Principal Engineer - Frontend (Web)

Role: Principal Engineer - Web

Experience: 7 years

Location: Bangalore

Employment Type: Full-time

About Styli Marketplace

Launched in 2019 by Landmark Group, Styli Marketplace is the first e-commerce venture of the group, quickly becoming a leading online destination for fashion and lifestyle across the GCC, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, and beyond.

We connect global sellers and creators with millions of fashion-forward customers, offering the latest trends, exceptional value, and convenient services like same-day to 48-hour delivery and flexible payment options. Our mission is to make style accessible, aspirational, and exciting for all, backed by a passionate team fostering a culture of creativity and innovation. At Styli, we aim to revolutionize fashion retail and bring unique experiences to our customers.

Principal Engineer – Web

We are looking for a Principal Engineer – Web who is a strong hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in modern web technologies. The role will be responsible for driving web architecture, technical strategy, engineering excellence, and end-to-end delivery of complex products and platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design discussions for scalable, high-performance web applications.

• Build products and platforms from scratch, starting from requirements and technical design through development, deployment, and production.

• Own the complete product lifecycle — requirements, architecture, development, testing, deployment, production, monitoring, and continuous improvement.

• Provide hands-on technical leadership and solve complex engineering and architectural problems.

• Design and build applications using React, Next.js, Angular, Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.

• Drive frontend architecture, scalability, performance, security, and maintainability.

• Strong understanding of SSR, CSR, SSG, hydration, and modern web architecture.

• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, Backend, DevOps, and other engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.

• Mentor and coach senior engineers, help grow technical talent, and raise the overall engineering bar.

• Drive engineering best practices around code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability, performance, and reliability.

• Identify and address technical debt, scalability challenges, and architectural risks.

• Influence technical strategy and engineering decisions across multiple teams.

• Act as a technical owner for critical initiatives and ensure successful delivery with high quality and reliability.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with React and Next.js.

• Good experience with Angular and Node.js.

• Strong knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, CSS, SSR, CSR, and modern web architecture.

• Strong hands-on experience with web performance optimization, SEO, accessibility, and observability.

• Experience with modern web deployment practices, CI/CD, and production deployments.

• Strong system design, architecture, scalability, and performance skills.

• Experience building and scaling large web applications/products from scratch.

• Strong problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.

• Ability to operate with SDE4 / Principal-level ownership, technical depth, and influence.

Good to Have

• Experience with the MERN stack — MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node.js.

• Experience with cloud platforms and microservices.

• Experience working in large-scale, distributed, or high-growth product environments.