, Next.js, and cloud architecture to guide frontend standards across 50+ engineering squads.”
Quick Take
Senior Front End Architect role at Gartner in Stamford, CT (Hybrid). Looking for 10+ years of experience with React, Next.js, and cloud-native enterprise web architecture. Sourced directly from a recruiter post on LinkedIn — high signal opportunity to set engineering strategy across 50+ teams.
🏢 About Gartner
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is an internationally recognized research and advisory leader delivering actionable, objective insights to enterprise executives worldwide. Spanning more than 20,000 associates across approximately 90 countries and territories, Gartner equips leaders in IT, finance, HR, legal, and operations with authoritative data, research methodologies, and digital tools to execute mission-critical priorities.
🎯 The Role
Gartner IT is hiring a Senior Front End Architect for the Client Engagement organization. In this leadership position, you will drive strategic front-end architecture, formulate technical standards, and steer web application modernization across more than 50 Scrum engineering teams. You will work within the Product Architecture group to pioneer reusable frontend modules, establish engineering governance, and guide high-volume digital platforms that serve enterprise clients worldwide.
🛠️ Tech Stack
- React.js & Next.js
- TypeScript & Modern JavaScript (ESNext)
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Services
- Docker, Kubernetes, Container Pipelines
- Microservices & RESTful APIs
- Java & Spring Boot (ecosystem alignment)
- Web Performance Optimization & Accessibility (WCAG)
💼 What You'll Do
- Architect, design, and champion modern client-side architectures for web applications accessed by millions of professionals.
- Establish technology roadmaps, shared engineering standards, and architectural blueprints for Client Engagement applications.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, conduct proof-of-concept R&D, and construct scalable frontend frameworks for rapid adoption across feature squads.
- Partner closely with product development teams, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineers to ensure high availability, resilience, and security.
- Conduct architecture reviews, establish front-end performance benchmarks, and mentor engineering leads across the global organization.
✅ What You'll Need
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in software development and architectural design for customer-facing web platforms.
- Deep expertise in modern frontend frameworks, specifically React and Next.js, alongside modern state management and bundling techniques.
- Demonstrated experience deploying cloud-native web solutions on AWS with Docker and container orchestration.
- Proven track record of influencing engineering strategy and technical governance across large, multi-team engineering organizations.
- Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
🌟 Nice to Have
- Prior dedicated experience serving as an Enterprise or Solution Architect within high-scale distributed environments.
- Familiarity with enterprise backend platforms like Java, Spring Boot, or microservice service meshes.
- In-depth mastery of Core Web Vitals, browser runtime profiling, and web performance optimization strategies.
- Practical experience integrating developer tooling such as GitHub Copilot and modern AI coding assistants.
Why This Role?
This listing comes straight from a hiring manager or recruiter post — not an ATS scrape. You can often reach out directly, and these roles move fast. The tech stack leans on React, Next.js, TypeScript and more. Tagged 💰 High Comp for above-market pay.
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