Senior Frontend Engineer

As a Senior Frontend Engineer at Super Payments, you'll be responsible for developing web packages that serve thousands of merchants and enhancing our React Native app utilized by over 60,000 users. You will collaborate with UX and product teams, contribute to technical discussions, and lead initiatives focused on engineering best practices. Additionally, your role will involve mentoring fellow engineers and leveraging your knowledge to elevate the team’s performance.

To qualify for the Senior Frontend Engineer role at Super Payments, candidates should bring experience in frontend applications, particularly with TypeScript, React, and React Native. Familiarity with REST APIs, application development, and test automation is crucial. Moreover, an understanding of agile methodologies is beneficial, alongside skills in code quality and performance optimization.

Senior Frontend Engineers at Super Payments work with an innovative tech stack, primarily focusing on Node.js, TypeScript, React, and React Native. Our teams also implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and rely on AWS cloud services for deployment. Understanding how these technologies interact enhances the customer-centric experiences we develop.

Super Payments prioritizes professional growth, offering numerous learning and development opportunities for Senior Frontend Engineers. Team members can engage in knowledge-sharing through mentorship, participate in talks, and have access to resources that facilitate continuous improvement. We believe that fostering your skills is vital for both personal and organizational success.

As a Senior Frontend Engineer at Super Payments, you can expect a variety of attractive benefits, including a flexible working model, tax-advantage share options, a laptop of your choice, and a contributory pension scheme. Additionally, we offer social events, a day off for your birthday, and the opportunity to earn a referral bonus, all while working in an inclusive and diverse environment.

When discussing your experience with React, highlight specific projects where you implemented React components, managed application state, and optimized performance. Explain your understanding of the React lifecycle and how you have utilized hooks to enhance functionality. Don’t forget to mention any challenges you faced and how you resolved them.

In answering this question, focus on a specific project at Super Payments or a similar place where teamwork was essential. Describe your role, the collaboration tools or methods used, and the outcomes achieved. Highlight your ability to communicate effectively and any leadership or mentoring you provided.

Be prepared to discuss your approach to testing, including unit and integration testing frameworks you have used, as well as performance monitoring tools. Emphasize your coding standards and practices for maintaining quality, such as code reviews and the use of linters or formatters. Discuss how you integrate quality checks throughout the development process.

Discuss any agile practices you’ve implemented in past projects, such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives. Explain how these methodologies have improved your team’s productivity and delivery timelines. Provide examples of how you adapted to agile principles and made projects more efficient.

Share your strategies for time management and prioritization. Discuss how you break tasks into manageable pieces, set realistic goals, and communicate with team members to adjust workload when necessary. Highlight examples where you successfully delivered under pressure without compromising quality.

Discuss any mobile app projects you've worked on, highlighting your expertise with React Native and how it integrates with your frontend work. Mention how you addressed platform-specific challenges and enhanced performance for mobile users while maintaining a consistent experience across devices.

Be specific about a project where you identified areas for improvement in code quality. Discuss the tools or practices you implemented, such as code reviews or refactoring initiatives, and the tangible results those actions had on the project’s success, including metrics if applicable.

Discuss various debugging techniques, such as using console logs, debugging tools within browsers, or leveraging component-level error boundaries in React. Provide specific instances where you successfully diagnosed and resolved frontend issues to enhance the user experience.

Explain how you collaborate with UX/UI teams to incorporate user feedback into the design process. Discuss any methodologies you utilize for user testing and how you leverage insights to iterate on product features. Highlight your experience in creating responsive designs that adapt to user needs.

Share your methods for keeping up with industry trends, such as following specific blogs, attending webinars, or participating in coding communities. Discuss any recent technologies or frameworks you’ve explored and how you plan to incorporate them into your work at Super Payments.