
Principal Product Engineer, Frontend
Flux
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Define and evolve the frontend architecture of a large-scale, real-time browser-based engineering tool.
- Establish scalable patterns for state management, data synchronization, and multi-pane editing systems.
- Lead performance strategy for large and complex hardware projects.
- Design and review systems that integrate AI-powered workflows deeply into the UI.
- Drive standards for code quality, observability, and maintainability.
- Partner with backend and infrastructure engineers on API design and cross-system boundaries.
- Mentor senior engineers and raise the technical bar across the organization.
- Contribute to product strategy where technical constraints and opportunities shape direction.
Requirements
- Strong command of modern React and TypeScript in sizable production codebases.
- Experience shipping and iterating on complex, interactive web applications (e.g., design tools, visual editors, multi-pane interfaces).
- Experience building responsive UIs on top of asynchronous or computation-heavy backend systems.
- Strong product judgment and experience collaborating closely with design and product.
- Experience with browser performance profiling and debugging.
- Comfortable working across the stack to integrate APIs and make small backend changes.
- Experience in startup or high-ownership environments.
- Based in the San Francisco Bay Area or willing to relocate.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
ReactTypeScriptstate managementdata synchronizationmulti-pane editing systemsperformance profilingdebuggingresponsive UI developmentAPI designbrowser-based engineering tools
Soft Skills
mentoringproduct judgmentcollaborationleadershiptechnical bar raising