TypeScript Frontend Engineer

As a TypeScript Frontend Engineer at Silktide, you will be responsible for designing and implementing user interfaces that are not only visually appealing but also performant and accessible. Your work will involve building lightning-fast dashboards, creating reusable components with React and Storybook, and developing browser extensions aimed at improving user experience. You'll also participate in discussions that shape product direction and contribute to a culture focused on fast deployment and continuous improvement.

To qualify for the TypeScript Frontend Engineer position at Silktide, candidates should have at least three years of experience in building production React applications, whether they are single-page applications or server-side rendered. A strong understanding of performance optimization, accessibility, and typed APIs (e.g., tRPC or GraphQL) is essential. Experience with design systems, animations, or AI projects is considered a bonus, showcasing your versatility as a developer.

The work culture at Silktide is dynamic and collaborative, emphasizing fast decision-making and ownership of outcomes. TypeScript Frontend Engineers are encouraged to voice their thoughts and provide feedback in a constructive manner. We believe that healthy discussions foster innovation, and we prioritize shipping often over exhaustive planning. Our office is dog-friendly, and you’ll also have the flexibility to work in a hybrid model to balance your professional and personal life.

TypeScript Frontend Engineers at Silktide primarily work with a core stack that includes React, TypeScript, tRPC, and Zod. Additionally, you’ll engage with AI tooling such as Cursor, Windsurf, OpenAI, and other open-source language models. This modern tech stack empowers engineers to innovate and implement effective solutions that enhance user interfaces and experiences.

At Silktide, TypeScript Frontend Engineers enjoy an attractive benefits package, which includes a high-spec MacBook Pro, comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan with company match, and 20 days of paid time off plus US holidays. We also offer flexible working hours, a casual dress code, team lunches, and monthly team outings, contributing to a positive and engaging work environment.

In your response, highlight specific projects where you used React and TypeScript. Discuss the challenges you faced and how you overcame them, mention your experience with component design and managing state effectively, and emphasize your understanding of TypeScript’s benefits for error reduction and enhancing code maintainability. Tailor your examples to demonstrate your production experience and how it aligns with the role at Silktide.

When answering, it's important to show your awareness of web accessibility standards. Discuss specific practices such as using semantic HTML, ARIA roles, and testing your applications with screen readers. Mention how you would incorporate accessibility from the design phase, and highlight any tools or frameworks you’ve used to ensure compliance with accessibility guidelines. Your response should reflect your commitment to inclusivity in web design.

Your answer should illustrate your understanding of React performance optimization strategies. Discuss techniques such as code splitting, lazy loading, memoization, and using React's useMemo and useCallback hooks. Provide examples from your past work where you successfully improved the performance of an application, such as reducing load times or enhancing interactivity, and explain how you measured the improvements (e.g., using tools like Lighthouse or Google Web Vitals).

Exemplifying your analytical skills is key in this response. Describe a methodical approach to debugging, starting from identifying the symptoms and isolating the problem. Discuss tools you frequently use, such as browser developer tools, and provide a specific example of a debugging challenge you've faced. Explain how you collaborated with team members if necessary and the resolution steps you took.

Here you should reflect on your hands-on experience with component libraries. Describe how you've utilized Storybook for developing, testing, and sharing UI components independently from the app. Talk about the advantages of using component libraries to maintain design consistency and improve collaboration among team members, and provide examples of any libraries you've developed or contributed to in the past.

Focus on your teamwork skills in your answer. Share your experiences working in agile teams and how you maintain effective communication with designers, product managers, and other developers. Discuss specific tools you’ve used for collaboration and how you adapt your work based on feedback or design iterations. Highlight your openness to constructive criticism and willingness to iterate on solutions.

In your response, emphasize your user-centered approach to development. Detail a specific situation where user feedback led you to implement a feature or enhance an existing one. Explain how you gathered the feedback, your analysis process, and the steps taken to deploy the new feature. Discuss the impacts of your changes on user satisfaction or usability.

Discuss your proficiency with version control systems, particularly Git. Explain how you use Git for collaboration through branching and pull requests, and emphasize any tools (like GitHub or GitLab) that facilitate peer reviews and CI/CD integration. Share experiences related to code reviews and how they contribute to maintaining code quality.

In your answer, narrate a situation where you faced a choice related to application architecture. Describe the factors you considered, such as performance, scalability, and code maintainability. Explain the decision-making process and how you communicated it to your team, including any consequences the decision had on the project and team dynamics.

Share your enthusiasm for the integration of AI in frontend applications. Discuss specific areas where you see AI enhancing user experiences, such as personalization or automated UI adjustments. You could mention any personal projects where you've experimented with AI, and how you would approach leveraging AI tools in your role at Silktide. Your response should reflect a forward-thinking mindset aligned with the company's AI initiatives.