Principal Engineer, Web Platform

Summary

Join our team as a Principal Engineer and utilize modern technology stack to update and maintain public web site experiences across SEO and SEM channels.

Requirements

• 14+ years of engineering experience working with a Javascript/Typescript, React, and NodeJS tech stack
• In-depth knowledge of front-end technologies, frameworks, and best practices
• Experience with leveraging relational databases in a scalable, efficient way; GQL and MongoDB preferred
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment while architecting dependable solutions that scale effectively
• Role model and champion modern ways-of-working such as Agile, DevOps and related practices, actively participate in an engineering community
• Strong communication and “storytelling” skills – ability to articulate a vision or concept in simple terms to a broad audience at every level
• Helps enable and establish services and products to take advantage of changing industry trends and opportunities
• Is able to step back from a task and reassess size and complexity when appropriate
• Takes ownership of the quality of the solution or feature being implemented
• Demonstrates competent problem-solving skills (e.g. debugging, analysis and instrumentation) in a context beyond code they've written
• Takes ownership of keeping technical documentation for their features up to date

Responsibilities

• Leverage advanced UI engineering expertise and creative insights to drive strategic innovation, shaping and launching impactful new features, functionality, and products with a focus on high scalability and resilience
• Lead the architectural vision for cloud-native, service-oriented UI components and applications, designing systems that prioritize performance, maintainability, and adaptability for future growth
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to tackle complex application designs, championing code review and fostering a culture of continuous optimization and best practices
• Enable continuous deployment by championing quality engineering practices: linting, unit testing, e2e testing, pipeline automation
• Partner with and influence product and design teams to define, maintain, and evolve design system standards, setting a high bar for consistency, accessibility, and scalability across the organization
• Develop and maintain high-quality technical documentation and reference materials to guide, mentor, and inspire engineers at all levels, fostering a culture of knowledge-sharing and skill advancement
• Define and enforce engineering best practices, setting a technical direction and mentoring other engineers, including staff and senior engineers, to elevate the entire team's capabilities
• Proactively identify, diagnose, and resolve complex production issues across the UI and service layers, driving root-cause analysis and preventive action to maintain system stability and reliability
• Partner with project management to ensure timely delivery of high-quality project outcomes, prioritizing alignment with long-term engineering and business goals
• Lead mobile-first performance optimization efforts, with a rigorous focus on improving Core Web Vitals and enhancing the overall user experience
• Champion a deep understanding of the end-user experience, advocating for and crafting a visually and functionally beautiful web journey that aligns with business objectives and user needs

Benefits

• 401(k) plus match
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off