[Hiring] UI/UX and Full Stack Engineering Manager @Ocient Inc.

Role Description

The Engineering Manager, UI/UX & Full-Stack leads a team of UI/UX and full-stack engineers at Ocient, responsible for end-to-end web engineering delivery (front-end experiences, REST APIs, and back-end services in Java or C++), team development, and cross-functional product alignment across Ocient’s product surface areas. This player/coach role balances hands-on technical engagement with people management — setting team direction, developing engineering talent, and ensuring the team delivers high-quality, scalable product experiences with technical rigor and strong design partnership. This manager champions AI-assisted engineering, setting the standard for how the team uses AI tools and coding agents (Claude) across architecture, design, development, and workflow management. The Engineering Manager, UI/UX & Full-Stack is a trusted technical and organizational partner to Product, Design, and Engineering leadership, and a champion for web engineering excellence at Ocient.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of UI/UX and full-stack engineers, supporting individual career goals through regular 1:1s, performance evaluations, and structured technical development planning.
• Own the full-stack engineering delivery model for assigned product areas, ensuring consistent, high-quality implementation from UI through API and back-end services across Ocient’s product surface.
• Drive front-end and API architecture, coding standards, REST API contract design, and design system governance in close partnership with Staff and Senior engineers, engaging hands-on with the most complex engineering challenges.
• Partner with Product Management and Design to define UI/UX requirements, align on product direction, and deliver product experiences that meet customer needs and business goals.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development across the team, establishing practices, structured prompts, and context files for using AI tools and coding agents (Claude) to improve efficiency and quality in architecture, design, development, and workflow management.
• Identify, communicate, and manage technical risk on large, complex full-stack initiatives, balancing quality, velocity, and long-term maintainability.
• Hire, onboard, and develop UI/UX and full-stack engineering talent, building a high-performing, technically rigorous engineering team.
• Provide regular engineering health, delivery, and product quality reporting to senior Engineering and Product leadership.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of UI/UX, front-end, or full-stack engineering experience with at least 2 years of direct engineering management experience leading front-end or full-stack engineers.
• Demonstrated track record of leading front-end or full-stack engineering delivery for complex, data-intensive enterprise software products.
• Expert proficiency in TypeScript and React.js with the technical depth to engage meaningfully in front-end architecture and code quality discussions, and working knowledge of back-end development in Java or C++ sufficient to guide architecture and code reviews across the stack.
• Demonstrable experience using AI tools and agents to produce quality designs and software using structured prompts and context files, and guiding a team in adopting these practices effectively.
• Strong engineering management skills with the ability to develop UI/UX and full-stack engineers, set clear technical expectations, and build high-performing teams.
• Proven ability to partner with Product and Design on UI/UX requirements, product direction, and design system governance.
• Strong organizational and communication skills with the ability to manage cross-functional delivery across Product, Design, and Engineering.
• Experience with Figma, REST API design, SQL databases, Git-based review workflows, and front-end performance, accessibility, and quality standards.

Requirements

• Hiring and talent development: own the full hiring cycle for UI/UX and full-stack engineering roles and build structured onboarding and development programs.
• Strategic planning: contribute to quarterly and annual UI/UX and full-stack engineering planning, OKRs, and web platform technology roadmap, including AI tooling adoption.
• Performance management: set clear delivery and technical quality expectations, deliver regular evaluations, and manage performance constructively.
• Cross-functional alignment: serve as the primary web engineering partner for Product Management, Design, and Engineering leadership.

Benefits

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience managing UI/UX or full-stack engineering teams for enterprise data analytics, database, or SaaS products.
• Background in design systems, component library governance, or front-end platform engineering.
• Experience with high-performance distributed systems, Docker and Kubernetes, and build tools such as Bazel.
• Experience with Playwright or other UI testing frameworks.