Principal Front End Engineer

Summary

Join Peerspace as a Principal Front-end Engineer and lead the development of world-class front-end technology for our platform. You will architect, implement, and drive adoption of our front-end technology, working collaboratively with engineers across teams. This technical leadership role requires expertise in React, Next.js, and other front-end technologies, along with experience scaling applications for millions of users. You will partner with Product, Design, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment with broader technology and business objectives. Peerspace offers a remote-first work environment and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Demonstrated success as the overall owner of front-end web technology for a startup or growth-stage company, preferably in the marketplace, travel/hospitality, or e-commerce space
• Effectively led and mentored organizations of 10+ front-end developers, either as a staff-plus individual contributor, or as a manager/director overseeing primarily front-end development
• Architect and build modern, performant, maintainable web applications that have scaled to millions of users globally
• Be regarded as an excellent communicator and collaborator across Engineering, Product and Design teams, and with business stakeholders and leadership
• Be a proponent of continuous improvement through fast iteration, experimentation, metrics and observability, and tactful adoption of new technologies and standards
• 10+ years in software development with 5+ years of experience in a front-end role
• Expertise in React and Next.js
• Expertise in CSS and related frameworks
• Expertise in robust front-end state management, and integration with platform services and third-party APIs
• Proficiency in building micro-frontends and scaling them as a development practice
• Proficiency in building single-page applications (SPA) that use server-side rendering (SSR) and/or static site generation (SSG)
• Proficiency in implementing design systems and component libraries
• Proficiency with front-end build systems and continuous integration pipelines for web applications
• Proficiency in building responsive applications that serve desktop and mobile
• Experience with optimizing front-end technology for SEO and collaborating with digital marketing teams
• Experience with scalable caching using CDNs
• Experience with experimentation frameworks and A/B testing
• Experience with internationalization, localization, and accessibility
• Experience with unit testing and test automation frameworks for front-end experiences
• Experience with performance testing, real-user monitoring, and application performance monitoring for web applications

Responsibilities

• Architect world-class front-end technology for the Peerspace platform
• Drive consensus and adoption of front-end technology across the team
• Lead the implementation of front-end technology as a model engineer
• Work with engineers across delivery teams to create a consistent, elegant, performant, and scalable developer experience
• Work in partnership with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to ensure front-end excellence is aligned with the broader technology strategy and Peerspace’s product and business objectives

Preferred Qualifications

Adjacent knowledge and experience with backend, infrastructure, and DevOps engineering, mobile development, UX/UI design, or database technologies

Benefits

• 100% employee coverage of medical, dental and vision insurance
• $500 annual professional development allowance
• Discount on all Peerspace bookings
• Laptop, high res display, and stipend to setup home office
• Monthly cell phone and internet credit
• Coworking membership if needed (in lieu of home office)
• Flexible take it as you need it time off policy
• Wellness Fridays observed company wide
• Annual in-person, all company offsites and team-building events