Principal Frontend Engineer (Mexico Remote)

Turnitin is seeking a Principal Frontend Engineer with strong expertise in modern frontend technologies such as web components, React, and micro frontends. This role is ideal for engineers passionate about designing and delivering intuitive, high-performing, and reliable user interfaces that support our award-winning educational platform.

As a core contributor to our product development team, you will play a critical role in shaping the user experience of both existing and new applications. You will collaborate closely with backend engineers, designers, and product managers to create scalable and engaging solutions that meet the needs of educators and students worldwide.

Responsibilities: 

Technical Leadership & Ownership

• Own the design, development, and evolution of major frontend components, and platform capabilities.
• Drive architectural decisions at the system and program level, ensuring alignment with enterprise reference architecture.
• Act as the decision maker when mid and junior level engineers cannot resolve complex technical issues, providing clarity and direction to keep projects on track.
• Innovate within project and platform constraints, introducing new approaches and solutions.
• Balance strategic technical vision with pragmatic, supportable execution.
   

Component Development & Design Systems

• Design, develop, and maintain highly efficient, reusable, and scalable web components using modern frontend frameworks.
• Build modular UI libraries and design systems to ensure consistency, maintainability, and reusability across projects.
• Establish and enforce best practices in accessibility, security, performance optimization, and responsive design.
• Collaborate with designers and product managers to define the architecture of reusable component libraries and design systems.
   

Integration & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Ensure seamless integration of web components into applications.
• Partner with backend engineers to design APIs that enable efficient data flow and interaction.
• Collaborate with DevOps to streamline CI/CD processes for frontend builds and deployments.
• Work closely with QA to ensure smooth handoff, debugging, and resolution of testing issues.

Code Quality, Standards & Performance

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code that adheres to modern engineering standards.
• Perform code reviews and establish departmental best practices for quality and maintainability.
• Develop robust unit and integration tests for reusable components.
• Debug and resolve performance bottlenecks, ensuring cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility.

Mentorship & Cultural Leadership

• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers, particularly in component development and modern frontend frameworks.
• Provide technical guidance, pair programming, and ongoing coaching to raise team capability.
• Serve as a cultural and technical fixture within the department, fostering collaboration, innovation, and engineering excellence.

Delivery & Impact

• Drive large-scale, multi-quarter initiatives and epics, ensuring on-time delivery of high-impact features.
• Influence departmental technical strategy and standards through visible leadership and execution excellence.
• Ensure all solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with organizational goals.