Staff Frontend Architect — Modernize Apps & Equity Eligible

Fortinet; Sunnyvale, Santa Clara (CA, CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k)

11 paid holidays

Vacation time

Sick time

Equity program

Job summary

Fortinet is seeking a Staff Frontend Engineer to join the FortiWeb team in Sunnyvale, CA, to build and maintain the web-based management interface for our WAF product. You will lead modernization efforts, migrate legacy applications, and design scalable frontend architectures using Angular and React, collaborating across teams to deliver enterprise-grade interfaces.

Strong leadership and mentoring experience are expected as you shape UI engineering practices and drive performance through CI/CD

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of professional frontend development experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Angular (v14+) / React and TypeScript.
• Proven track record of leading large-scale application modernization projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the migration from legacy frameworks to modern Angular 21+ and React 18+.
• Design and implement micro-frontend architecture for multiple sub-applications.
• Build scalable, observable state management solutions using RxJS and MobX/Redux.
• Establish frontend best practices and architectural patterns for the engineering team.
• Collaborate with backend teams to define API contracts and integration patterns.
• Work with UX/UI teams to implement enterprise design systems.
• Partner with DevOps to optimize CI/CD pipelines and build performance.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and technical guidance.

Skills

Angular 14+/React

TypeScript

RxJS/MobX/Redux

Micro-frontend

CSS/SCSS

Webpack/Vite

Testing (Jasmine/Karma/Jest)

Git

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Angular CLI

pnpm/Yarn

ESLint/Prettier

D3.js

Kubernetes/Docker

Job description

Fortinet is seeking a Staff Frontend Engineer to join the FortiWeb team in Sunnyvale, CA, to build and maintain the web-based management interface for our WAF product. You will lead modernization efforts, migrate legacy applications, and design scalable frontend architectures using Angular and React, collaborating across teams to deliver enterprise-grade interfaces.

Strong leadership and mentoring experience are expected as you shape UI engineering practices and drive performance through CI/CD