Senior Frontend Engineer — Remote (React/Next.js, AWS)

Principal International; Iowa, Northern (LA, KY); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Principal Asset Management is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead front-end development in a modern, customer-facing environment. You will build experiences using React, Next.js, and AWS and help shape architectural decisions in a significant modernization effort.

You will mentor peers, collaborate across agile teams, and champion engineering excellence, focusing on performance, reliability, and maintainability.

Qualifications

• Front-end development experience with React/Next.js/Angular or similar frameworks.
• Experience contributing to system design and technical decision-making.
• Strong communication and collaboration across distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of modern, secure front-end solutions for retirement customers.
• Influence technical direction during modernization and decoupling efforts.
• Collaborate with agile product teams across engineering, product, design and stakeholders.

Skills

React

Next.js

JavaScript/TypeScript

Front-end development

Mentoring

AI-assisted tools

Cloud familiarity (AWS)

Education

Associate or bachelor’s degree in computer science/tech/math

Tools

GitHub Copilot

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Principal Asset Management is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead front-end development in a modern, customer-facing environment. You will build experiences using React, Next.js, and AWS and help shape architectural decisions in a significant modernization effort.

You will mentor peers, collaborate across agile teams, and champion engineering excellence, focusing on performance, reliability, and maintainability.