Frontend Engineer II

Full Time
1 day ago

At HackerRank, we are on a mission to change the world to value skills over pedigree. We are a high-performing, mission-driven team that truly, madly, deeply cares about what we do. We don’t see velocity and quality as tradeoffs; both matter. If you take pride in high-impact work and thrive in a driven team, HackerRank is where you belong.

About the team:

Your work will directly impact the lives of millions of developers as you build the platform for them to showcase their skills and get hired. You will be responsible for building systems that back the Interviews product line, as well as building the best developer experience in each of our products. 

About the role:

As a Frontend Engineer II, you will build a platform to provide world-class developer experience, integrity solutions, Audio Video capability  & AI/ML-powered solutions such as auto-generated scorecards, interviewer coaching, AI assistance, etc., on the cloud at scale. 

What you’ll do:

  • Partnering with product designers and product managers to build and improve workflows and user experience for various personas like Interviewer, Candidate, Recruiter, and Hiring Manager
  • Building uniform software front-end components that are pluggable and can be used across the organisation for various offerings.
  • Understanding key web performance metrics for the product and strive to improve it regularly
  • Actively participate in setting up good standards and conventions for front-end engineering, and also review code for quality. We believe good code is like good karma; it goes a long way.
  • Collaborating with the engineers across the team, for organization-wide initiatives, with the mission to improve software quality and user experience regularly
  • Mentoring budding Engineers and Interns

You will thrive in this role if:

  • You excel at being a product engineer who doesn’t just convert requirements into code, but excels in understanding the problem being solved and can provide feedback and suggestions to improve the customer experience.
  • You have a track record of working in an ambiguous environment and can drive and navigate the complexity and deliver quality user experiences.
  • You are passionate about solving customer problems and go deep, trying to understand and empathise with customer challenges.
  • You have a very high bar on quality.
  • You are AI Native and fully embrace the use of AI tools in your day-to-day job.
  • You have a great sense of modern design patterns and strive for pixel-perfect designs.

What you bring:

  • Strong and self-motivated individuals, looking to learn and contribute to key product and tech initiatives.
  • Overall 2+ years of expertise in JavaScript-based UI Frameworks such as ReactJS.
  • We also expect you to be good with fundamental Javascript.
  • Good hands-on practical knowledge of HTML and CSS.
  • Experience with frontend toolings like Webpack, Babel, etc.
  • Hands-on experience in frontend debugging and unit testing.
  • Keen attention to quality, someone who has set or used good coding standards for front-end development.
  • Good knowledge of various browser environments, compatibility, and any experience in building a multiscreen app is a bonus
  • AI Native way of working, where you fully embrace AI assistance in your day-to-day workflow.
  • Eye for detail and metrics-driven, especially around Web Performance and Optimisation
  • Bonus: Understanding of frontend security
  • Bonus: Exposure to other frontend frameworks besides ReactJS
  • Bonus: Understanding of backend APIs and technologies
  • Bonus: Exposure to typescript is a plus

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