Thresh Consulting · 17 hours ago
Principal Front-End Engineer
Denver, CO
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$210K/yr - $230K/yr
10+ years expThresh Consulting is a modern digital consulting firm built for the AI era, specializing in helping organizations design, build, and scale digital products. The Principal Front-End Engineer will serve as a hands-on technical leader, responsible for architecting design systems, mentoring engineers, and integrating AI tooling into the development cycle.
Management Consulting
Responsibilities
Integrate AI tooling into the development cycle, leading by example to show how tools like Claude Code or Antigravity can rapidly build production-quality components, migrate legacy systems, and prototype complex features
Define and implement design system tokenization strategies that enable AI-powered Figma-to-code workflows, positioning clients for the next generation of front-end development
Establish Thresh's front-end development stack and patterns, ensuring the team spends time on innovation and business logic rather than boilerplate
Demonstrate what modern front-end velocity looks like, staying up to date on the latest tool launches to ensure Thresh continually sets the standard for best-in-class delivery
Architect and implement complex front-end solutions that balance speed, maintainability, and scalability
Solve the hardest technical problems on the engagement—the ones that would otherwise block the team or require escalation to client leadership
Bridge front-end and back-end when needed—you're not afraid to dig into APIs, data pipelines, or integrations to unblock your team or deliver end-to-end value
Collaborate with designers to understand workflow constraints and translate design intent into elegant, performant code that respects real-world technical limitations
Define engineering standards and reusable patterns that elevate quality across the engagement and become assets for future Thresh projects
Lead and mentor a team of Thresh engineers on client engagements, ensuring they're learning, growing, and delivering at a high standard
Conduct architecture reviews and code reviews focused on patterns, logic, and system design
Champion continuous learning in a landscape where AI tools advance daily—ensuring the team is always experimenting with new capabilities and staying ahead of the curve rather than catching up to it
Partner directly with client engineering leadership (VPs, Directors, Architects) as a trusted technical peer who can take high-leverage work off their plate and execute with minimal oversight
Present technical strategies and architectural decisions to stakeholders with clarity and confidence
Operate in a "recommend → approve → execute" model—shaping the vision, seeking alignment, then delivering with speed and quality
Build long-term trust with client teams by consistently shipping excellent work, unblocking bottlenecks, and raising the technical bar
Qualification
Required
10–15+ years of professional front-end engineering experience with deep expertise in modern frameworks and design system implementation
Hands-on technical contributor: You still ship features, build components, and write production code—this isn't a purely advisory role
Proven ability to architect complex systems under tight timelines, balancing rapid delivery with maintainability, performance, and scalability
Experience mentoring and leading engineers, but you're more comfortable in code reviews than performance reviews—you lead through technical excellence, not org charts
Comfort with ambiguity and custom problem-solving—you thrive on challenges that don't have Stack Overflow answers and enjoy figuring out novel solutions
Full-stack curiosity—while front-end is your home, you're not intimidated by backend APIs, databases, or infrastructure when needed to unblock the team
Intellectual curiosity and bias toward experimentation—you're always exploring new tools, techniques, and ways to deliver value faster
Client-facing communication skills—you can explain technical trade-offs clearly to non-engineers and build trust with senior stakeholders
Benefits
Healthcare benefits
401(k) with company matching
Company
Thresh Consulting
Today, digital moves at the speed of AI. Ideas can be validated in hours, prototypes can emerge in days, and customer expectations shift overnight.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase