Principal Engineer - Frontend Architecture

About the Role :

We are looking for a technically savvy and experienced Principal Engineer to lead our front-end development efforts. You will design and develop elegant interfaces that exceed client expectations in terms of value and benefit. You will collaborate on scalability issues involving visualizing massive amounts of data and information.

Responsibilities :

- Lead and direct the UI/UX team, define software architecture, and collaborate with other teams to explore existing systems, determine areas of complexity, and identify potential risks to successful implementation of advanced visualization products.

- Translate wireframes into functional requirements and write well-abstracted, reusable, high-performance code for UI components.

- Work closely with design, product management, and development teams to create elegant, usable, responsive, and interactive interfaces.

- Contribute to continual improvement by suggesting enhancements to user interface, software architecture, or new technologies.

- Optimize web applications to maximize speed and scale, supporting diverse clients from high-powered desktop computers to low-end mobile devices.

- Understand, coach, and teach others while demonstrating a high level of ethics and teamwork.

Requirements :

- Bachelor/Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

- 7 to 10 years of experience in developing responsive, elegant, efficient, and cross-browser front-end applications using Javascript, HTML5, and CSS3.

- Hands-on experience with MVC frameworks and UI libraries such as ReactJS and D3.js.

- Hands-on experience with Map APIs like Google Maps, Openstreetmap, and other powerful information-rich maps.

- Familiarity with UX processes and design.

- Proven ability to drive large-scale projects with a deep understanding of Agile SDLC, high collaboration, and leadership.

- Excellent written and oral communication, judgment, and decision-making skills.