Principal Software Engineer - Front End

Veeva Systems is creating a new Enterprise Application Platform to expand their business beyond the Life Sciences industry. They are seeking a Principal Front-End Engineer to drive architecture and development for key front-end subsystems, mentor engineers, and partner with product and design teams to create user experiences on their new platform.

Responsibilities:

• Drive architecture and development for key front-end subsystems like administration, workflow, and reporting, taking them from early concepts to mature, scalable solutions
• Co-author our custom UI framework, creating the foundational tools and documentation that will empower application and customer engineering teams to build faster and more consistently
• Mentor engineers across the team, sharing deep expertise in TypeScript and React and raising our front-end craft
• Champion a culture of quality by implementing and overseeing a comprehensive testing strategy, ensuring we ship robust, low-drama features
• Partner with product and design to turn complex business needs into elegant, practical user experiences on our new enterprise platform

Requirements:

• Expert-level proficiency with modern front-end technologies, including JavaScript, CSS, TypeScript, and React
• Deep knowledge of core browser APIs, including data storage (local/session/cookies), iframes, and web workers
• Hands-on experience with modern front-end build tooling (e.g., Vite, ESBuild, Rollup, Webpack)
• Track record of designing, building, and maintaining frameworks or libraries for other engineers
• History of long-term commitment to a product, having guided it from its initial design to a mature, successful state
• Ability to drive technical strategy while translating high-level business goals into concrete engineering outcomes
• Success in a fast-paced, greenfield environment, acting as a key partner in defining both product and culture
• Must be located in PST or MST
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Veeva does not provide sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B, OPT, or TN status) for this employment position
• Experience architecting and delivering complex, scalable features for enterprise-grade, multi-tenant SaaS applications
• Exposure to full stack development, especially in Rust
• Familiarity with modern DevOps practices and tools, including hands-on experience with designing or maintaining CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, testing, and deployment