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Hostaway is the market-leading SaaS scale-up transforming the vacation rental industry. With innovative solutions and partnerships with giants like Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking, we're taking on the competition and winning. Leveraging our customer-centric core values, we consistently deliver results that encourage growth, learning, and innovation for our team, our customers, and the industry. Profitable, high-growth, and the first short-term rental PMS unicorn. Join us at our most exciting stage yet! As Principal Frontend Engineer, you will define and drive the organization-wide frontend vision - shaping our design system, developer experience, accessibility standards, and frontend architecture. You’ll partner with Product, Design, and Engineering leadership to ensure our platform scales seamlessly while empowering teams to deliver user experiences that set a new standard for quality.
Job Responsibility:
Define and evolve the frontend architectural vision: design systems, micro-frontends, developer tooling, and long-term scalability
Lead cross-organization frontend initiatives, influencing multiple teams and aligning technical direction with product strategy
Establish and champion standards for accessibility, performance, and usability across the company but specifically our front-end community
Mentor and grow technical leaders, raising the bar for frontend engineering excellence
Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering to deliver cohesive, scalable, and customer-centric solutions
Identify and drive tech debt remediation to ensure frontend scalability and maintainability
Influence executive-level decisions on frontend technology strategy
Requirements:
10+ years in frontend engineering, with proven architectural leadership
Deep expertise in React, Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML
Led large-scale frontend transformations - such as micro-frontend migrations, monolith decomposition, framework modernisation, or design system overhauls - that impacted multiple teams and required coordinated organisational change
Strong knowledge of frontend performance optimization, accessibility (a11y), testing at all layers (unit, component, system)
Skilled in modern build and release tooling (Webpack, Vite, CI/CD)
Exceptional ability to influence across functions (Engineering, Product, Design)
Experience leading micro-frontend migrations or frontend platform refactors
Experience working in cloud environments (AWS, GCP)
Strong understanding of distributed systems architecture and their frontend implications
Proven track record of leveraging AI tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, LLMs) to accelerate development velocity while maintaining code quality
Advocates for AI adoption across teams, establishes guardrails for AI-assisted development, and fosters a culture of experimentation with emerging AI-powered workflows
What we offer:
Competitive Compensation: We offer competitive pay based on market rates in the country of the applicant
100% Remote: Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere within your country of residence
Equity: Every role in our company comes with valuable stock options in a fast-growing and profitable company
Values-Driven Leadership: Our Core Values are not just words we’ve written to make us feel good. We leverage them daily when making strategic and tactical decisions
Professional Growth: Our rapid growth offers unparalleled learning and development opportunities, along with a multitude of career advancement opportunities
Annual Paid Leave: The specific amounts vary by country and are aligned with country and/or contract-specific norms
Geographic Specific Benefits: As an international employer, we offer different country-specific benefits such as Health Insurance and Pensions in countries where these perks are customary
Dynamic Team Culture: As a global company with team members in over 40 countries, our diverse and international culture fuels our innovation and creativity