Principal Software Engineer (Frontend Architect)

LastPass is looking for a Principal Software Engineer (Frontend Architect):

Join us and be part of the LastPass Architect team that enables our engineers to do their best work. What we work on has a scale and impact that is hard to find anywhere else. You will be responsible for building and working collaboratively with peers and teams across the globe. You will be working on a product which is loved by millions, to secure the online life of our users.

If you are passionate about complex problem solving and motivated by scale, then this is the role for you!

Who will you work with?

We are a small team reporting directly to the CTO. You will work alongside technical leaders and architecture team members to ensure all solutions are based on solid foundations, right and proven technology, solid design principles and proper non-functional requirements such as performance, availability, maintainability, reliability, and security. You will participate in discussions to provide business justification for engineering needs with different stakeholders.

Architect is a service role and we succeed by helping other people and teams succeed in their own projects.

What are some of the exciting challenges you will be working on?

• As a Frontend Software Architect you will be responsible for designated areas of the architecture in our LastPass product and you are expected to take ownership by getting to know the areas in full, document, establish and maintain the architecture vision and future goals.
• Document and build consensus around principles of the architecture and clarify these principles when necessary.
• Help coordinate architecture developments inside and outside of the application domain, doing an early review of the deliverables, producing recommendations and providing guidelines and best practices.
• Ensure architectural direction and governance aligned with the business and the product strategy and industry best practices.
• Participate in solution work for new initiatives to outline high-level solutions.
• Identify refactor activities needed to address technical debt, performance, scalability, availability, reliability, and security.
• Conceptualize and experiment with alternative architectural approaches.

What does it take to work at LastPass?

• Leading complex initiatives to modernize the LastPass web application within our evolving organization.
• Designing innovative solutions that balance business continuity and the enhancement of user experience.
• Proficiency in JS development frameworks like React and Redux using TypeScript
• Skilled in advanced Redux middleware libraries such as Redux-Saga or Redux-Observable.
• Familiarity with modules and module bundlers like Webpack or Vite.
• Experience designing and delivering high-throughput transactional systems.
• Excellent communication skills (spoken, written & presentations), can express ideas to both technical and business users to resolve conflicts between various parties.
• Being a strong team player who offers help and regularly shares knowledge with your colleagues.
• Technical leadership and architect experience in software development.
• Solid understanding of scalability, high availability, and concurrency patterns in distributed systems.
• Flexibility and creativity in solution design - including leveraging emerging technologies.
• Ability to communicate and apply common architectural design patterns across a wide range of technical problems.