Senior Frontend Engineer

As a Senior Frontend Engineer at Policy Expert, you will collaborate closely with diverse teams to test hypotheses and enhance customer experiences. Your role will involve developing and supporting crucial parts of our tech stack, ensuring user-friendly designs while focusing on quality and responsiveness. You’ll be expected to utilize React and Typescript to build scalable applications that meet our customers' needs. The supportive work environment fosters continuous learning, allowing you to engage with multiple disciplines within the company.

At Policy Expert, we celebrate diverse backgrounds! While formal qualifications and degree requirements are not mandatory for our Senior Frontend Engineer role, strong experience in frontend development, especially with React and Typescript, is essential. We seek individuals with a product mindset, exceptional communication skills, and an eagerness to understand and solve complex challenges in a team-oriented atmosphere. Experience in the insurance or financial sector, as well as familiarity with domain-driven design and automated testing, are advantageous.

The interview process for a Senior Frontend Engineer at Policy Expert is structured to ensure the best fit for candidates and teams. We conduct standard interviews across various collectives, assessing your skills, experiences, and preferences. After a series of interviews, we'll match you to a team based on what you've shared and their current needs. Our aim is to create a collaborative workspace that embraces your strengths while aligning with our company goals.

Policy Expert prides itself on a collaborative and inclusive work culture. As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you will join a team of passionate professionals eager to share knowledge and grow together. We promote a strong sense of community, with opportunities to move between teams and engage in regular knowledge-sharing sessions. We're dedicated to individual growth and provide systems that support learning, curiosity, and effective teamwork.

As a Senior Frontend Engineer at Policy Expert, you’ll enjoy a competitive benefits package that includes a generous pension contribution scheme, private medical and dental cover, and a learning budget of £1,000 annually, along with study leave. We encourage a healthy work-life balance through our hybrid work model and offer access to a wide range of events and an employee wellbeing program. Our focus is on supporting you both professionally and personally throughout your journey with us.

In your response, focus on specific projects where you've successfully utilized React and Typescript. Discuss the challenges you faced and how you overcame them, perhaps emphasizing any innovative solutions you implemented. Highlight your understanding of best practices for frontend development and how they improved user experience.

Explain your methods for task prioritization, like using Agile methodologies or project management tools to manage workload effectively. Share an example of a time where your prioritization positively impacted a project's success, emphasizing communication with your team and stakeholders.

Outline the challenge you faced, your approach to solving it, and the outcome. This is your chance to showcase your problem-solving skills and adaptability. Focus on your collaboration with team members and how you leveraged their strengths to facilitate a successful resolution.

Discuss your familiarity with Domain-Driven Design principles and how you've used them to create scalable and maintainable applications. Provide specific examples that illustrate your thought process and the impact these practices had on the projects you contributed to.

Explain your approach to writing quality code, including methodologies like Test-Driven Development (TDD) or using automated tests. Discuss any tools or frameworks you've used in the past to maintain code quality and how you stay updated on best practices.

Describe how you foster open communication and idea-sharing within your team. You might mention techniques you use to ensure everyone's voice is heard and how you incorporate feedback for the betterment of the project, promoting a collaborative mindset.

Detail a specific project where data analysis led to key decisions in the development process. Explain the data sources you relied on, how you interpreted the results, and the changes made as a result. This demonstrates your ability to link data analysis to practical application.

Share your strategies for keeping up with industry trends, whether it’s through attending conferences, online courses, reading tech blogs, or participating in forums. Discuss how you’ve applied new knowledge in your work to ensure continuous growth.

Mention your familiarity with Agile methodologies, including any specific frameworks you’ve adopted like Scrum or Kanban. Illustrate this with examples of how Agile practices enhanced team dynamics and project outcomes in your previous roles.

Discuss your passion for technology and how it can improve lives, particularly in the insurance sector. Share your alignment with Policy Expert's mission and how you envision contributing to the team's goals and the broader company vision.