Principal Front-End Engineer

Yahoo is seeking a talented Principal Front-End Engineer with deep expertise in React, TypeScript, and design systems implementation. In this role, you'll build, optimize, and maintain robust, scalable web-based interface components, translating sophisticated Figma designs into elegant, production-ready user interfaces. Your commitment to visual consistency, accessibility, and performance will significantly enhance user experience across our platforms.

Primary Focus:

• Developing and maintaining high-quality, reusable UI components and front-end systems.

• Implementing a consistent, visually appealing, and accessible user experience leveraging our core design system.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and refine reusable UI components using React and TypeScript.

• Accurately translate detailed Figma designs into responsive, production-quality front-end code.

• Ensure accessibility standards, responsiveness, and cross-browser compatibility across all UI components and pages.

• Collaborate closely with designers, engineers, and product teams to uphold visual consistency and UX excellence.

• Proactively identify and resolve front-end performance bottlenecks, optimizing for speed and scalability.

Required Qualifications:

• Extensive front-end engineering experience with React.js and TypeScript.

• Proven ability to translate design specifications (Figma or similar tools) into functional, pixel-perfect front-end implementations.

• Deep understanding of web accessibility standards (WCAG), responsiveness, and cross-browser compatibility.

• Experience optimizing front-end performance, including familiarity with techniques for improving load times and rendering efficiency.

• Strong collaboration skills and experience working closely with design and engineering teams to ensure consistent user experiences.

Desired Strengths:

• Exceptional expertise in front-end styling, system patterns, tokens, and detailed interaction fidelity.

• Strong visual design instincts and attention to UI quality, precision, and scalability.

• Proven ability to systematically approach UI-layer architecture and optimization.

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

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