Sr. SW Engineer - PaaS - job 11 of 20

As a Sr. Software Engineer in Austin, your main responsibilities will revolve around working on our Cloudview UI Team. You'll be involved in designing and enhancing our transactional platform, engaging in full-stack and front-end development projects. You'll also perform unit testing, conduct thorough code reviews, and write efficient UI code, all while ensuring you are continuously learning new technologies to elevate your skills. Leading projects and demonstrating your work will be pivotal, allowing you to showcase your contributions to the team.

To qualify for the Sr. Software Engineer role at our Austin location, you should have a robust background in software engineering with experience in both front-end and back-end development. Proficiency in performance optimization and secure coding practices is necessary. Moreover, a willingness to learn about cloud infrastructure and a proactive approach to problem-solving will be beneficial, along with a collaborative mindset, considering you'll be working closely with team members.

For the Sr. Software Engineer role, our hybrid work model provides flexibility as you'll alternate between remote work and office presence. Employees are typically expected to come into the office 2-3 days a week, based on leadership guidelines and business needs. This setup allows you to enjoy the benefits of focused remote work while maintaining valuable team collaboration and interactions during your in-office days.

In your role as a Sr. Software Engineer, you will engage in various projects, including both full-stack and front-end development endeavors. This allows you to utilize a combination of your technical skills to enhance the applications we build. You'll concentrate on developing highly performant UI code, refactoring existing software for improvements, and ensuring safe coding practices, which will challenge and expand your abilities continuously.

In the Sr. Software Engineer position, we prioritize your professional growth through continuous learning. You will have access to corporate training sessions and resources that help you stay updated with the latest technologies and industry best practices. Furthermore, as you lead projects and facilitate demonstrations, you will refine your leadership skills, making this a valuable stepping stone in your career development.

When answering this question, make sure to provide specific examples of projects where you have worked on both the front-end and back-end. Highlight the technologies you used, the challenges faced, and how you overcame them to complete the projects successfully.

Discuss your approach to task management, such as utilizing project management tools, setting deadlines, and communicating with team members. Emphasize how prioritization helps in meeting deadlines without compromising the quality of your work.

In your response, provide insights into your coding practices—like minimizing reflows and repaints, using efficient algorithms, and optimizing dependencies. Mention how performance monitoring tools can help measure the success of these optimizations.

Share your familiarity with Agile frameworks and practices, such as Scrum or Kanban. Provide examples of how Agile practices helped your team improve collaboration, adapt to changes quickly, and deliver features effectively.

Discuss the importance of code reviews for maintaining quality. Explain your process for giving constructive feedback, providing positive recognition, and fostering a supportive environment among team members.

Mention the specific tools you have experience with for unit testing, such as Jest, Mocha, or JUnit. Explain how these tools fit into your development workflow and how they improve code reliability.

Provide a detailed narrative of a project where you took the lead, explaining the objectives, your role, the challenges you faced, and the ultimate outcomes. Highlight how you motivated your team and ensured effective communication.

Emphasize your passion for learning. Discuss how you engage with online courses, workshops, and tech communities to stay abreast of trends and technologies, as well as how this knowledge has directly influenced your work.

Talk about the importance of security in software development and the practices you enforce, such as code reviews focused on security vulnerabilities, implementing secure coding guidelines, and regular testing for vulnerabilities.

Describe your experience with specific cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Discuss how you have incorporated cloud services into your projects, highlighting the benefits that these technologies brought to your software development process.