Are you our “TYPE”?
Monotype (Global)
Named "One of the Most Innovative Companies in Design" by Fast Company, Monotype brings brands to life through type and technology that consumers engage with every day. The company's rich legacy includes a library that can be traced back hundreds of years, featuring famed typefaces like Helvetica, Futura, Times New Roman and more.
Monotype also provides a first-of-its-kind service that makes fonts more accessible for creative professionals to discover, license, and use in our increasingly digital world. We work with the biggest global brands, and with individual creatives, offering a wide set of solutions that make it easier for them to do what they do best: design beautiful brand experiences.
Monotype Solutions India
Monotype Solutions India is a strategic center of excellence for Monotype and is a certified Great Place to Work® three years in a row. The focus of this fast-growing center spans Product Development, Product Management, Experience Design, User Research, Market Intelligence, Research in areas of Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning, Innovation, Customer Success, Enterprise Business Solutions, and Sales.
Headquartered in the Boston area of the United States and with offices across 4 continents, Monotype is the world’s leading company in fonts. It’s a trusted partner to the world’s top brands and was named “One of the Most Innovative Companies in Design” by Fast Company.
Monotype brings brands to life through the type and technology that consumers engage with every day. The company's rich legacy includes a library that can be traced back hundreds of years, featuring famed typefaces like Helvetica, Futura, Times New Roman, and more. Monotype also provides a first-of-its-kind service that makes fonts more accessible for creative professionals to discover, license, and use in our increasingly digital world. We work with the biggest global brands, and with individual creatives, offering a wide set of solutions that make it easier for them to do what they do best: design beautiful brand experiences.
What you’ll be doing:
As Associate Principal Engineer (frontend) you will play a pivotal role in shaping the user interface and experience of our web and desktop products and be responsible for all aspects of the frontend architecture. We are looking for an individual who is not only the frontend proficient but also has a deep understanding of building state-of-the-art design language systems and frontend experiences and therefor has a track record of working with modern frontend frameworks like Stencils, React, and Vue.js.
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Provide technical leadership and guidance for the front-end engineering teams, with a focus on developing shared UI components for web and desktop app frontends.
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Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product management and design, to drive technical decisions and align with business goals.
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Ensure a consistent and seamless user experience across different platforms.
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Contribute to the development and maintenance of a design language system for shared frontend components.
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Collaborate closely with our design team to implement and refine design patterns for both web and desktop interfaces.
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Demonstrate expertise in Electron and other relevant technologies for building cross-platform desktop applications.
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Establish and enforce coding standards, best practices, and guidelines for shared frontend development incl. accessibility considerations.
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Conduct code reviews and mentor team members to enhance overall code quality.
What we’re looking for:
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Deep hands-on technical expertise in web-technologies.
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8+ years of professional experience in frontend development, with a focus on shared web and desktop app frontends.
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Proven experience with JavaScript libraries and frameworks like Stencils, React, Vue.js, and other modern frontend platforms.
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Proven experience with the development and maintenance of design language systems for shared frontend components.
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Experience in Electron and other relevant technologies for building cross-platform desktop applications.
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Experience in defining the KPIs for cross-browser compatibility, consistency, performance and accessibility and analyzing glitches and improvement areas to enhance UX.
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Experience in building applications in Node JS, Java, or similar languages.
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Knowledge and practical experience with REST APIs (Swagger, OAS3, RAML).
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Experience with a public cloud platform such as Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud
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Experience in Linux, Docker and Kubernetes.
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Experience in Continuous Integration/Continuous Development environments, preferably Jenkins or Github Actions
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Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a team of frontend engineers.
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Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with experience working in Agile development environment.
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Awesome written and oral communication skills and ability to work in a global and distributed environment with agility to mold communication for different audiences and cross-functional teams.
You will have an opportunity to:
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COLLABORATE with global teams to build scalable web-based applications.
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PARTNER closely with the engineering team to implement best practices and standards.
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PROVIDE reliable solutions to a variety of problems using sound problem solving techniques.
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WORK with the broader team to build and maintain high performance, flexible and highly scalable web-based applications.
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ACHIEVE engineering excellence by implementing standard practices and standards.
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PERFORM technical root causes analysis and outlines corrective action for given problems.
What’s in it for you:
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Hybrid work arrangements and competitive paid time off programs.
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Comprehensive medical insurance coverage to meet all your healthcare needs.
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Competitive compensation with corporate bonus program & uncapped commission for quota-carrying Sales.
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A creative, innovative, and global working environment in the creative and software technology industry.
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Highly engaged Events Committee to keep work enjoyable.
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Reward & Recognition Programs (including President's Club for all functions).
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Professional onboarding program, including robust targeted training for Sales function.
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Development and advancement opportunities (high internal mobility across organization).
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Retirement planning options to save for your future, and so much more!
Monotype is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
