Software Engineer - Front End

As a Front-End Software Engineer at Veeva Systems, your responsibilities will include collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and enhance cloud-based applications. You'll need to utilize your expertise in modern JavaScript frameworks like React or Vue to create efficient user interfaces. Additionally, engaging in troubleshooting, ensuring testing coverage with QA engineers, and influencing overall architecture improvements are core parts of your role.

To qualify for the Front-End Software Engineer role at Veeva Systems, candidates should have over 3 years of UI development experience, with proficiency in React, JavaScript, or TypeScript. Familiarity with ES6 and experience working with CSS abstraction layers like SASS or JSS are also necessary. Strong mentorship capabilities are highly valued as we seek individuals eager to foster team growth and collaboration.

Front-End Software Engineers at Veeva Systems should be comfortable working with modern JavaScript frameworks, notably React and Vue.js. Experience with unit test frameworks such as Jest and React-testing-library is important, along with a good understanding of CSS styling using SASS or similar tools. Familiarity with Java stack development is advantageous, although not mandatory.

Veeva Systems promotes a flexible work environment, allowing Front-End Software Engineers the choice to work from home or in the office. Here, you can thrive in a culture that emphasizes trust, empowerment, and collaboration with a focus on achieving customer success and employee growth. This environment encourages innovative thinking and agile development within a stable and supportive company.

At Veeva Systems, we support the career development of our Front-End Software Engineers through mentorship opportunities, collaborative projects, and a commitment to employee success. With our rapid growth trajectory, team members can potentially move into leadership roles or specialize further in front-end technologies, participating actively in transforming the life sciences industry.

To optimize the performance of a React application, focus on strategies like code splitting to reduce initial load times, employing memoization for components using React.memo, implementing lazy loading for images, and using the React Profiler to identify performance bottlenecks. Always consider examining the component lifecycle for optimal rendering behavior.

The virtual DOM in React is a lightweight representation of the actual DOM. When changes occur, React updates the virtual DOM first, compares it with the previous version, and performs the minimal number of updates needed to the real DOM, leading to improved performance and a smoother user experience.

JSX, or JavaScript XML, is a syntax extension for JavaScript that allows you to write HTML elements within JavaScript. In React, JSX makes expressing UI more intuitive and easier, allowing you to define components visually. This syntax is transformed into regular JavaScript at runtime, improving the developer experience.

When debugging a React application, I start by using browser developer tools to check for console errors and inspect component states. Using React's built-in error boundaries can help catch rendering errors in a component tree. I also analyze network requests and ensure the correct data is being passed to components via props.

Controlled components are components whose form data is handled by React state, where the React component directly controls what users see. In contrast, uncontrolled components store their own state internally, and user input is managed by the DOM. Controlled components offer more predictable behavior while uncontrolled components are simpler to implement.

To ensure responsive design in front-end applications, I utilize CSS media queries, fluid grids, and flexible images. Incorporating a mobile-first approach with frameworks like Bootstrap or Material-UI also enables me to create layouts that adapt seamlessly across different devices and screen sizes.

Yes, I have significant experience with testing frameworks like Jest, which I utilize to write unit tests for components and ensure their reliability. I value writing clear and concise test cases to cover different user scenarios, promoting overall code quality and reducing the risk of bugs at deployment.

For state management in large React applications, I prefer using tools like Redux or Context API, which centralize the state and make it accessible across different components. This helps maintain a predictable application state, making it easier to manage and debug complex state interactions.

Accessibility in web applications is about ensuring that all users, including those with disabilities, can easily navigate and interact with the content. I focus on semantic HTML, ARIA attributes, and keyboard navigation to enhance accessibility, regularly testing with various tools to ensure compliance with WCAG standards.

For version control, I use Git to manage changes systematically, often adopting branching strategies like Git Flow for collaboration. I commit changes frequently with clear messages, utilize pull requests for code reviews, and ensure proper merging to maintain a clean and organized project repository.