Principal Front End Engineer
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JobgetherSecurity & IT
Based in the United StatesFull-TimePrincipal
Salary147,292 - 199,278 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Required Skills
- AWSGraphQLJavascriptTypeScriptAngularReactCI/CDRESTful APIs
Requirements
- 10+ years of related software engineering experience, with a demonstrated record of delivering production-grade frontend applications and leading significant technical initiatives.
- Proven expertise architecting and implementing modern web applications at scale using React and/or Angular.
- Strong proficiency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript and a deep understanding of web platform APIs, CSS architecture, responsive design, and cross-browser compatibility.
- Strong practical experience with frontend build and deployment tooling such as Webpack, Vite, pnpm, npm, or comparable technologies.
- Hands-on knowledge of automated testing, including unit testing with tools such as Jest or Vitest, component testing with React Testing Library or Angular Testing Library, and end-to-end testing with Playwright, Cypress, or similar platforms.
- Strong understanding and practical implementation experience with WCAG 2.1 AA, Section 508, accessibility linting, and automated accessibility testing using tools such as axe-core or eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y.
- Experience with state management, asynchronous data handling, API integration patterns, REST and/or GraphQL, and backend service integration.
- Knowledge of frontend performance optimization, Core Web Vitals, asset optimization, CDN strategies, monitoring, progressive enhancement, and cloud-based frontend deployment.
- Experience establishing CI/CD pipelines incorporating automated testing, accessibility checks, linting, and quality controls.
- Proven leadership experience guiding large-scale initiatives from concept through production and influencing technical outcomes across multiple teams.
- Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and cloud deployment patterns.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the strategic direction for frontend engineering practices, architecture, tooling, standards, and technical capabilities across the organization.
- Lead the architecture and development of scalable, accessible, performant, and user-focused web applications, with a strong emphasis on Section 508 and WCAG compliance.
- Design and implement modern frontend architectures, build systems, development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment infrastructure.
- Establish and maintain shared component libraries, design systems, and reusable frontend infrastructure that improve consistency, quality, and engineering velocity.
- Champion engineering excellence through best practices for mobile-first development, testing, performance optimization, accessibility, code quality, and maintainability.
- Establish robust automated testing strategies spanning unit, component, and end-to-end testing, including accessibility validation within CI/CD pipelines.
- Provide technical leadership across teams, influence architectural decisions, and serve as a strategic advisor for frontend initiatives with organization-wide impact.
- Mentor and coach engineers at different levels, helping develop frontend expertise, engineering standards, and career growth pathways.
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