Senior Full Stack Engineer

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer at Typeface, your core responsibilities include delivering key product initiatives, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring that the software you develop is high-quality and easy for others to understand and leverage. You'll be investigating and prototyping innovative solutions across the tech stack, from frontend to backend, while driving the adoption of best practices for modern web applications.

To qualify for the Senior Full Stack Engineer position at Typeface, you'll need a Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, coupled with at least 5 years of experience in building scalable and secure applications. Strong proficiency in both frontend and backend technologies, as well as experience with major cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP, is essential.

Typeface stands out as an attractive employer due to its exceptional approach to generative AI, backed by top-tier investors and led by industry veterans. The company is rapidly growing, enjoying high demand from Fortune 500 clients, and offers a culture of innovation, creativity, and collaboration, making it an exciting environment for any Senior Full Stack Engineer.

The hybrid work model for the Senior Full Stack Engineer role at Typeface allows you to work flexibly, as you'll be expected to be in the Seattle office three days a week while enjoying the benefits of working remotely for the other two days. This setup promotes a balance between teamwork and independent productivity.

At Typeface, you’ll find numerous opportunities for professional growth as a Senior Full Stack Engineer. The environment encourages continuous learning, and employees are supported through development programs, mentorship, and exposure to cutting-edge technologies. This support ensures that you not only contribute to projects but also grow your own skill set and career.

When answering this question, discuss specific technologies you used on both the frontend and backend. Highlight the architecture design, how data flows between client and server, and any frameworks or patterns that enhanced scalability and performance.

In your response, talk about implementing best practices like code reviews, using performance monitoring tools, and ensuring that security measures, such as input validation and securing APIs, are part of your development process.

Share a specific scenario that showcases your problem-solving skills. Outline the challenges, the steps you took to analyze and troubleshoot the issue, and the final outcome, emphasizing your role in ensuring a successful resolution.

Explain your communication style, emphasizing collaboration and understanding team dynamics. Provide examples of how you have successfully partnered with designers, product managers, and other stakeholders to achieve project goals.

Discuss best practices such as code readability, use of version control, adherence to coding standards, and testing methodologies. Highlight how these practices lead to more maintainable and scalable code.

To answer this, describe how you gather and analyze user feedback, and how you iterate on your products based on that feedback. Mention any tools or methodologies you use to prioritize and implement changes.

Share your experiences in deploying and managing applications on cloud platforms, mentioning any services you've used (e.g. databases, storage solutions) and how that experience benefited your projects.

Outline your systematic approach to debugging. This can include using debugging tools, logging, and understanding the application flow to isolate issues effectively.

Discuss techniques for optimizing both backend and frontend performance, including database indexing, reducing load times, and optimizing API responses. Highlight the importance of maintaining efficiency at all levels.

Share your strategies for continuous learning, such as following industry blogs, participating in webinars, or attending conferences. Emphasize your passion for staying current with trends that could benefit your work.