Frontend Software Engineer

Frontend Software Engineer

Cognex

Budapest, Hungary

Areas of responsibility

• Own and evolve shared frontend libraries, frameworks, and internal tooling.
• Build high-quality, maintainable Angular code.
• Contribute to architectural discussions about the next phase of our UI stack.
• Collaborate with backend engineers to define clean contracts and integration points.
• Provide thoughtful code reviews and mentor teammates when needed.
• Take ownership of complex tasks and deliver them with a high level of autonomy.
• Advocate for performance, accessibility, and reliability in everything we ship.

Objective requirements related to the position

• 3-5 years of experience in software engineering.
• Strong experience building large-scale frontend applications in at least one major framework (Angular, React, Vue, Flutter, etc.).
• Solid Angular knowledge or willingness to dive deep quickly, since it’s our current core technology.
• Ability to quickly pick up new frameworks and contribute meaningfully.
• Expertise in TypeScript and modern frontend architecture (state management, modular design, component systems, etc.).
• Good understanding of API integration and working with backend systems.
• Strong sense of code quality, testing, CI/CD, and engineering best practices.
• Comfortable leading technical discussions and making sound, pragmatic decisions.
• Fluency in English.

Nice to have

• Experience with Flutter, React, or Avalonia.
• Experience designing and maintaining component libraries or shared platform code.
• .NET exposure (useful for occasional cross-cutting work).
• Background in platform teams, design systems, or multi-product ecosystems.