BC Design Studio Lead UX Engineer Full Stack Senior

EY GDS MENA Design Studio Senior - Lead UX Engineer

Overview

GDS Design Studio a part of MENA GDS Customer and Growth team combines design marketing and customer experience (CX) technology to drive client growth and drive organizational efficiency. We leverage a design first human-centred approach to ensure our solutions are built around true user needs and delivered with the latest technology.

We focus specifically on the innovative and growing need for digital transformation within the region. We are dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences by working closely with cross-functional teams in an agile approach within a dynamic environment. Join us to work on high-impact projects across diverse industries.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Senior / Lead Full Stack Engineer to architect and deliver solutions using a React front end backend with SQL data stores. You will ensure performance accessibility reliability and secure delivery while partnering with design and product teams to convert high-fidelity designs into scalable production systems.

This is a lead role: you will contribute to RFPs solutioning build prototypes and collaborate with larger technology teams for deployment and operations.

Key Focus Areas

• End-to-End Engineering: Own features across React APIs and SQL datafrom design handoff to production.
• Architecture & Standards: Define pragmatic patterns for component architecture API contracts data models security and observability.
• Solutioning & RFPs: Provide technical estimates solution blueprints and prototype demos during pursuits and discovery.
• Design-to-Code Integrity: Implement with design tokens grid/spacing systems and accessibility best practices; uphold API/domain integrity.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with design product QA and platform teams to plan deliver and transition to operations.
• Quality & Performance: Champion code reviews testing performance tuning and clear documentation.

The Impact Youll Make

In recent years industries have been disrupted and transformed by digital technology. As a design and innovation consulting professional you will help our clients navigate this landscape by creating engaging intuitive solutions. As organizations look to leverage the competitive advantages of technology we are committed to helping you develop the right skills for todays fast-paced environment. Working on programs that cross borders and sectors the experiences you gain here will be invaluable to your career growth and your development as a global leader in digital innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Front End (React):
  • Build responsive accessible UIs using React (Hooks Context/Redux) TypeScript HTML5 CSS3/SCSS and modern layout techniques.
  • Implement design tokens component libraries and interaction patterns; ensure WCAG/ARIA conformance.
  • Optimise bundle size loading strategy (lazy/code-split) runtime performance and cross-browser/device behaviour.
  • Collaborate in Figma to inspect grids auto-layout components/variants and responsive specs.
• Backend (.NET):
  • Design and develop Core APIs with clean domain models validation error handling paging and caching.
  • Implement authentication/authorisation (OAuth2/OIDC/JWT) configuration logging and observability.
  • Integrate with SQL databases (e.g. SQL Server/PostgreSQL) write performant queries and leverage Entity Framework Core.
  • Build maintainable services with high testability and clear API contracts.
• Delivery DevOps & Reliability:
  • Work within Git and Agile/Scrum practices; contribute to branching/release strategies.
  • Collaborate on CI/CD pipelines (GitHub/GitLab/Azure DevOps) with quality gates and automated tests.
  • Preferred: Containerise with Docker and collaborate on Kubernetes deployments; contribute to environment configuration secrets management and release readiness.
• Leadership:
  • Shape solution direction estimate effort and de-risk delivery; lead small workstreams or features.
  • Prepare technical inputs for RFPs; build prototypes/POCs to validate approaches.
  • Partner with larger tech teams for deployment monitoring and handover to run.

Ability to travel for client engagement workshops and project needs to onsite.

Requirements

Education

• Engineering Computer Science BCA/MCA or equivalent.

Experience

• 710 years in software engineering with substantial full stack delivery in production environments.
• Experience leading features/workstreams; mentoring.

Technical Skills

Must Have

• Front End: React (Hooks Context/Redux) TypeScript HTML5 CSS3/SCSS; accessibility (WCAG/ARIA) and semantic structure.
• Backend: Core (C#) RESTful API design clean domain modelling secure auth (OAuth2/OIDC/JWT).
• Data: SQL (schema design indexing query tuning) Entity Framework Core.
• Process: Git Agile/Scrum code reviews unit/integration testing documentation.
• AI & GenAI Awareness: Understanding of AI and Generative AI concepts ability to integrate AI/GenAI services/APIs (e.g. Azure Cognitive Services Azure OpenAI ChatGPT) into applications; familiarity with common use cases like summarisation conversational UX and personalisation.

Preferred Skills

• CI/CD: GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / Azure DevOps; pipelines with quality gates and test automation.
• Containers & Orchestration: Docker Kubernetes (AKS/EKS).
• Cloud Exposure: Azure or AWS for app hosting databases storage identity (e.g. Azure App Service Azure SQL Azure AD).
• Performance & Observability: Caching strategies logging/metrics/tracing incident triage root cause analysis.
• Front-End Tooling: Tailwind/Material UI/Bootstrap; SSR/SSG awareness ( optional).
• GenAI Hands-On: Experience with prompt engineering basics LangChain or similar frameworks is a plus.

Soft Skills

• Clear communication with designers developers product managers and stakeholders.
• Ability to translate business goals into technical plans and explain constraints/trade offs.
• Detail oriented quality driven; systematic approach to debugging and optimization.
• Strong ownership prioritization and delivery mindset in fast paced environments.
• Collaborative feedback positive and mentorship oriented.
• Continuous learnercurious about emerging front-end backend DevOps and cloud practices.

Ideal Candidate

• Balances design sensitivity with engineering rigor and operational excellence.
• Comfortable spanning UI API data and cloudfrom discovery to production.
• High attention to detail in alignment spacing typography interaction API contracts and reliability.
• Eager to improve workflows performance accessibility security and developer experience.

What Working at EY Offers

At EY were dedicated to helping our clients from startups to Fortune 500 companies and the work we do with them is as varied as they are.

You get to work with inspiring and meaningful projects. Our focus is education and coaching alongside practical experience to ensure your personal development. We value our employees and you will be able to control your own development with an individual progression plan. You will quickly grow into a responsible role with challenging and stimulating assignments. Moreover you will be part of an interdisciplinary environment that emphasizes high quality and knowledge exchange.

Plus we offer:

• Support coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way thats right for you