Principal Front End Engineer

Early Warning Services

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Chicago, ILScottsdale, AZSan Francisco, CANew York, NY
Salary
$172,000–$215,000 / yr
Posted
48 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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This role $194k
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This role pays less than 62% of similar roles. Most pay $174,600–$231,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $194k versus about $203k for comparable roles.

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About Early Warning Services

Early Warning Services is a fintech company that operates the Zelle person-to-person payments network, the Paze digital checkout wallet, and Certos fraud prevention and identity risk solutions for financial institutions.

Early Warning Services currently has 64 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $143,500–$183,000 across 60 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Front End Engineer

Principal Front End Engineer - Paze As a high-level individual contributor and technical leader on the Paze team, you will define the enterprise front-end engineering vision while establishing standards for quality, accessibility, and scalability. You will be responsible for designing and building production-grade web SDKs for secure browser-based flows to support merchant integrations. Your daily work involves shaping architectural strategies, mentoring engineers, and partnering with cross-functional teams like UX and product management to align on technical roadmaps. To succeed, you must possess deep expertise in front-end architecture, JavaScript/TypeScript API design, and modern web technologies including front-end frameworks and CI/CD pipelines. You will solve complex problems regarding browser compatibility, performance engineering, and security for the next generation of the company's web platform, ensuring a seamless user experience within the payment systems domain.

What you'll do

  • Define and advance enterprise front-end engineering strategy, architecture, and standards across multiple teams.
  • Establish technical guardrails for quality, accessibility, maintainability, testing, and scalability.
  • Own the technical product design and architecture for critical front-end platforms and strategic initiatives.
  • Build production-grade web SDKs for secure browser-based flows and partner integrations.
  • Drive adoption of industry best practices, emerging technologies, and modernization opportunities.
  • Provide expert guidance on cloud alignment, CI/CD, automated testing, and sustainable engineering.
  • Mentor engineers and technical leaders while serving as a model for engineering excellence.
  • Represent the organization in high-impact technical discussions with senior stakeholders and executive leadership.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must possess eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
  • 15 or more years of progressive experience designing and developing complex software or web-based systems.
  • Experience designing, building, and supporting production-grade web SDKs including JavaScript/TypeScript API design and browser compatibility.
  • Deep expertise in front-end architecture, web platform engineering, application design, and enterprise-scale delivery.
  • Advanced knowledge of SDLC best practices, software development methodologies, DevOps practices, and automated testing.
  • Experience leading major modernization efforts involving cloud migration or large-scale architecture redesign (preferred).
  • Expertise in design systems, performance engineering, front-end observability, and enterprise web governance (preferred).

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