Principal Front End Engineer

 

Peerspace is the leading and category defining online marketplace for venue rentals for meetings, productions, and events. We open doors to the most inspiring spaces around the world, from lofts and mansions to storefronts and studios. Over $500M has been transacted through the platform, and our investors include GV (Google Ventures) and Foundation Capital.

 

 

The Principal Front-end Engineer is an individual contributor that is responsible for world-class front-end technology for the Peerspace platform: architecting it, driving consensus and adoption of it across our team, and leading the implementation of it as a model engineer. In this technical leadership role, you will work with engineers across our delivery teams to create a consistent, elegant, performant, and scalable developer experience that powers the Peerspace web experience for millions of users around the world. You will also work in partnership with Product, Design, and other stakeholders across the company to ensure that front-end excellence is aligned with the broader technology strategy as well as Peerspace’s product and business objectives.

 

 

You are a strong match for this role if the following describes you:

 

●       Ownership: You have demonstrated success as the overall owner of front-end web technology for a startup or growth-stage company, preferably in the marketplace, travel/hospitality, or e-commerce space

●       Leadership: You have effectively led and mentored organizations of 10+ front-end developers, either as a staff-plus individual contributor, or as a manager/director overseeing primarily front-end development

●       Technical excellence: The web applications you architect and build are modern, performant, maintainable, and have scaled to millions of users globally

●       Communication: You are regarded as an excellent communicator and collaborator across Engineering, Product and Design teams, and with business stakeholders and leadership

●       Always improving: You’re a proponent of continuous improvement through fast iteration, experimentation, metrics and observability, and tactful adoption of new technologies and standards

 

You are a strong match for this role if you have the following qualifications and expertise:

 

●       10+ years in software development with 5+ years of experience in a front-end role

●       Expertise in React and Next.js

●       Expertise in CSS and related frameworks

●       Expertise in robust front-end state management, and integration with platform services and third-party APIs

●       Proficiency in building micro-frontends and scaling them as a development practice

●       Proficiency in building single-page applications (SPA) that use server-side rendering (SSR) and/or static site generation (SSG)

●       Proficiency in implementing design systems and component libraries

●       Proficiency with front-end build systems and continuous integration pipelines for web applications

●       Proficiency in building responsive applications that serve desktop and mobile

●       Experience with optimizing front-end technology for SEO and collaborating with digital marketing teams

●       Experience with scalable caching using CDNs

●       Experience with experimentation frameworks and A/B testing

●       Experience with internationalization, localization, and accessibility

●       Experience with unit testing and test automation frameworks for front-end experiences

●       Experience with performance testing, real-user monitoring, and application performance monitoring for web applications

●       Adjacent knowledge and experience with backend, infrastructure, and DevOps engineering, mobile development, UX/UI design, or database technologies is a plus

 

Why Peerspace?

 

Peerspace is proudly certified as a Great Place to Work™ and we're a remote first company with team members located in cities around the globe. Beyond competitive salary and equity compensation, we provide:

 

●       100% employee coverage of medical, dental and vision insurance

●       $500 annual professional development allowance

●       Discount on all Peerspace bookings

●       Laptop, high res display, and stipend to setup home office

●       Monthly cell phone and internet credit

●       Coworking membership if needed (in lieu of home office)

●       Flexible take it as you need it time off policy

●       Wellness Fridays observed company wide

●       Annual in-person, all company offsites and team-building events

 

The annual salary range for this role is $200,000 to $220,000. The actual salary will vary depending on experience, skills, and abilities as well as internal equity and market data.

 

Diversity

 

At Peerspace, we're dedicated to creating a team that's diverse, equitable and inclusive. We believe bringing people together from different backgrounds and identities makes us stronger and better serves the Peerspace community. We'd especially like to encourage applicants from different backgrounds, locations, and experiences.