Purpose of the position within Cognex
You’ll join our Frontend Platform organization, building the core libraries, tools, and UI components used across our product teams. Most of our current work is in Angular and Flutter, and we maintain a large shared library that’s critical to the business. Your job is to help us deliver solid platform foundations today while contributing to decisions that shape our future.
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.
Skills Required
- 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
- Expertise in TypeScript and modern frontend architecture
Cognex Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cognex and has not been reviewed or approved by Cognex.
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Healthcare Strength — Health insurance and dental coverage are included, and coverage is described as good compared to alternatives.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — A PTO/Vacation policy is in place and time off is generally considered reasonable; time away is treated as actual downtime without expectations to work.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) match is offered and is characterized as solid, though not best-in-class.
Cognex Insights
What We Do
Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of image-based products, all of which use artificial intelligence (AI) techniques that give them the human-like ability to make decisions on what they see. Cognex products include machine vision systems, machine vision sensors and barcode readers that are used in factories and distribution centers around the world where they eliminate production and shipping errors. Cognex is the world's leader in the machine vision industry, having shipped more than 4 million image-based products, representing over $10 billion in cumulative revenue, since the company's founding in 1981. Headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, USA, Cognex has offices and distributors located throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For details visit Cognex online at www.cognex.com.
