[Remote] Principal Software Engineer, Frontend

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. North is building a cloud, AI, and data spend management platform. The Principal Software Engineer, Frontend will set frontend technical direction, build the design system and frameworks, and improve performance, accessibility, and consistency across the app while partnering with product teams and coaching engineers.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for North's frontend architecture, and write down where we're going and why
• Build and evolve the design system and component library with our Product Designer, and roll it out across the app
• Raise the bar on performance, accessibility, and interaction quality, down to the details of how the app feels to use
• Establish frontend patterns, testing practices, and review standards, and get them into the tools engineers and coding agents use
• Turn recurring frontend questions, review comments, and inconsistencies into design system and framework improvements that reach existing screens, not just new ones
• Partner with product teams on new features so they land well for customers and fit the system
• Help shape how Noros shows up across the app as a consistent part of the experience
• Coach engineers through code review, design review, and pairing

Skills

• 10+ years building production web applications, with deep expertise in modern frontend architecture
• A track record of setting frontend direction across multiple teams, not just one codebase
• Experience building and scaling a design system with designers, from components to adoption, and treating it as a product for the engineers who use it
• Strong judgment about performance, state management, and data-heavy interfaces such as charts, tables, and filters
• You still write a lot of code, and you lead by shipping with teams rather than handing down standards
• Clear writing and communication, including explaining tradeoffs to people outside engineering
• Pragmatic, informed use of AI coding tools, with the judgment to know when they help and when they don't
• Low ego and a habit of bringing people along
• Experience with financial, analytics, or data visualization products
• Experience building conversational or AI-driven interfaces
• Familiarity with FinOps or cloud billing concepts
• Experience at a growing startup where the frontend outgrew its first architecture

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave (birthing parents receive an additional 4 weeks at 50% pay)
• Two company-wide breaks per year: one around Labor Day and one at the end of the year
• Aetna Medical PPO plan with the majority of the premium covered by North
• Dental and vision insurance
• Flexible spending account (FSA) for health expenses and commuter benefits
• 30 day sabbatical every 4 years
• Equity included
• Hybrid role based in New York City, with an office in Dumbo, Brooklyn; team members typically work in the office 2–3 days per week
• Remote US

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