Technical Architecture

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JOB DESCRIPTION Role TitleTechnical Architect Frontend - IT (GB06A)Employee Interviewed Reports ToPrincipal Architect - IT (GB07)CompanyBajaj Finance Limited Function/ DepartmentITWritten ByParitosh JauhariApproved By (Jobholder) Approved By (Immediate Superior) Date (written on) 1. JOB PURPOSE (Summarize in one statement why the job exists; and how it contributes to the overall objective of the company) Bajaj Finserv Web is a critical component of the companys omnipresence strategy. You will be working with Indias largest NBFCs web technology stack, encompassing over 40 business lines and 230+ features, with nearly 500 million traffic and managing over 30,000 webpages. It is an integrated platform offering a portfolio of products covering payments, cards, wallets, loans, deposits, mutual funds, and loans on lifestyle products, ranging from consumer durables to home furnishings. The Technical Architect Frontend will own the architecture of the experience layer of this platform, defining and evolving a Next.js / React based rendering, performance and design system strategy across web and in-app surfaces. The role will lead the modernisation of the existing frontend into a modern, composable, component-driven architecture, working with multiple POD teams to deliver measurable gains in Core Web Vitals, SEO/GEO visibility, conversion and developer velocity. Experience with AEM or any other CMS/DXP is preferred, as content platforms remain a key source system for the experience layer. 1. ORGANISATIONAL CHART (First level reporting chart for the job) Comments: • Numerical figure represents the total number of incumbent 1. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES (Accountabilities associated with the job) 1. Frontend Architecture and Roadmap • Own the end-to-end frontend architecture for the customer facing web estate rendering strategy (SSR, SSG, ISR, streaming and React Server Components), routing, caching, state management and data fetching patterns built on Next.js and React JS • Lead, define, maintain and own the frontend technology roadmap covering Next.js, React JS, TypeScript, Node JS, build tooling, monorepo strategy and package governance, ensuring the roadmap accounts for new and yet-to-release capabilities of the core frameworks • Establish and govern the enterprise Design System and shared component library design tokens, theming, Storybook, versioning and semantic release so that engineers across multiple PODs ship consistently and at speed • Set, publish and enforce performance budgets and Core Web Vitals targets (LCP, INP, CLS) across the estate, covering bundle size governance, image and font strategy, hydration and code-splitting decisions, and optimisation for low-bandwidth and low-end devices • Define the edge and caching architecture in partnership with CDN providers (Akamai, Cloudflare) edge rendering, edge functions/workers, cache key design, purge strategy, personalisation at the edge and origin protection • Architect the integration of the frontend with headless content sources (AEM or other CMS/DXP platforms), commerce systems and backend services through a well defined BFF / GraphQL / REST contract layer • Own SEO, GEO (Generative Engine Optimisation), structured data, render parity and accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA) as first class architectural concerns rather than post-release corrections • Define the frontend security architecture including CSP, XSS/CSRF protection, secure token and session handling in the browser, third party script governance and supply chain risk management across the dependency tree • Establish frontend observability and quality gates real user monitoring, synthetic monitoring, error tracking, Lighthouse/CI budgets, unit, component and end-to-end automation, and progressive rollout through feature flags and experimentation • Execute POCs to validate frameworks, rendering approaches and migration paths, with clear benchmarking, cost and scalability evidence before adoption • Create a validation framework to measure and report the effectiveness of the frontend architecture across performance, component reuse, defect density and delivery velocity • Define and drive the migration approach from the existing CMS rendered estate to a modern composable frontend, ensuring zero regression on SEO, analytics, and compliance sensitive journeys • Ensure that throughout the year including peak sales season, digital assets continue to perform at their best by designing for auto-scale, graceful degradation, resilient rendering and correct data flow across the Node/SSR tier, CDN and origin • Analyse data such as drop-offs, bounce rate and funnel telemetry to constantly evaluate and improve journeys, and partner with Marketing, Data and Design teams on personalisation and experimentation • Partner with Engineering teams across BFL to create an optimal developer experience, from IDE tooling, linting and CI/CD through to preview environments and cloud native service on-boarding frameworks • Foster a culture of innovation and engineering excellence across the enterprise: modern engineering practices, adoption of open source and open standards, responsible use of AI assisted development, and a culture of collaboration and efficiency 1. Leadership and Team development • Add strategic value to processes through competition mapping and best practices adoption • Scout the technology landscape to ensure adoption of emerging solutions and maintain innovative edge • Participate in project presentations with project priorities, timelines, quarterly plans, etc. to Vertical Head for sign-off • Inspire and influence others to think differently, solve problems, and seize opportunities • Work with cross-functional teams to set and achieve targets for cross-selling • Determine individual training needs & development plans to build expertise and enhance skills • Set objectives, conduct reviews, and c