Talent Network: Principal Front-End Engineer

Required Experience

• Senior or Principal-level front-end engineering experience, with a strong delivery track record.
• Deep production experience with React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
• Strong CSS fundamentals; experience with Tailwind CSS or similar modern styling approaches.
• Proven ability to build polished, responsive, accessible user interfaces.
• Strong understanding of front-end performance optimization and Core Web Vitals.
• Experience building consistent, reusable UI components and front-end patterns.
• Strong client-side state management experience in complex interactive applications.
• Solid understanding of REST/API integration and front-end/backend contracts.
• Some ability to work with Node.js or Next.js backend code when necessary.
• Strong code review skills and ability to distinguish maintainable, scalable front-end code from brittle implementation.
• Ability to make and own technical decisions, not just execute tickets.
• Fast, independent, methodical working style with strong written and verbal English communication.
• Daily use of AI development tools such as Claude Code or similar tools.

Nice to Have

• Experience with complex form-heavy or document-oriented products.
• Experience with Rails-backed applications or Rails/Next.js architectures.
• Experience with Turbo monorepos.
• Experience with observability and front-end monitoring tools such as Sentry, DataDog, or similar.

Engagement Highlights

• Work on an AI-powered career services platform with real users and direct business impact.
• Join a small, high-velocity team where strong individual contributors can shape the product.
• Front-end quality matters: performance, accessibility, polish, and delivery speed are all important.
• AI-first engineering culture: the team expects engineers to actively use AI tools to improve development speed and quality.
• Modern stack: Next.js 15, TypeScript, Rails 7.1, Turbo monorepo, and well-structured product/domain boundaries.
• Opportunity to own meaningful product surfaces rather than only implementing isolated tickets.
• Direct collaboration with product, design, backend, and business stakeholders.
• Startup-like execution environment inside a larger company.