Staff Frontend Engineer

Who we are

Appsmith is an open-source, low-code platform that helps developers build applications quickly, usually within hours, and ten times faster. In the future we’re building, custom software developed for internal users will look and work no differently than the best out-of-the-box products.

Since its inception only two years ago, Appsmith has gained significant traction, with over 10 million downloads, over 30,000 stars on GitHub, and adoption by 10,000+ organisations across 150 countries. We’ve also raised over $50 million. If you haven’t already, sign up for a free Appsmith account at https://app.appsmith.com/ and experiment today.

The Query&JS team is at the forefront of our mission to enable easy and effective app building. Users should be able to bring data from anywhere and achieve complexities of any scale with a simple, intuitive experience. This team is pivotal in creating an experience that inspires users to easily create rich and complex applications.

Our values and work environment

• In the Query&JS team we’re a team of 4 engineers, a product manager and designer and working closely with one another is our default mode of operation.

• We’re fully remote and asynchronous, so you can work from anywhere and anytime. Because of that, we highly value those candidates who are good at expressing themselves in writing.

• We foster a culture of continuous learning, feedback, and open dialogue, welcoming adaptable people with strong opinions.

• All our work is open source because building in public allows for lightning-fast feedback, increased public accountability, and greater trust from our users.

• We practice continuous integration, pushing code to production everyday, using techniques like feature toggles to manage delivery

• We strongly believe in reading the health of the team’s operations from an evolving set of engineering metrics

What you will do

Strategic Alignment & Vision:

• Identify anti-patterns and champion long-term strategic investments to build a solid foundation for our future initiatives.

• Develop and implement learning frameworks to effectively anticipate and manage various project scenarios.

• Offer strategic oversight with an “eagle eye view” to ensure the team maintains a broad, impactful perspective.

Project Planning & Delivery:

• Collaborate with product managers and designers to clearly define and achieve milestones on our product roadmap.

• Drive project breakdowns and estimations, ensuring clarity and accuracy.

• Guide the team towards delivering high-standard projects on schedule.

Mentorship & Team Support:

• Dedicate time to mentor and develop team members, supporting their professional growth and enhancing team capabilities.

• Lead the design of scalable, maintainable, and high-quality architectural solutions, aligning with industry best practices.

• Mentor the team in these practices to enhance our software systems significantly

Culture of Openness & Continuous Improvement:

• Stay ahead of emerging technologies and trends, bringing innovative ideas that propel our practices and inspire your colleagues.

• Foster an environment rich in open communication and constructive feedback, driving continuous organizational and personal growth.

• Challenge the conventional, continually advocating for higher standards.

What you need to bring

1. Demonstrable and deep experience in architecting and developing complex web applications and outstanding debugging skills. While specializing in frontend technologies, you should also be conversant with various technologies across the stack. Engineers typically gather this breadth and depth of experience over a period of 8+ years.

2. Proficiency in Programming Languages: Expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and a strong understanding of frameworks like React.

3. Front-End Development: Deep knowledge of modern front-end technologies, including HTML, CSS, React, and redux(with redux-sagas preferably). Strong in debugging and handling complex logic.

4. Testing and Debugging: Strong skills in writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests using frameworks like Jest, Cypress, etc.

5. Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools.

Recruitment Process

Interview with the Hiring Manager

We want to understand what you’re looking for in a career and tell you about the opportunities that Appsmith offers. We’ll talk about your aspirations and your prior relevant work experience. Prepare by researching Appsmith, focusing on our product. Hint: check out our GitHub repo for insights and familiarize yourself with it.

Prepare by researching Appsmith, focusing on our product and UI editor. Hint: we really appreciate people who have a critical viewpoint on our product. Our motivation internally is to be able to empathise well with our users.

Problem Solving - A technical assessment will gauge your proficiency with the tools and languages we use and some common algorithms. You’ll share some stories of your technical experiences with the interviewer and work together to solve some typical engineering problems. Share your stories about technical achievements, and remember to focus on what you personally achieved. Sharing the credit is great, but this is your chance to show off your skills and experience.

System Design - The system design assessment will focus on your experience in software architecture and balancing scalability with versatility and speed of delivery. We’ll ask about some of your previous system design experience, and then our interviewer will collaborate on a system design problem. Keep in mind that we value candidates who ask insightful questions about our processes.

Team Round

This round, led by a designer and/or a product manager, will focus on collaboration and communication. Expect questions about how you worked with a team to solve a challenging problem through teamwork and communication.

Culture Fit

In this round, you’ll meet with one of Appsmith's executive co-founders. We take our culture seriously, and our senior leaders participate because they want to ensure the best fit for us and for you. It's a chance to understand Appsmith's broader vision and get to chat with our founders about our culture, our mission, and our strategy.

Benefits

• Unlimited leave policy

• Medical insurance

• Maternal / Paternal leaves

• Fully remote and distributed team

• Flexible work hours