[Hiring] Principal FE Engineer @Nortal

Role Description

Join Nortal for your next big adventure. We are seeking a Principal FE Engineer to join our team, grow with us, and teach us a few things along the way.

As a Principal-level Web Engineer, you’ll lead the development of highly interactive web experiences built on an existing 3D interface and graphics engine, helping shape a product that combines spatial computing, 3D graphics, e-commerce, and consumer technology at global scale.

In this role, you will:

• Architect, implement, and optimize consumer-facing web applications connected to the platform’s 3D capabilities.
• Own technical direction, web quality, performance, and the evolution of architectures, APIs, and features across the web and microservices cloud platform.
• Be a trusted technical leader who can solve complex and novel problems, explain trade-offs, and connect technical decisions to product and customer outcomes.
• Guide engineers and drive technical decisions without requiring direct people management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of recent, hands-on experience with modern JavaScript/TypeScript frontend development and React (or equivalent component frameworks).
• 8+ years engineering substantial full-stack web codebases live in production.
• 3+ years providing technical leadership for small engineering teams (3-6 engineers).
• 5+ years designing and shipping complex distributed systems.
• Strong foundations in Computer Science, software engineering, and structured problem solving.
• Fluency with Internet web technologies and modern full-stack web application technology stacks.
• Familiar with best practices for DevOps, observability, testing, and quality practices.
• Experience with consumer internet applications and the ability to connect technical decisions to customer and business outcomes.
• Able to adjust calendar for meetings with Europe; Eastern Time location is preferred.
• Appreciation for consumer experience, visual aesthetics, and product quality is preferred.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, distributed, and asynchronous engineering environment.
• Advanced English Level is required for this role.

Requirements

• Experience with 3D graphics technologies is a plus, but prior 3D development experience is not required.
• Experience building consumer retail e-commerce applications.

Benefits

• Competitive USD salary.
• 100% remote work.
• Paid time off & national holidays.
• Sick leave.
• Annual credit.
• Team-building activities.
• Birthday off.