Principal Front End Engineer, Commerce

Who Is Boulevard?

Boulevard provides the first and only client experience platform for appointment based, self-care businesses. We empower our customers to give their clients more of the magical moments that matter most.

Before launching in 2016, our founders spent months interviewing salon managers and working behind front desks to understand their pain points so we could design a modern, user-friendly platform that meets the unique needs of their business. Our roots may be in hair salons, but we are built for the broader self-care industry, including many types of salons, spas, MedSpas, barbershops, and more. Our technology not only helps our customers survive but thrive. Take a look at how we (and YOU) can make that happen. 

We have an insatiable curiosity and embrace experimentation. We believe that simple solutions require the most sophistication, and we design each and every detail to maximize potential, power, and impact. Do our values match? Read through our story and what we value the most.

Our team values and celebrates our diverse backgrounds. Being open about who we are and what we do allows us to do the best work of our lives. We believe in equal opportunity for all, and you should too.

Come Do The Best Work Of Your Life At Boulevard.

As a Front End Principal Engineer, you’ll sit at the intersection of Design, Product, and Engineering as we build a beautiful and intuitive interface to power the self-care booking industry. You’ll utilize your expert knowledge of Front End Architecture and customer empathy while aiming to further elevate our web and mobile-based applications by delivering an unrivaled cross-platform user experience.

You will be responsible for steering the front end architecture of the platform. You will be a key member of the architecture guild and help shape the technical road map and standards. You will work both independently and collaboratively to bring new ideas and make critical contributions that empower teams to maximize impact through mentorship, technology, and execution. This role partners closely with Design, Product, and Engineering leadership to anticipate business needs and objectives and define the go-forward technical strategy for front end development. You will work closely with the Designers and Front End Engineers to execute on solutions that support this strategy. You will collaborate closely with engineers to ensure we evolve with security, reliability, and scalability at the top of mind.

Our web-based dashboard has a significant footprint of legacy Angular components and a much smaller set of React components developed across disparate component libraries. Our mobile apps are built on React Native with some platform-specific components as well as payment hardware integrations. This results in an inconsistent user experience and inefficient, slow development iterations/high cost to maintain. We have begun an initiative to standardize a Design System and have a larger goal to consolidate and standardize both the customer experience and developer experience cross-platform. As a Principal Engineer, your primary objective will be to define and support the execution of a strategy that achieves these goals in a scalable, maintainable, and efficient manner.

What You'll Do Here:

• Partner closely with Design, Product, and Engineering leadership to anticipate business needs and objectives and define a technology roadmap that enables said objectives.

• Define the go-forward strategy for Front End architecture to consolidate and standardize both user and developer experience cross-platform.

• Align with key stakeholders and socialize across R&D in support of value, clarity, buy-in, and adoption.

• Champion deprecation of legacy Angular framework, recommending a plan for iterating towards React while we continue to deliver on roadmap initiatives. 

• Work closely cross-functionally and cross-team to execute on solutions that implement go-forward Front End strategy.

• Collaborate with Architecture Guild to ensure we evolve with security, reliability, and scalability.

• Lead the Front End Architecture Guild.

• This role operates with high autonomy. You will align with leadership to balance your time between team ceremonies and delivery cycle commitments on initiatives within the Commerce or Business Management charters while driving forward the broader Front End initiatives and strategy. This balance may shift depending on priorities.

• Coach Engineers on best practices related to design, code, refactor strategies, and test automation.

• Adhere to high-quality standards while delivering solutions in a timely manner.

• Support Engineering on-call rotation for critical alerts and incident handling/response.

What You'll Need To Thrive:

• Experience: At least 10 years of experience in the design and development of complex mobile and web applications.

• Experience: Track record of building and evolving secure mobile and web applications in React, and React Native.

• Experience: Experience eliminating complex areas of tech debt while balancing incremental product roadmap delivery.

• Mentorship: Expertise in mentorship practices that develop engineers’ technical, collaboration, and leadership skills, with a track record of coaching and supporting others in their growth.

• Opinionated: Have a strong opinionated voice on best practices, processes, and the tools necessary to deliver outcomes efficiently and with high quality.

• Forward Thinker: Demonstrated ability to set strategy for evolving systems to best support near-term outcomes while working towards longer-term objectives.

• Strong Communicator: Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills across both technical and non-technical teams.

• Collaborative: Ability to work well with multiple stakeholders, achieve measurable results, and convey those results to other managers and C-suite executives.

• Architecture Knowledge: Experience building and evolving front end platforms securely, reliably, and at scale.

• Analytical: Impressive problem-solving, critical thinking skills, and business acumen within the SaaS industry. 

• Pride in the work: Pride for the work you do and care deeply about the products which consume your services.

• Data Driven: The ability to pull on key data points to drive decision-making.

How We'll Take Care Of You:

In addition to the wonderful people you’ll get to work with (meet some of them here!) and challenging projects that’ll push you - Boulevard is here to make sure you’re always at the top of your game emotionally, mentally, and physically. 

• ✨ We’ve got you covered with a 401(k) match plus dental, medical, vision, and life insurance. 

• 🏝 Take a break whenever you need with our flexible vacation day policy. 

• 🖥 Fully remote so you can choose where you want to work. You’ll receive a work from home stipend every month. 

• 💚 Family planning resources and specialized support programs. 

• 🔮 Equity: get ahead on the ground floor and grow with Boulevard. 

• � Boulevard Bucks Learning and Development program allows employees to explore businesses in the market we serve.

Boulevard Labs, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. All employment decisions at Boulevard Labs, Inc. are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.