Front-end Architect

Location: Tel Aviv, Israel

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Position Summary

MediaOS is seeking a highly experienced Front-End Architect to lead the architectural vision, design, and evolution of our next-generation media and healthcare marketing technology platform. This role is responsible for defining and governing front-end architecture across multiple products, teams, and customer experiences, ensuring scalability, performance, security, maintainability, and exceptional user experience.

The Front-End Architect will partner closely with Product Management, UX Design, Engineering leadership, Enterprise Architecture, and development teams to establish technical direction and standards while enabling engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions rapidly. The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in modern web technologies with strong leadership, mentoring, and strategic planning capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Define and own the front-end architectural strategy for the MediaOS platform.
• Establish standards, patterns, and best practices across applications, shared libraries, and design systems.
• Lead technology evaluations, architectural reviews, and modernization initiatives.
• Drive consistency and reuse through component-based architecture and platform engineering principles.
• Develop architectural roadmaps aligned with business objectives and product strategy.
• Serve as the front-end subject matter expert for complex technical initiatives.

Platform & Engineering Excellence

• Design scalable, high-performance web applications supporting enterprise-scale workloads.
• Lead the evolution of shared UI frameworks, component libraries, and design systems.
• Define standards for observability, accessibility, security, performance, and maintainability.
• Establish governance processes for architectural decisions and technical debt management.
• Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to optimize CI/CD pipelines and developer experience.
• Champion cloud-native and micro-frontend architectural patterns where appropriate.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with UX teams to translate design systems into reusable engineering frameworks.
• Work closely with back-end architects to define API integration standards and front-end data strategies.
• Collaborate with product leaders to ensure architectural decisions support business outcomes.
• Participate in planning and estimation for large-scale platform initiatives.

Mentoring & Leadership

• Mentor senior and staff engineers on architecture, design patterns, and engineering best practices.
• Influence technical decisions across multiple development teams without direct authority.
• Facilitate architecture review boards and technical design discussions.
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence, continuous learning, and innovation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years focused on front-end architecture and large-scale web applications.
• Deep expertise in modern JavaScript and TypeScript development.
• Extensive experience with Vue.JS and enterprise-scale front-end ecosystems.
• Strong understanding of state management, component architecture, and application performance optimization.
• Experience designing and implementing design systems and shared UI platforms.
• Proven experience leading technical strategy across multiple teams and products.
• Strong understanding of API design, integration patterns, and modern web services.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and distributed systems.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within healthcare, life sciences, advertising technology, digital marketing, or media platforms.
• Experience with micro-frontends and federated architecture patterns.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and secure development practices.
• Experience with GraphQL, event-driven architectures, and real-time web applications.
• Familiarity with Azure cloud services and modern DevOps practices.
• Experience leading platform modernization or digital transformation initiatives.
• Prior people leadership or architecture community leadership experience.

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