Principal Frontend Engineer

Presight

Dubai

On-site

AED 420,000 - 700,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

Presight AI, a leading data intelligence platform, seeks a Principal Frontend Engineer to shape the frontend of our AI-powered analytics platform. You will define architecture, mentor engineers, and deliver high-performance dashboards for enterprise users.

Collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to translate complex requirements into intuitive UIs, scale components, and champion accessibility and security. Senior leadership expected.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering or a related field.
10+ years of professional frontend development experience with at least 3 years in a lead role.
Expert knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript and the React ecosystem.

Responsibilities

Define and evolve frontend architecture and technology stack for scalable enterprise apps.
Lead design reviews, establish best practices for quality, performance, security and accessibility.
Mentor engineers, collaborate with product, design and backend teams to deliver data-intensive UIs and dashboards.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

React ecosystem

State management (MobX/Redux)

Frontend architecture

Performance optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

AI-assisted development basics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Information Technology / Engineering

Tools

Echarts

AgGrid

ReactFlow

MonacoEditor

Job description

Job Description:

Overview:

Job Description: Principal Frontend Engineer – Presight Data Intelligence Platform

Location: Abu Dhabi

About Presight

Presight, an ADX-listed public company limited by shares whose majority shareholder is Abu Dhabi company G42, is the region’s leading big data analytics company powered by Artificial Intelligence(“AI”). It combines big data, analytics, and AI expertise to serve every sector, of every scale, to create business and positive societal impact. With its world-class computer vision, AI and omni-analytics platform as its engine, Presight leverages all-source data to support insight-driven decision making that shapes policy and creates safer, healthier, happier, and more sustainable societies.

The Opportunity:

Presight AI is seeking a motivated and skilled Principal Frontend Engineer to join our dynamic team building end-to-end AI-powered data processing and analytics platform for the enterprise.

Responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities:

This role requires deep expertise in modern frontend technologies, strong leadership in shaping engineering practices, and the ability to influence product direction while delivering highly performant, scalable, and visually compelling applications.

As a Principal Engineer, you will set technical standards, mentor other engineers, and collaborate closely with product, design, and backend teams to create an exceptional user experience for complex, data-intensive workflows.

Define and evolve the frontend architecture and technology stack.

Establish best practices for code quality, performance, security, and accessibility.

Lead design reviews and technical discussions, ensuring alignment with product vision and platform goals.

Drive adoption of modern AI-assisted tools to enhance productivity, code quality, and testing efficiency.

Build advanced data-driven UIs, dashboards, and interactive visualizations.

Drive the adoption of modern frontend frameworks, libraries and tooling.

Partner with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to translate complex requirements into intuitive solutions.

Collaborate on design systems and component libraries for consistent, reusable UI patterns.

Coach and mentor frontend engineers at all levels, f...

Champion the integration of AI/LLM-powered development practices across the team.

Advocate for engineering excellence and innovation within the broader team.

Contribute to shaping engineering culture and recruitment.

Qualifications:

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related field.

10+ years of professional frontend development experience, including at least 3 years in a lead or principal role.

Expert knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript, React ecosystem including state management libraries (MobX, Redux, etc.), build systems, UI components, etc.

Proven experience in frontend architecture and system design for scalable enterprise applications.

Hands-on expertise with performance optimization, rendering large datasets, and UI responsiveness.

Familiarity with Echarts, AgGrid, ReactFlow, MonacoEditor or similar visualization libraries is highly desirable.

Experience collaborating in cross-functional product teams, influencing both technical and product roadmaps.

Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Exposure to AI-assisted development workflows (e.g., code generation, automated testing, AI-driven refactoring) is a strong plus.

Good to have:

Have a strong background in building data-intensive domain – transformations and/or analytics: dashboards, real-time visualizations, data pipelines, low-code transformations, etc...

Experience building graph and/or state management applications or components (Using ReactFlow/XFlow or similar)

Have experience working with web sockets, building real-time collaborative tools on web.

Familiar with core data management and data engineering concepts.

AI models, python notebooks is something you like to play with as well.

Have great communication skills and passion in technology and driving thing forward!

What we look for:

If you are a performance-driven, inquisitive mind with the agility to adapt to ambiguity, you will fit right in. You should be eager to explore opportunities to build meaningful collaborations with stakeholders and aspire to create unique customer-centric solutions. Bias for action and a passion to conquer new frontiers in the AI space is at the heart of the Presight community.

What working at Presight offers:

Culture: An open, diverse and inclusive environment with a global vision that encourages personal growth and focuses on ground-breaking, industry-first innovations.