Principal Frontend Engineer with 10-15 years of software engineering experience and 7+ years in frontend development, specializing in large-scale systems architecture and technical leadership.

Principal Engineer (Frontend)

About the Role

We are looking for a Principal Frontend Engineer to join CodeRabbit as a technical leader driving frontend technical vision and architecture decisions across multiple teams. You will design core systems for our AI code review platform, solve complex technical challenges, establish standards, and mentor engineers across the organization.

Core Responsibilities

• Drive frontend technical vision and architecture decisions across multiple teams
• Design and build core systems for the AI code review platform
• Solve complex technical challenges at scale
• Establish frontend standards and best practices
• Mentor and guide engineers across the organization

Required Qualifications

• 10-15 years of software engineering experience with 7+ years in frontend development
• Proven leadership on complex, large-scale frontend systems
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and major frameworks (React, Vue, Angular)
• Experience with frontend build systems, testing frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines
• Open source contribution history
• Mentoring experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• Code editor or IDE development experience
• Browser internals and Web API expertise
• Published technical content on frontend topics
• WCAG accessibility knowledge
• WebAssembly, Service Workers, or PWA familiarity
• LLM integration experience
• Developer tools company background
• Advanced Computer Science degree

What We Value

We seek candidates who demonstrate technical depth and breadth combined with user-centric thinking and a commitment to accessibility and performance optimization.