Principal Frontend Engineer

Cleverbridge is a premium Merchant of Record that simplifies global software sales. This role defines and advances the company's frontend architecture, standards, and technology direction to help teams build scalable, high-performance web applications.

• Own the overall architecture of frontend systems and define key architectural milestones and critical technical requirements
• Drive improvements in scalability, performance, and cross-team code reuse across frontend solutions
• Validate ideas through proofs of concept and translate business problems into practical frontend solutions
• Partner closely with product managers, design leadership, engineering managers, and senior frontend engineers on solution direction and technical decision-making
• Set coding standards and promote best practices for code quality, maintainability, accessibility, and performance
• Communicate complex technical topics clearly to non-technical stakeholders and create transparency around critical technical requirements
• Mentor engineers and support their growth in architectural thinking, technical decision-making, and community learning
• Stay current on industry trends and emerging technologies and introduce innovations that improve user experience and support company strategy

• Strong proficiency in modern frontend development, including Next.js, TypeScript, React, and accessible, semantic HTML
• Strong understanding of software design and engineering principles, such as SOLID, DRY, YAGNI, and KISS
• Experience leading complex frontend initiatives as a principal, technical lead, project lead, or senior engineer
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Hands-on experience with CSS, including pure CSS, preprocessors, and CSS-in-JS
• Strong knowledge of API design and service communication, including REST and GraphQL
• Experience interviewing and assessing engineering candidates
• Experience communicating technical concepts to diverse audiences and promoting engineering best practices
• Experience leveraging AI to accelerate software development while ensuring adherence to engineering standards and technical guardrails
• Experience with NestJs (preferred)
• Experience building shared frontend platforms, design systems, or component libraries (preferred)
• Experience optimizing performance for large-scale web applications (preferred)