Staff Software Engineer (Frontend, React) - job 10 of 20

As a Staff Software Engineer at Verifi in Bellevue, you'll be responsible for developing and maintaining our React-based Verifi-One platform, designing test automation code, and collaborating with back-end developers to enhance APIs. You will also engage in reviewing solution strategies to improve payment products, ensuring a responsive user experience, and producing high-quality, reusable code.

To qualify for the Staff Software Engineer position at Verifi, candidates should have profound knowledge in frontend development, particularly with React. A robust understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) phases, experience in writing test automation, and skills in managing API integrations are crucial. Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to mentor others are also valuable.

The Staff Software Engineer position at Verifi is a hybrid role, allowing flexibility in work settings. Employees are expected to work in the office 2-3 days a week, as determined by leadership, maintaining a balance between remote work and in-person collaboration.

At Verifi, professional development is encouraged through mentorship opportunities, collaboration on innovative projects, and a supportive work environment. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead by example and informally mentor other team members, promoting collective growth and technical improvement.

Candidates applying for the Staff Software Engineer role at Verifi should be proficient in React for frontend development. Additionally, knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and experience with static code analysis are beneficial, along with a good grasp of backend technologies to collaborate effectively with other developers.

Discuss specific projects where you've utilized React to build user interfaces, focusing on the challenges faced and how you overcame them. Highlight your understanding of React concepts such as components, state management, and hooks.

Mention your approach to writing modular code, utilizing best practices like component-based architecture in React, and how you document your code to facilitate future use.

Share a detailed story highlighting the context, your analytical process, the solution you implemented, and the positive outcome for the project or team.

Describe your testing strategies, including unit tests or end-to-end testing frameworks you’ve used, and emphasize the importance of maintaining high quality in code before deployment.

Talk about your methods for effective communication regarding API design, how you gather requirements, and your experience leveraging tools like Postman or Swagger to ensure alignment.

Discuss your approaches to continuous learning—such as following tech blogs, participating in webinars, or attending conferences—and how you apply those learnings to your work.

Identify specific metrics like load time, responsiveness, and user engagement rates, and elaborate on how you track these KPIs through analytics tools to improve frontend performance.

Share your prioritization techniques, how you communicate with your team to redistribute tasks, and ways you employ rapid prototyping to stay on schedule without sacrificing quality.

Outline a particular case where you guided a junior team member, detailing the methods you employed to facilitate their learning and the improvement in their contributions to the team.

Identify common challenges, such as state management or performance issues, and describe the strategies or tools you use, like Redux for state management or optimizing rendering, to mitigate those challenges.