Principal Front End Engineer
San Francisco, United States
React
CSS
APIs
SEO
A/B Testing
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Principal Front End Engineer

The Principal Front-End Engineer at Peerspace is a technical leadership role responsible for driving the architecture and implementation of world-class front-end technology for the Peerspace platform. In this individual contributor role, you will collaborate with engineers, product teams, design teams, and other stakeholders to create a seamless, scalable, and performant front-end experience. Your expertise will shape the web experience for millions of users, ensuring that front-end excellence aligns with the company’s broader technology strategy and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

  • Ownership: Lead the front-end technology strategy, architecture, and implementation, acting as the owner of front-end web technology for the platform.
  • Leadership: Mentor and guide front-end developers, ensuring high standards of technical execution and collaboration within the team.
  • Collaboration: Partner closely with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to ensure front-end solutions meet business and product objectives while providing a smooth, scalable developer experience.
  • Technical Excellence: Build modern, performant, and maintainable web applications that scale globally, with a focus on optimizing the user experience for millions of users.
  • Continuous Improvement: Drive a culture of continuous improvement through iteration, experimentation, metrics, and adopting new technologies and standards.
Qualifications and Expertise
  • Experience: 10+ years in software development, with at least 5 years of experience in front-end development.
  • Core Technologies: Expertise in React and Next.js, with proficiency in CSS and related frameworks.
  • State Management: Expertise in robust front-end state management and integration with platform services and third-party APIs.
  • Micro-Frontends: Proficiency in building micro-frontends and scaling them as a development practice.
  • SPAs&SSR/SSG: Proficiency in building single-page applications (SPA) with server-side rendering (SSR) and/or static site generation (SSG).
  • Design Systems&Component Libraries: Experience in implementing design systems and component libraries to maintain consistent UI/UX.
  • Front-End Build Systems: Proficiency with front-end build systems and CI/CD pipelines for web applications.
  • Responsive Design: Experience building responsive applications that support both desktop and mobile platforms.
  • SEO Optimization: Experience optimizing front-end technologies for SEO and working with digital marketing teams.
  • Caching&Performance: Expertise in scalable caching (e.g., using CDNs), performance testing, real-user monitoring, and application performance monitoring.
  • A/B Testing: Familiarity with experiment frameworks and A/B testing.
  • Internationalization&Accessibility: Knowledge of internationalization, localization, and ensuring accessibility (WCAG compliance).
  • Testing&Automation: Experience with unit testing and test automation frameworks for front-end code.
  • Adjacent Skills: Experience with back-end, DevOps, mobile development, UX/UI design, or database technologies is a plus.
Key Traits
  • Ownership & Accountability: You thrive in taking ownership of complex systems and guiding them from design to execution.
  • Excellent Communicator: You are adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams, including Product, Design, Engineering, and Leadership.
  • Problem Solver: You have a solutions-oriented mindset with a focus on delivering high-quality, maintainable, and scalable front-end applications.
  • Growth-Oriented: You are committed to continuous learning, always looking for opportunities to improve both your technical skills and your team’s capabilities.
Principal Front End Engineer
San Francisco, United States
React
CSS
APIs
SEO
A/B Testing
More jobs from this company
views: 0

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