Frontend Architect (~80-85 k/y, FI-Helsinki)

***IMPORTANT***: Eligible candidate must have a residency in Finland.

Join our interesting ongoing customer development project!

Are you a visionary Frontend Architect ready to build an innovative, large-scale, framework-agnostic micro-frontend platform for the public sector? Join a mission-critical domain where your work will directly impact citizens and shape the future of UI architecture across multiple development teams.

The Opportunity

You will be the core technical leader within a hands-on Enterprise Architecture (EA) team, partnering closely with talented designers. Your mandate is clear: enforce a standards-based, interoperable UI architecture across 5–6 development teams (including an offshore vendor) to ensure predictable integration, clear contracts, and consistent component interoperability.

This is a long-running, significant domain where impact is measured in the long term.

Your Responsibilites

• Own the Architecture: Define, evolve, and champion the front-end architecture blueprint, ensuring its consistent adoption across all development teams.
• Drive Web Standards: Act as the expert champion for W3C web standards and Web Components (Shadow DOM, Custom Events, Navigation API) to make independently built UIs work seamlessly together.
• Define Contracts: Specify interfaces, integration patterns, and align with backend teams (Java/Quarkus) to maintain system integrity.
• Hands-on Contribution: Contribute to shared, reusable components and provide architectural guidance and reviews for framework-agnostic implementations.
• Enable Teams: Run bi-weekly architecture syncs, facilitate discussions, and actively drive improvement items onto team backlogs.
• Design Collaboration: Collaborate daily with designers to translate UX intent into robust component and integration designs.
• Light Project Management: Manage architectural initiatives to ensure consistent progress.

Your Key Skills

• Deep Web Standards: Proven expertise and comfort with Web Components, Shadow DOM, Custom Events, Navigation API, and ideally Module Federation.
• Framework Fluency: A strong grounding in Angular is essential. Experience with Lit is a significant advantage.
• Ecosystem Knowledge: Experience with Node.js for tooling and understanding of backend alignment (primarily Java/Quarkus).
• Architectural Mindset: Ability to work framework-agnostically with a focus on strict component contracts and clear architectural boundaries.
• Communication & Facilitation: Clear, assertive communication and excellent facilitation skills are critical for success in a large, process-heavy public organization.
• Language: Excellent English is mandatory. Finnish is a nice-to-have.

Key Details

Location: Helsinki (weekly onsite at customer office)  

Start: ASAP

Allocation: 100%

Type: Full-time, permanent

Language: English

Send application: Online 

Further info: Jari Viitanen, jari.viitanen()kontraktori.fi