Principal Software Engineer (React)

WebHosting; Mumbai; On-site; INR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

WebHosting is seeking a senior frontend leader to define and drive the technical vision for the frontend platform. You will mentor engineers, own production systems, and collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to align technical strategy with business goals.

Responsibilities include improving performance, accessibility, and design systems, while driving CI/CD improvements and reducing tech debt across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive frontend architecture and long-term roadmap for frontend systems across the platform.
• Lead design and development of scalable, high-performance web applications for millions of users.
• Conduct architecture reviews, design discussions, and deep dives to ensure engineering excellence.
• Mentor senior engineers and raise the engineering bar through coaching and leadership.
• Own critical production systems and drive observability, security, and reliability.
• Partner with product managers, designers, backend engineers, and senior leadership to align technical strategy with business goals.
• Champion frontend best practices including performance optimization, accessibility, and design systems.
• Drive cross-team initiatives to reduce tech debt and improve CI/CD pipelines and code quality.

Skills

React

State management

REST APIs

GraphQL

Web performance

CI/CD

Git workflows

Testing

AI coding tools

Tools

Webpack

Vite

Turborepo

GitHub Actions

Job description

What You’ll Do & How You’ll Make Your Mark

• Define and drive the technical vision, architecture, and long-term roadmap for frontend systems across the platform.
• Lead the design and development of scalable, high-performance web applications that serve millions of users.
• Conduct architecture reviews, design discussions, and technical deep dives to ensure engineering excellence.
• Mentor senior engineers and raise the overall engineering bar through coaching and technical leadership.
• Own critical production systems and drive operational excellence, observability, security, and reliability.
• Partner with product managers, designers, backend engineers, and senior leadership to align technical strategy with business goals.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve developer productivity and product quality.
• Champion frontend best practices including performance optimization, accessibility, design systems, and reusable component architecture.
• Drive cross-team initiatives that reduce tech debt, improve CI/CD pipelines, and elevate code quality standards.
• Influence engineering culture by contributing to hiring, onboarding, and establishing technical standards across the organization.
• Represent the engineering team in cross-functional planning, sprint reviews, and executive stakeholder discussions.
• Deep mastery of React including Hooks, Context API, component lifecycle, state management, routing, Server Components, and reusable component architecture.
• Strong experience with state management and data-fetching libraries such as Zustand, TanStack Query, and TanStack Router.
• Hands-on experience designing and maintaining frontend build systems using Webpack, Vite, Turborepo, or similar tooling.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, GraphQL, and asynchronous programming patterns.
• Proficiency with Git-based workflows, branching strategies, and code review processes at scale.
• Extensive experience with testing strategies including unit, integration, and E2E testing using Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, or Playwright; integrated with CI/CD for continuous quality assurance.
• Experience using and evaluating AI-powered developer tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or similar AI coding assistants to accelerate development workflows.
• Expertise in web performance optimization (Core Web Vitals, Lighthouse), accessibility standards (WCAG), and observability (logging, tracing, alerting).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent) and Agile/Scrum practices.
• Familiarity with micro-frontend architectures, Module Federation, and design systems.
• Exposure to backend technologies (Node.js, Python) and cloud platforms (OCI) is a strong plus.

This Job Description includes the essential job functions required to perform the job described above, as well as additional duties and responsibilities. This Job Description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee performing this job may be required to perform. The Company reserves the right to revise the Job Description at any time, and to require the employee to perform functions in addition to those listed above.