Principal Engineer
Core
Principal technical authority owning front-end architecture, web delivery stack, and AI-native agentic systems for Condé Nast's global consumer web platforms.
Role type
Principal Front-End Architect & Delivery Engineer
Builds
Scalable web application frameworks, edge/CDN delivery layers, and production agentic AI systems for global media brands.
Domain
Media & Publishing / Front-End Engineering & Web Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Front-end architecture, Island architecture patterns, Performance budgeting & SLOs, Real User Monitoring (RUM) & Core Web Vitals, CDN & Edge compute strategy, Bot traffic mitigation, Modern browser ecosystem fluency, Profiling & debugging, AI-native system design, Technical leadership & governance
Preferred skills
Media/publishing domain experience, Accessibility engineering discipline
Technologies
JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Astro, Node.js, GraphQL, REST, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, GitHub
Responsibilities
Define foundational component design and rendering strategies for the web framework; Architect and govern the edge/CDN delivery layer for global resilience; Design and launch production agentic AI systems; Establish performance budgets and instrumentation for reader experience; Raise technical standards through design reviews and documentation.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic influence
