About the role

Role overview

Principal Front End Engineer is the highest-level front-end individual contributor and enterprise/product technical leader. The role defines and advances the organization’s front-end engineering vision, sets standards for technical excellence, and shapes major architectural and strategic initiatives across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

Define and advance enterprise front-end engineering strategy, architecture, and standards across teams and initiatives.
Establish quality, accessibility, maintainability, operational readiness, testing, and scalability guardrails.
Own technical product design and architecture for critical front-end platforms and strategic initiatives.
Partner with Product Management, Software Engineering, UX, and Architecture to shape approaches and align roadmaps.
Drive adoption of industry best practices, emerging technologies, and modernization opportunities.
Provide enterprise guidance on cloud alignment, CI/CD, automated testing, and sustainable engineering practices.
Serve as a senior expert for difficult engineering problems and major technical decisions.
Mentor engineers and technical leaders; act as a role model for engineering excellence.
Influence change to improve engineering outcomes, delivery capability, and organizational maturity.
Represent the organization in high-impact technical discussions with senior stakeholders and executive leadership as needed.

Requirements (Minimum)

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field (or equivalent experience).
15+ years progressive experience designing and developing complex software/web systems.
Deep expertise in front-end architecture, web platform engineering, application design, and enterprise-scale delivery.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive strategic initiatives.
Advanced knowledge of SDLC best practices, software development methodologies, DevOps, and automated testing.
Strong experience with modern web technologies, front-end frameworks, API integration, CI/CD, source control, and cloud-aligned delivery models.
Exceptional communication and presentation skills.

Preferred qualifications

Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field.
Experience leading major modernization (cloud migration, platform transformation, large-scale redesign).
Expertise in design systems, performance engineering, front-end observability, and enterprise web governance.

About Early Warning

Early Warning is a long-standing payments and financial services technology provider that powers and protects the U.S. financial system. It partners with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and to protect transactions for millions of consumers and small businesses.