Principal Front End Engineer
About the role
The Principal Front End Engineer at Early Warning is responsible for defining and advancing the organization's front-end engineering strategy, architecture, and standards. This role leads cross-functional teams to create technical solutions and drive strategic initiatives, ensuring adherence to SDLC best practices, software development methodologies, DevOps practices, and automated testing approaches.
Responsibilities
- Defines and advances enterprise front-end engineering strategy, architecture, and standards across multiple teams and initiatives.
- Establishes principles and guardrails for quality, accessibility, maintainability, operational readiness, testing, and scalability.
- Owes technical product design and architecture for critical front-end platforms and strategic initiatives.
- Promotes adoption of industry best practices, emerging technologies, and modernization opportunities.
- Provides enterprise-level guidance on cloud alignment, CI/CD, automated testing, and sustainable engineering practices.
- Acts as a senior point of expertise on difficult engineering issues and strategic technical decisions.
- Mentors engineers and technical leaders across the organization and serves as a role model for engineering excellence.
- Buys trusted relationships across functions and influences change that improves engineering outcomes, delivery capability, and organizational maturity.
- Represents the organization in high-impact technical discussions with senior stakeholders, customers, or executive leadership as appropriate.
Requirements
Typically 15 or more years of progressive experience designing and developing complex software or web-based systems. Deep expertise in front-end architecture, web platform engineering, application design, and enterprise-scale delivery. Proven success leading cross-functional teams to create technical solutions and drive strategic initiatives. Advanced knowledge of SDLC best practices, software development methodologies, DevOps practices, and automated testing approaches. Strong experience with modern web technologies, front-end frameworks, API integration, CI/CD, source control, and cloud-aligned delivery models. Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence all levels of the organization.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical field (preferred).
- Experience leading major modernization efforts involving cloud migration, platform transformation, or large-scale architecture redesign (preferred).
- Expertise in design systems, performance engineering, front-end observability, and enterprise web governance (preferred).
- Broad exposure to related technologies such as monitoring, orchestration, and cloud infrastructure (preferred).
Skills
Enterprise technical leadership, Vision and strategy, Executive communication, Organizational influence, Innovation and thought leadership, Architecture governance, Mentorship and talent development, Change leadership.
Benefits
- Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
- 401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
- Paid Time Off – Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
- 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.
- And SO much more!
Pay
Base Pay Scale:
- Phoenix, AZ/Chicago, IL/Washington, DC: $172,000 - $215,000
- New York, NY/San Francisco, CA: $206,000 - $258,000