Principal Engineer - Front End
Principal Engineer - Front End
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$ 195500 - 315775
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Job Description
Company Overview
Docusign brings agreements to life. Over 1.5 million customers and more than a billion people in over 180 countries use Docusign solutions to accelerate the process of doing business and simplify peoples lives. With intelligent agreement management Docusign unleashes businesscritical data that is trapped inside of documents. Until now these were disconnected from business systems of record costing businesses time money and opportunity. Using Docusigns Intelligent Agreement Management platform companies can create commit and manage agreements with solutions created by the #1 company in esignature and contract lifecycle management (CLM).
What youll do
As a UX principal engineer you will be responsible for helping the company improve our UX engineering and velocity while simultaneously improving customer experience and enforcing craftsmanship in everything we build. You will partner with other principal engineers across the company in developing best in industry capabilities and experiences. Candidates should have experience in highly scaled software engineering modern and current frontend best practices and be constantly interested in learning sharing and supporting others.
Successful candidates for this role will have a deep understanding of frontend web technologies including TypeScript React Node Next.js and modern microfront end architectures. You will be passionate about upleveling UX development capabilities within the company and you will have the passion and patience to guide teams and individual engineers through that work. You will also have an interest in leveraging AI to assist in both improving developer efficiency and in building out customer experiences based on AI.
This position is an individual contributor role reporting to the Vice President Engineering.
Responsibility
- Write highquality code that is easy to maintain and test
- Build TypeScript and JavaScript client code using modern web frameworks and technologies (React Redux Sass)
- Work with UX and Design to standardize and simplify UI development practices
- Build modular/reusable UI components
- Build and maintain frontend web application infrastructure
- Participate in the entire development life cycle from concept to release
- Support strategic code sharing and architecture for one or more functional area
- Ensure design and architecture is extensible across multiple projects and participate in technical design and code reviews
- Work with Product Management and other developers to understand design requirements and provide estimates for development
- Work closely with QA to identify test cases and devise efficient scalable testing processes
- Work cooperatively with product management and design to create features that are scalable and secure
- Identify propose and implement process improvement to continuously increase the teams productivity and efficiency
- Stay current with the latest software engineering best practices and share your findings with the team
- Work as part of a crosssite development team to drive design implementation testing and release of products
- Raise issues proactively that might impact delivery commitments
- Research new features and technologies
- Fix production issues and maintain the code as needed
Job Designation
Hybrid: Employee divides their time between inoffice and remote work. Access to an office location is required. (Frequency: Minimum 2 days per week; may vary by team but will be weekly inoffice expectation)
Positions at Docusign are assigned a job designation of either In Office Hybrid or Remote and are specific to the role/job. Preferred job designations are not guaranteed when changing positions within Docusign. Docusign reserves the right to change a positions job designation depending on business needs and as permitted by local law.
What you bring
Basic
- 15 years software development experience
- 10 years web application development
- Experience with modern web application technologies (TypeScript ES6 React/Angular/VueJS Sass/Less Node Next.js etc.
- BS or MS in Computer Science a related field or equivalent industry experience
Preferred
- Experience building design and component libraries
- 5 years experience implementing responsive designs for mobile tablet and desktop
- 5 years experience building SaaS web applications
- 2 years experience with web accessibility standards and practices
- Experience aligning platform architecture with security and data
- Experience with unit testing frameworks
- Experience developing promoting and building consensus across engineering teams
- Understanding of web application design principles such as usability
performance and security - Problem solving and troubleshooting skills
- Ability to work independently in a fastpaced environment with frequent
production releases - Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Wage Transparency
Pay for this position is based on a number of factors including geographic location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience.
Based on applicable legislation the below details pay ranges in the following locations:
California: $195500.00 $315775.00 base salary
Washington New Jersey and New York (including NYC metro area): $186200.00 $276125.00 base salary
This role is also eligible for the following:
- Bonus: Sales personnel are eligible for variable incentive pay dependent on their achievement of preestablished sales goals. NonSales roles are eligible for a company bonus plan which is calculated as a percentage of eligible wages and dependent on company performance.
- Stock: This role is eligible to receive Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
Global benefits provide options for the following:
- Paid Time Off: earned time off as well as paid company holidays based on region
- Paid Parental Leave: take up to six months off with your child after birth adoption or foster care placement
- Full Health Benefits Plans: options for 100 employer paid and minimum employee contribution health plans from day one of employment
- Retirement Plans: select retirement and pension programs with potential for employer contributions
- Learning and Development: options for coaching online courses and education reimbursements
- Compassionate Care Leave: paid time off following the loss of a loved one and other lifechanging events
Life at DocuSign
Working here
Docusign is committed to building trust and making the world more agreeable for our employees customers and the communities in which we live and work. You can count on us to listen be honest and try our best to do whats right every day. At Docusign everything is equal.
We each have a responsibility to ensure every team member has an equal opportunity to succeed to be heard to exchange ideas openly to build lasting relationships and to do the work of their life. Best of all you will be able to feel deep pride in the work you do because your contribution helps us make the world better than we found it. And for that youll be loved by us our customers and the world in which we live.
Accommodation
Docusign is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need such an accommodation or a religious accommodation during the application process please contact us at .
If you experience any issues concerns or technical difficulties during the application process please get in touch with our Talent organization at for assistance.
States Not Eligible for Employment
This position is not eligible for employment in the following states: Alaska Hawaii Maine Mississippi North Dakota South Dakota Vermont West Virginia and Wyoming.
EEO Statement
Its important to us that we build a talented team that is as diverse as our customers and where all employees feel a deep sense of belonging and thrive. We encourage great talent who bring a range of perspectives to apply for our open positions. Docusign is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes hiring decisions based on experience skill aptitude and a cando approach. We will not discriminate based on race ethnicity color age sex religion national origin ancestry pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity gender expression genetic information physical or mental disability registered domestic partner status caregiver status marital status veteran or military status or any other legally protected category.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
