First Resonance is seeking a Principal Frontend Engineer to be a technical pillar for their product engineering team, taking ownership of the architectural vision and technical strategy for the Ion Factory OS frontend. This role aims to solve complex frontend challenges, mentor engineers, elevate user experience quality, and establish scalable platform patterns for manufacturers building ambitious products like eVTOLs, rockets, and robots.
Requirements
- Expert-level proficiency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript and React, with a deep understanding of its core principles, hooks, and ecosystem.
- Significant experience designing, building, and consuming complex GraphQL APIs.
- Strong architectural skills, with experience building and maintaining scalable frontend systems in a SaaS, multi-tenant environment.
- Proficiency with modern frontend development tools and pipelines (e.g., Webpack, Babel, NPM) and version control (Git/GitHub).
- Experience implementing robust testing strategies across the testing pyramid (unit, integration, e2e) using frameworks like Jest, Cypress, or CodeceptJS.
- Familiarity with modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Tokens (JWT).
- Deep expertise with GraphQL clients such as Apollo Client or Urql.
Responsibilities
- Architect, design, and lead the implementation of a scalable, performant, and maintainable frontend for the Ion Factory OS, our core manufacturing platform.
- Guide and mentor engineers through complex technical challenges, insightful code reviews, and architectural discussions, fostering a culture of engineering excellence.
- Make high-impact decisions on our frontend technology stack, including state management (e.g., Apollo Client, Urql), component libraries, testing frameworks, and build pipelines.
- Architect and implement reusable, resilient React components and JavaScript libraries, optimizing them for maximum performance and real-time data updates across a multi-tenant SaaS environment.
- Establish and evangelize best practices for software architecture, testing, documentation, and operational excellence across the engineering organization.
- Partner closely with product management, UX/UI design, and backend engineering to translate product specifications and complex user workflows into elegant, robust, and intuitive user-facing features.
- Define and drive the long-term technical roadmap for the frontend, identifying opportunities for innovation, refactoring, and performance improvements to ensure our platform remains best-in-class.
Other
- 8+ years of professional experience in frontend software development, with a proven track record of shipping complex, large-scale web applications.
- Demonstrated experience in a technical leadership or mentorship capacity, with a passion for growing the skills of fellow engineers.
- Flexible work schedule (Hybrid Available)
- First Resonance is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.
- First Resonance participates in E-Verify.
