Hybrid Principal Engineer bei symplr

The Principal Frontend Engineer is a technical leader responsible for defining and driving frontend design, ensuring high-performance, scalable, and maintainable applications. This role requires deep expertise in Angular, TypeScript, and modern frontend frameworks and a strong ability to mentor teams, influence technical direction, and turn around struggling products. 

. Frontend Architecture & Technical Leadership 

• Define and own the frontend architecture for large-scale applications, ensuring performance, security, and maintainability. 

• Enforce best practices in Angular, TypeScript, and state management (NgRx or similar). 

• Establish UI/UX development standards, accessibility guidelines, and performance optimization strategies. 

• Ensure high-quality frontend code by driving code reviews, CI/CD, and influence test automation. 

2. Driving Product Recovery & Performance Improvement

• Assess and turn around struggling frontend products by identifying key technical bottlenecks and implementing scalable solutions. 

• Improve frontend application performance, optimizing rendering, API calls, and bundle sizes. 

• Work closely with design and product teams to modernize UI/UX while ensuring minimal disruption to users. 

• Address technical debt by systematically refactoring and modernizing legacy frontend codebases. 

3. Engineering Excellence & Hands-on Development

• Lead the development of complex, reusable UI components and frameworks. 

• Set the bar for high-quality, maintainable, and well-documented code. 

• Influence test automation, including unit testing, end-to-end testing, and visual regression testing. 

• Foster a strong DevOps culture, ensuring seamless deployment of frontend changes. 

4. Mentorship & Cross-Team Collaboration

• Mentor senior frontend engineers and architects, fostering a culture of technical growth. 

• Partner with backend, product, and UX teams to ensure a cohesive, performant user experience. 

• Influence technical decision-making across engineering leadership. 

5. AI-Driven Development & Tooling

• Lead the adoption and effective usage of AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q Developer, Sourcegraph Cody) to accelerate engineering productivity. 

• Evaluate, pilot, and roll out AI tools and platforms across development teams, integrating them into day-to-day workflows and CI/CD pipelines. 

• Define and implement guidance and best practices for using generative AI in secure, compliant, and performance-conscious ways. 

• Collaborate with engineering leaders and platform teams to measure impact, gather feedback, and continuously improve AI adoption strategy. 

• Stay current with the evolving AI landscape and assess the applicability of new tools to improve developer experience, code quality, and delivery velocity. 

Technical Expertise: 

• Expert-level proficiency in Angular, TypeScript, RxJS, HTML, and CSS. 

• Strong experience with performance optimization, lazy loading, and state management. 

• Deep understanding of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and WebSockets. 

• Experience with frontend DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes is a plus). 

• Strong knowledge of web accessibility (WCAG), security best practices, and cross-browser compatibility. 

• Experience driving AI-assisted engineering transformation, with hands-on use and rollout of tools like Copilot, Amazon Q, or similar platforms 

Soft Skills & Leadership: 

• Ability to diagnose and turn around troubled frontend projects. 

• Proven track record of influencing engineering direction at an organizational level. 

• Strong mentorship and communication skills to elevate engineering teams. 

• Experience working with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to align technical strategy with business goals.