Lead Frontend Engineer (Remote) - 3D Web & Scale

OpenKrill; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off & holidays

Sick leave

Annual credit for perks

Team-building activities

Birthday off

100% remote work

Job summary

Nortal seeks a Principal-level Web Engineer to lead development of interactive web experiences atop an existing 3D interface and graphics engine. You will guide technical direction, performance, and API evolution across web and microservices cloud platforms, while hands-on coding about half the time.

You will be a trusted leader, partnering with Product, design, and leadership to deliver high-impact consumer experiences at global scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience with modern JavaScript/TypeScript frontend development and React, with deep state management, performance optimization, and frontend architecture.
• 8+ years engineering substantial full-stack web codebases live in production, ownership of systems at scale, and understanding frontend, backend, APIs, data, and infrastructure.
• 3+ years providing technical leadership for small engineering teams (3–6 engineers) on business-critical projects; mentoring and direction without required people management.
• 5+ years designing and shipping complex distributed systems, including API design, microservices, performance- critical architectures, production ownership.
• Advanced English proficiency; ability to work with US clients and international teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve web capabilities delivering meaningful customer outcomes while remaining well engineered and scalable.
• Coordinate complex technology roadmaps with distributed teams and partners, clarifying trade-offs.
• Be a trusted technical partner translating product goals into technical direction and risks.
• Drive seamless customer journeys by designing and developing integrated experiences across channels.
• Promote healthy engineering practices: code reviews, observability, performance, test automation, and architecture quality.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript frontend

React

Full-stack web development

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

API design

Microservices

DevOps observability

English communication

3D graphics (nice to have)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Job description

Nortal seeks a Principal-level Web Engineer to lead development of interactive web experiences atop an existing 3D interface and graphics engine. You will guide technical direction, performance, and API evolution across web and microservices cloud platforms, while hands-on coding about half the time.

You will be a trusted leader, partnering with Product, design, and leadership to deliver high-impact consumer experiences at global scale.