Principal Frontend Engineer

Who We Are Simpplr is the leading AI-powered employee experience platform. Organizations use our forward-looking, adaptable products to deliver personalized experiences that inspire and engage their employees. Wherever people work, Simpplr enables them to flourish. Trusted by more than 500+ leading brands, including Zoom, Snowflake, Moderna, Eurostar, and AAA, our customers are achieving measurable productivity gains, increased employee engagement, and accelerated business performance. Simpplr is headquartered in Silicon Valley, CA with offices in the UK, Canada, and India, and is backed by Norwest Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, and Tola Capital. Learn more at simpplr.com . The Opportunity We’re looking for an experienced front-end tech lead to join our team to help build the future of work.  Successful candidates will be working closely with cross-functional engineering teams across multiple divisions to help them deliver awesome software that our customers love. You'll also be helping us plan out how we decompose our existing monolithic codebase into micro-frontends whilst also re-platforming our product onto AWS. Your Job Responsibilities What you will be doing: Own the architecture and big picture thinking across the platform in relation to front-end development. Lead and mentor the front-end engineering team to ensure the delivery of high-quality and performant code. Collaborate with product managers, designers, architects, and other leads to plan out the technical execution of new products and major features. Helping decompose our monolithic React SPA into multiple micro-frontends. Oversee the frontend aspects of re-platforming our product onto AWS. Collaborate with the design team and other front-end leads to roll out our in-house component library across all of our products. Develop and maintain coding standards and best practices for front-end development. Actively participate in code reviews and offer constructive feedback to improve code quality. Your Skillset What makes you a great fit for the team: You are user-focused – we solve our customer’s problems together; everybody has a say in planning, design & execution. You're a great communicator. This role will require leading discussions with multiple teams from different functions of the business.  Presenting ideas and answering questions in open discussion is no problem for you. 5+ years of React experience with a strong understanding of its internals as well as a thorough knowledge of the wider javascript ecosystem. 10+ years of overall experience with at least 5+ years of experience deploying and maintaining applications on AWS. Although this role is mostly front-end, a good understanding of the entire stack is a must. You love identifying new technologies, patterns, and techniques and planning out how we can roll them out across teams to improve productivity, code quality, and user experience across every division. An affinity for profiling and analysing code to identify areas for improvement as well as a solid understanding of browser internals. Experience building an in-house component library with a good understanding of modular CSS and bundlers. Comprehensive understanding of all aspects of automated testing and CI/CD including challenges specific to the frontend domain. Strong knowledge and understanding of functional programming patterns. Excited about working in a fast-paced startup environment. We’d specially love to hear from you if: You have proven excellence in writing readable and efficient TypeScript code. You have a good track record of project leadership and mentorship of software engineers. You have experience working with micro-frontends and associated technologies like federated modules and single-spa. UK Specific Benefits: NEST pension scheme Stock option & grant plan 25 days holiday (plus UK bank holidays and 4 additional company-wide recharge days) Working from home equipment allowance Mobile phone contract contribution Performance-related bonus Employee training budget Employee referral program #LI-DNI Benefits: Simpplr provides a competitive compensation package along with other benefits. We believe in work-life integration and offer a flexible work environment. These benefits, coupled with an amazing team who believes in our mission, and values transparency, autonomy, and inclusiveness, make Simpplr an incredible place to work. See what our employees say about working at Simpplr: Glassdoor Reviews   Simpplr’s Hub-Hybrid-Remote Model: At Simpplr we believe that when work is good, life is better and that belief guides all we do. Including how we approach our flexible work model. Simpplr operates with a Hub-Hybrid-Remote model. This model is role-based with exceptions and provides employees with the flexibility that many have told us they want. Hub - 100% work from Simpplr office. Role requires Simpplifier to be in the office full-time. Hybrid -   Hybrid work from home and office. Role dictates the ability to work from home, plus benefit from in-person collaboration on a regular basis.  Remote - 100% remote. Role can be done anywhere within your country of hire, as long as the requirements of the role are met.