Hire Frontend Engineers

Why Hiring Frontend Engineers Demands Specialized Vetting

Frontend engineering has evolved far beyond writing HTML and CSS. Today's frontend engineers build complex, stateful applications that rival desktop software in their sophistication. They manage intricate state machines, implement real-time data flows, optimize rendering performance across devices, and ensure accessibility compliance — all while delivering a polished user experience.

The challenge for hiring managers is that frontend skills are easy to fake at a surface level. Many candidates can build a tutorial-quality todo app in React but struggle with the complexities of production applications: managing shared state across deeply nested components, handling race conditions in asynchronous data fetching, implementing proper error boundaries, or building layouts that work across screen sizes without pixel-level compromises.

Exodata's frontend engineers assess candidates through practical, production-relevant scenarios. We evaluate component architecture decisions, state management strategies, performance optimization knowledge, and — critically — whether candidates understand the platform fundamentals (HTML semantics, CSS layout models, browser APIs) that underpin every framework. The result is candidates who write maintainable, performant, accessible frontend code from day one.

What Our Engineers Assess

Every frontend engineer candidate goes through a live technical assessment with our engineering team. Here's what we evaluate:

• Component architecture — composability, separation of concerns, render optimization, and managing component lifecycle
• State management — local vs. global state decisions, Redux/Zustand/Pinia patterns, server state (React Query/SWR), and cache management
• TypeScript proficiency — type modeling, generics, discriminated unions, and using the type system to prevent runtime errors
• CSS and layout mastery — Flexbox, Grid, responsive design, CSS-in-JS vs. utility frameworks, and animation performance
• Accessibility (a11y) — semantic HTML, ARIA attributes, keyboard navigation, screen reader compatibility, and WCAG compliance
• Performance optimization — bundle splitting, lazy loading, image optimization, Core Web Vitals, and rendering strategies (SSR/SSG/ISR)

Common Tech Stacks We Vet For

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