Principal Software Engineer - Front End
New Yesterday
The Role
We’re looking for a Principal Front-End Engineer to join our enterprise-platform team at an early stage. Working shoulder-to-shoulder with other principal engineers, you’ll take ownership of key components of our framework and application. You’ll also help guide our processes and culture for years to come. If shaping a greenfield codebase alongside experienced peers sounds energizing, we’d love to meet you. What You'll Do
Drive architecture and development for key front-end subsystems like administration, workflow, and reporting, taking them from early concepts to mature, scalable solutions
Co-author our custom UI framework, creating the foundational tools and documentation that will empower application and customer engineering teams to build faster and more consistently
Mentor engineers across the team, sharing deep expertise in TypeScript and React and raising our front-end craft
Champion a culture of quality by implementing and overseeing a comprehensive testing strategy, ensuring we ship robust, low-drama features
Partner with product and design to turn complex business needs into elegant, practical user experiences on our new enterprise platform
Requirements
Expert-level proficiency with modern front-end technologies, including JavaScript, CSS, TypeScript, and React
Deep knowledge of core browser APIs, including data storage (local/session/cookies), iframes, and web workers
Hands-on experience with modern front-end build tooling (e.g., Vite, ESBuild, Rollup, Webpack)
Track record of designing, building, and maintaining frameworks or libraries for other engineers
History of long-term commitment to a product, having guided it from its initial design to a mature, successful state
Ability to drive technical strategy while translating high-level business goals into concrete engineering outcomes
Success in a fast-paced, greenfield environment, acting as a key partner in defining both product and culture
Must be located in PST or MST
Nice to Have
Experience architecting and delivering complex, scalable features for enterprise-grade, multi-tenant SaaS applications
Exposure to full stack development, especially in Rust
Familiarity with modern DevOps practices and tools, including hands-on experience with designing or maintaining CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, testing, and deployment
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Perks & Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
Flexible PTO and company paid holidays
Retirement programs
1% charitable giving program
Compensation
Base pay: $150,000 - $300,000
The salary range listed here has been provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential base salary range for this role. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. We look at compensation for each individual and base our offer on your unique qualifications, experience, and expected contributions. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation in addition to base salary, such as variable bonus and/or stock bonus.
- Location:
- Pleasanton