Principal Engineer, Frontend

Technical Strategy:

• Define and drive the technical strategy for frontend development across Vanta, establishing patterns and standards that scale.
• Establish best practices for data layer architecture, state management, testing frameworks, and design systems organization-wide.
• Partner with the AI Developer Experience team to build cutting-edge AI tooling and agentic feedback loops for AI-generated frontend code.

Hands-on Engineering:

• Embed with teams to solve complex technical problems, spending approximately 50% of your time writing code.
• Drive operational excellence initiatives across Platform teams, including metrics definition and standard-setting.
• Work across Design Systems, Frontend Platform, and Product Engineering teams to create shared solutions.

Collaboration and Mentorship:

• Influence engineering-wide decisions through technical leadership and clear communication with executive audiences.
• Mentor and coach engineers across the organization, helping them level up their frontend skills and architectural thinking.
• Build relationships and navigate complex organizational dynamics to drive technical change.