Principal FrontEnd Engineer - 100% Remote - EMEA

Hostaway is an industry leading, AI-powered vacation rental management platform designed for professional short-term rental operators, trusted by 20,000+ property managers worldwide.

Principal FrontEnd Engineer - 100% Remote - EMEA

As Principal Frontend Engineer, you will define and drive the organization-wide frontend vision — shaping our design system, developer experience, accessibility standards, and frontend architecture. You'll lead cross-organization frontend initiatives, influencing multiple teams and aligning technical direction with product strategy, while establishing and championing standards for accessibility, performance, and usability across the company.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the frontend architectural vision: design systems, micro-frontends, developer tooling, and long-term scalability
• Lead cross-organization frontend initiatives, influencing multiple teams and aligning technical direction with product strategy
• Establish and champion standards for accessibility, performance, and usability across the company
• Mentor and grow technical leaders, raising the bar for frontend engineering excellence
• Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering to deliver cohesive, scalable, and customer-centric solutions
• Identify and drive tech debt remediation to ensure frontend scalability and maintainability
• Influence executive-level decisions on frontend technology strategy

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years in frontend engineering with proven architectural leadership
• Deep expertise in React, Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML
• Led large-scale frontend transformations (micro-frontend migrations, monolith decomposition, framework modernisation, design system overhauls) impacting multiple teams
• Strong knowledge of frontend performance optimization, accessibility (a11y), testing at all layers (unit, component, system)
• Skilled in modern build and release tooling (Webpack, Vite, CI/CD)
• Experience integrating design workflows (Figma, tokens, component libraries)
• Exceptional ability to influence across functions (Engineering, Product, Design)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading micro-frontend migrations or frontend platform refactors
• Experience working in cloud environments (AWS, GCP)
• Strong understanding of distributed systems architecture and their frontend implications
• Proven track record of leveraging AI tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, LLMs) to accelerate development velocity while maintaining code quality
• Advocates for AI adoption across teams, establishes guardrails for AI-assisted development, fosters experimentation with emerging AI-powered workflows

Success Metrics

• Frontend platform scales seamlessly across domains and teams
• Consistent design system adoption and strong developer experience (DX)
• Accessibility and performance embedded as non-negotiable standards
• Teams empowered to move fast without compromising quality
• Frontend engineering contributes directly to product differentiation and customer delight
• Customer feedback loops inform technical decisions

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive pay based on market rates in the country of the applicant
• Equity/stock options in profitable, unicorn-status company
• 100% remote work within country of residence
• Country-specific benefits (health insurance, pensions)
• Annual paid leave per country norms
• Dynamic international team culture (40+ countries represented)

Eligible countries: Austria, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Spain, UK.

This is a fully remote role within EMEA.
Posted: 2026-02-23