Platform Engineer, Frontend

As a Platform Engineer, Frontend at Character, your primary responsibilities will include developing efficient and reusable frontend systems, improving the performance and scalability of our client infrastructure, and enhancing logging and diagnostics for our systems. You'll also collaborate on automation testing, and CI/CD improvements, and build tools to streamline development workflows, all geared toward empowering our teams to deliver exceptional user experiences.

To qualify for the Platform Engineer, Frontend position at Character, candidates should have at least 5 years of experience as a full-stack software engineer with a strong focus on consumer-facing products. Proficiency in the React ecosystem, thorough knowledge of Typescript, Javascript, and modern frontend design patterns is essential. Experience with performance tuning tools such as Sentry and a solid understanding of API frameworks will set you up for success in this role.

For the Platform Engineer, Frontend role at Character, you should be familiar with the React ecosystem, Typescript, Javascript, Tailwind, HTML, and other relevant frameworks and libraries. Additionally, understanding performance tuning technologies, observability tools like Sentry, as well as automated testing and CI/CD pipelines, will be crucial for effectively contributing to our client-side systems.

Character strongly values diversity and promotes an inclusive work environment for its Platform Engineer, Frontend team and all employees. We welcome applicants from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, ensuring that our hiring practices are free from discrimination based on race, gender, or any other characteristic. We believe that diverse perspectives foster innovation and creativity within our teams.

At Character, the company culture is all about collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. As a Platform Engineer, Frontend, you'll find that team members are encouraged to share ideas, experiment, and contribute to building outstanding products. We focus on maintaining an open dialogue and appreciate the creativity that each individual brings to the table, making it a vibrant place to work and grow.

In the interview, you should highlight your experience with various frontend frameworks, particularly React, and discuss how you've utilized them in past projects. Talk about specific components you’ve built, challenges you faced, and how you ensured the performance and scalability of your applications.

When answering this question, share your knowledge of performance tuning practices, such as optimizing images, minimizing JavaScript load, lazy loading components, and utilizing tools like Lighthouse and Sentry to monitor app performance. Provide examples of projects where you successfully improved performance.

For this question, discuss how you prioritize clear communication, define APIs collaboratively, and utilize tools like documentation and version control systems. Share specific instances where your collaboration led to successful outcomes in product development.

In your response, emphasize your familiarity with continuous integration and delivery processes. Discuss how implementing CI/CD pipelines can improve deployment speeds, reduce bugs, and enhance overall development workflow. Highlight any practical experience you have in setting up CI/CD for frontend applications.

Focus on discussing coding standards, best practices you follow, and techniques for writing clean code, such as modularity, code reviews, and using design patterns. Provide examples of how these practices helped in maintaining or scaling projects you've worked on.

In responding to this, discuss your experience with observability tools such as Sentry or BigQuery. Provide examples of how you monitored applications, diagnosed issues, and improved user experiences based on the insights gathered from these tools.

Highlight your commitment to continuous learning by mentioning blogs, courses, webinars, and conferences you follow or attend. Explain how keeping up with trends helped you implement new features or technologies in prior roles.

When answering this question, describe the project, the challenges you faced, and the innovative solutions you employed to overcome them. Highlight team collaboration and the skills you utilized to bring the project to a successful completion.

Discuss the importance of testing in your development workflow, detailing the types of testing (unit, integration, end-to-end) you utilize and how these strategies help ensure a quality product. Provide examples of testing frameworks you’ve used in your projects.

This question is your chance to express your enthusiasm for Character's mission and values. Discuss your passion for AI technology, product development, and how your skills align with their objectives. Sharing personal insights into why Character resonates with you will strengthen your answer.