Lead UX Developer (React Expert)

Location: Remote! EST hours preferred
Industry: Global Insurance & Financial Services
Employment Type: Freelance, through end of year
Rate Range: $70-$80 per hour
Timeline for Hire: Within the next 6 weeks

About the Opportunity
Our client, a global leader in insurance and financial services, is seeking a Lead UX Developer to join their Enterprise UX team. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role for a seasoned front-end engineer who thrives at the intersection of design and development.

As a key player in a modern UX practice, you'll drive innovation, mentor peers, and shape the future of digital experiences across a portfolio of enterprise products. If you're passionate about React, design systems, and building scalable, user-centered solutions-this is your chance to lead transformation at scale.

What You'll Do

• Bridge Design & Development: Translate UX vision into clean, accessible, production-ready code using React and modern front-end technologies.
• Lead & Mentor: Guide a team of UX engineers and designers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
• Innovate with AI & Automation: Explore and implement emerging technologies to streamline design-to-dev handoff and improve team workflows.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with product, engineering, and business leaders to align on vision, strategy, and execution.
• Champion User-Centered Design: Participate in user research and usability testing to ensure solutions are intuitive, inclusive, and impactful.
• Contribute to Design Systems: Help evolve and scale the company's design system, ensuring consistency and efficiency across products.

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years of front-end development experience, with deep expertise in React, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS/SCSS, and Node.js
• Strong understanding of design principles, information architecture, and accessibility standards
• Proven experience contributing to and evolving enterprise design systems
• Track record of mentoring teams and elevating engineering practices
• Familiarity with Agile, Lean UX, Design Thinking, and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience evaluating and integrating AI tools into development workflows is a plus
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, HCI, UX, or related field preferred

Why Join?

• Work with a forward-thinking UX team at a Fortune 100 company
• Influence enterprise-wide digital transformation
• Enjoy autonomy, flexibility, and a culture of innovation
• Access to cutting-edge tools, including AI-driven development platforms

We'd love to hear from you and discuss this opportunity!

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data.

Benefits

Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.

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Casey Buss - Recruitment Manager

For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.



This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 07/22/2025 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.

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