Principal Software Engineer (Front End)

Where You Come In:

We are currently seeking a Principal Software Engineer (Front End) to join our growing team! At KCF, you will operate as part of a cross-functional squad with other engineers (Software, Hardware, DevOps, and Machine Learning). As a Principal Software Engineer, you will drive the effort to build the next generation of user interfaces for KCF’s SMARTdiagnostics machine health platform across web and mobile, and you will create a framework for rapid development and innovation using modern front-end technology. This will help us achieve our goal of zero waste, zero downtime, and zero safety incidents for all of industry.

This role can be 100% remote-based. With our Work From Home, Work From Anywhere model, KCF employees are spread across 27 different U.S states. We advocate for owning your work - you define how you do it and where you do it.

Essential Functions:

• Develop and maintain KCF’s software products (e.g. SMARTdiagnostics web and mobile)
• Actively participate as a member of a cross-functional engineering squad
• Attend meetings (standups, planning and refinements, progress reviews, etc.)
• Collaborate with other squad members (UI/UX, engineers, architects, QA, etc.
• Produce high-quality, well-documented cod
• Assist in the creation of supporting artifacts (e.g. UI/UX designs, architecture diagrams, and requirements documents)
• Assist in the creation of standards, best practices, and procedures for the Software department
• Use version control and issue tracking tools to track code changes and assigned tasks
• Mentor squad and chapter members
• Review code from other engineers (e.g. Git Pull Requests) and conduct formal design reviews as needed

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• 7+ years relevant experience and 2+ years in a team or chapter leadership role
• Strong understanding of Scrum, Kanban, or other agile development methodologies
• Experience with TypeScript development and best practices
• Experience with mobile app development (iOS and Android) – Expo preferred.
• Experience incorporating design systems such as Material Design, Atlassian, etc.
• Experience collaborating with UI/UX design (e.g. incorporating design tokens from Figma)
• Expertise with modern front-end frameworks and libraries:
  • React and React Native
  • CSS frameworks such as Tailwind
  • Animations (Framer Motion, React Spring, Remotion, etc.)
  • Knowledge of full stack frameworks such as Next.js preferred
• Strong understanding of responsive design principles
• Experience with modern application auth (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML Single Sign On)
• Understanding of AWS and relevant service offerings (e.g. Cognito and Amplify)
• Experience with front end testing frameworks and strategies (unit tests, integration tests, etc.)
• Experience with Git and a strong understanding of version control best practices
• Ability to adapt to new programming languages and tools as needed