Principal Agentic Engineer (Front-end)
CanadaFull-time, ContractorPosted 5 months ago
Senior frontend technical leader building scalable, AI-driven web apps; leads frontend direction, mentors engineers, and collaborates with product, design, and backend teams to ship production-ready solutions.
Responsibilities
- Lead design and development of frontend apps with TypeScript, React, Next.js.
- Translate backlog from Product/UX into spec-driven requirements for Agents.
- Convert user stories and design systems into implementation specs for Agents.
- Design SEO, accessibility, performance, and CMS integrations.
- Integrate with Contentful, Contentstack, Algolia, Cloudinary, etc.
- Architect frontend solutions that connect to backend and AI systems.
- Create UX to express goals to AI agents; leverage AI APIs and LLM/RAG features.
- Collaborate with backend to consume RESTful APIs.
- Mentor engineers; ensure scalable, maintainable, well-documented frontend code.
- Manage delivery risks with PMs/stakeholders; communicate with clients.
Requirements
- TypeScript and modern JavaScript proficiency
- React and Next.js experience
- Spec-driven development experience
- RESTful APIs design/consumption experience
- Experience with AI coding agents (Copilot, Claude Code) and prompt engineering
- Experience with LLMs (Gemini 3, Claude Opus, GPT-4.x/5.x)
- Vector stores and RAG-powered applications
- GCP deployment experience, Vertex AI familiarity
- Proven leadership at Staff/Lead level mentoring engineers
- Git and CI/CD workflows
Nice to Have
- Experience with BMAD Method or similar spec-driven frameworks
- Experience with AI agent design patterns, task planning, and reasoning
- Experience with agent observability and debugging
- Familiarity with layered and distributed architectures
- Experience with Terraform
- Experience with backend technologies to support full-stack collaboration
- Experience with eCommerce platforms or complex frontend ecosystems
Benefits
- Great projects: work with international brands that have global impact
- Inclusive and safe environment that celebrates diversity
- Learning opportunities with training budgets, certifications, and mentorship
- Generous vacation policy and flexible PTO for work-life balance
- Customizable extended health and dental benefits
- Flexible work arrangements: remote, in-office, hybrid
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Founded
2016 (over 10 years ago)
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501-1000 employees
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