Front-End Developer
Role Profile

Emmanuel Gendre

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Emmanuel Gendre

Tech Resume Writer

UI Development & Component Engineering

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General

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Component Architecture & Composition

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UI Logic & Event Handling

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Rendering & Templating

This category covers how user interfaces are built at the code level: component structure, interaction logic, and rendering strategy. Hiring managers care because strong UI engineering reduces production defects, improves delivery speed, and makes product experiences feel stable and high quality.

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Base Web Technologies

JavaScript

TypeScript

HTML

CSS

Front-End Frameworks

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React

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Vue.js

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Angular

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Svelte

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Next.js

Component Libraries

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MUI

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Ant Design

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Chakra UI

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Radix UI

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ShadCN

Build Toolchains

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Vite

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Webpack

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Storybook

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Rollup

Browser APIs

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DOM API

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Intersection Observer

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Web Animations API

Client Utility Libraries

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Lodash

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RxJS

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Zod

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Yup

SSR / Edge Platforms

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Nuxt

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Angular Universal

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Vercel

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Cloudflare Workers

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Node.js

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Component Design Patterns

Presentational vs container components, compound components, slot composition, higher-order components (HOCs), render props

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Modular UI Architecture

Atomic design, feature-based folder structure, colocated styles, component contracts (typed props interfaces)

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Reusability Practices

Prop normalization, controlled vs uncontrolled components, shared utility hooks

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Event Management

Debouncing, throttling, event delegation, bubbling vs capturing

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Async UI Patterns

Optimistic updates, loading states, error boundaries, retry logic

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Form Handling

Client validation, schema validation, controlled inputs, progressive disclosure

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Rendering Strategies

Client-side rendering (CSR), server-side rendering (SSR), static site generation (SSG)

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Reconciliation

Virtual DOM diffing, key optimization, memoization

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Partial Hydration

Island architecture, selective hydration, streaming HTML

Component Reuse Rate

Share of components reused across multiple features.

Unit: %

Great: 70%+
Good: 50%
Average: 30%

"... increased component reuse rate to 72%."

UI Defect Density

Number of UI bugs relative to code size.

Unit: bugs per 1,000 LOC

Great: < 0.7
Good: 1.2
Average: 2.0

"... reduced UI defect density to 0.6 bugs/1k LOC."

Cycle Time for UI Features

Time from design ready to shipped component.

Unit: days

Great: 3 to 4 days
Good: 6 days
Average: 10 days

"... cut UI cycle time to 4 days."

Interaction Latency

Delay between user action and visible response.

Unit: ms

Great: < 80 ms
Good: 120 ms
Average: 200 ms

"... lowered interaction latency to 70 ms."

Form Completion Rate

Percentage of users successfully submitting forms.

Unit: %

Great: 90%+
Good: 82%
Average: 70%

"... raised form completion rate to 92%."

Error Rate per Flow

Share of failed user interactions.

Unit: %

Great: < 1%
Good: 2%
Average: 5%

"... cut error rate per flow to 0.8%."

First Contentful Paint (FCP)

Time until first visible content appears.

Unit: ms

Great: < 1,200 ms
Good: 1,800 ms
Average: 2,500 ms

"... improved FCP to 1,100 ms."

Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)

Time to render the main visible element.

Unit: ms

Great: < 2,000 ms
Good: 2,500 ms
Average: 3,000 ms

"... reduced LCP to 1,900 ms."

Hydration Time

Time for JavaScript to take control after SSR.

Unit: ms

Great: < 500 ms
Good: 800 ms
Average: 1,200 ms

"... cut hydration time to 450 ms."

State, Data Flow & Client Architecture

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General

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Client State Management

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Client Data Fetching & Synchronization

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Client Data Modeling & Contracts

This category covers how front-end applications behave beyond UI rendering: how state is modeled and shared, how remote data is fetched and synchronized, and how data contracts are kept safe as APIs evolve. Hiring managers care because strong client architecture reduces production bugs, improves scalability for multi-team delivery, and keeps user experiences reliable even under latency and change.

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Type Systems

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TypeScript

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Flow

State Management Libraries

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Redux

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Zustand

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MobX

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NgRx

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Pinia

Server State / Data Sync Libraries

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TanStack Query

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SWR

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Apollo Client

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Relay

API Schema Technologies

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GraphQL

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OpenAPI

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JSON Schema

Realtime / Streaming Clients

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Socket.IO

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Firebase

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Supabase

Validation Libraries

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Zod

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Yup

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io-ts

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State Modeling

Global vs local state boundaries, normalized entity storage, derived/computed state, immutable update patterns

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State Update Patterns

Reducer pattern, action based state transitions, selector abstraction, side effect isolation

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Async State Handling

Optimistic updates, cache invalidation, background revalidation, request lifecycle tracking

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Data Fetching Strategies

Pagination and cursor pagination, lazy loading, prefetching, parallel vs sequential requests

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Synchronization

Stale while revalidate, polling, push subscriptions, conflict resolution

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Reliability Handling

Retry with exponential backoff, timeout handling, request deduplication, partial failure recovery

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Data Modeling

DTO mapping, domain vs transport models, schema normalization, backward compatibility handling

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Contract Safety

Runtime validation, compile time typing, versioned API handling, defensive parsing

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Schema Evolution

Non-breaking change rules, deprecation strategy, backward compatible defaults, migration coordination

Re-render Count per Interaction

Number of component updates triggered by a single user action.

Unit: renders

Great: < 3
Good: 8
Average: 15+

"... reduced re-render count per interaction to 2."

State Consistency Errors

Count of UI desync issues caused by incorrect state updates.

Unit: incidents per month

Great: 0
Good: < 2
Average: 5+

"... cut state consistency errors to 0 incidents/month."

Client Cache Hit Rate

Share of reads served from client cache without a refetch.

Unit: %

Great: 90%+
Good: 70%
Average: 40%

"... increased client cache hit rate to 92%."

Data Fetch Latency

Time from request to usable response on the client.

Unit: ms

Great: < 200 ms
Good: 400 ms
Average: 800 ms

"... improved data fetch latency to 180 ms."

Failed Request Rate

Share of client requests that fail and impact user flows.

Unit: %

Great: < 0.1%
Good: < 1%
Average: 3%

"... reduced failed request rate to 0.08%."

Data Staleness Window

Time the UI can show outdated data before a refresh completes.

Unit: seconds

Great: < 2 s
Good: 10 s
Average: 30 s

"... cut data staleness window to 1.5 seconds."

Runtime Data Errors

Crashes caused by unexpected data shapes or missing fields.

Unit: incidents per month

Great: 0
Good: < 3
Average: 10+

"... reduced runtime data errors to 0 incidents/month."

Type Coverage

Portion of the codebase protected by static typing.

Unit: %

Great: 95%+
Good: 85%
Average: 60%

"... raised type coverage to 96%."

Breaking Change Incidents

Times a back-end change breaks client behavior due to contract mismatch.

Unit: incidents per quarter

Great: 0
Good: 1
Average: 4+

"... eliminated breaking change incidents, holding at 0 per quarter."

Performance & Optimization

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General

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Rendering Performance

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Loading Performance

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Runtime Efficiency & Memory

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Bundle Size & Delivery

This category covers front-end performance outcomes that users feel immediately: faster page loads, smoother UI, better responsiveness, and stable long-running sessions. Hiring managers care because performance directly impacts retention, conversion, and perceived quality, and because strong performance engineering reduces incident volume and support burden at scale.

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Browser DevTools

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Chrome DevTools

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Firefox DevTools

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Safari Web Inspector

Profiling Tools

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Chrome Performance Panel

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Chrome Memory Panel

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Node.js Inspector

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SpeedScope

Performance Auditing

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Lighthouse

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WebPageTest

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PageSpeed Insights

CDN Platforms

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Cloudflare

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Akamai

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Fastly

Asset Optimization Tools

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Squoosh

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ImageOptim

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SVGO

Monitoring Platforms (RUM)

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Datadog RUM

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New Relic Browser

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Sentry Performance

List Virtualization Libraries

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React Window

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React Virtualized

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TanStack Virtual

Bundle Analyzers

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Webpack Bundle Analyzer

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Source Map Explorer

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Rollup Visualizer

Package Managers

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npm

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Yarn

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pnpm

Compression Formats

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Brotli

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Gzip

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Zopfli

Edge Platforms

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Vercel

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Netlify

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Cloudflare Workers

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Rendering Optimization

Minimizing layout reflows, avoiding layout thrashing, batching DOM updates, using requestAnimationFrame for UI work scheduling

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Paint & Compositing

GPU-friendly transforms, avoiding expensive paint triggers, layer promotion strategy, reducing paint areas and overdraw

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Animation Efficiency

Transform and opacity animations, managing frame budget, preventing synchronous style recalculation during animations

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Resource Loading Strategy

Lazy loading, preloading and prefetching, reducing the critical rendering path, code splitting by route or feature

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Asset Optimization

Responsive images, modern image formats, font loading strategy, resource prioritization to avoid request waterfalls

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Network Efficiency

Caching strategies, HTTP compression, reducing request waterfalls, reducing payload size per request

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Memory Management

Preventing memory leaks, cleaning up event listeners, managing reference lifecycles, understanding garbage collection behavior

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Computation Optimization

Memoization, avoiding unnecessary recalculations, choosing efficient data structures, throttling and debouncing expensive work

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Long-Session Stability

List virtualization, incremental rendering, scheduling background tasks to reduce main thread blocking

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Bundle Reduction

Tree shaking, dead code elimination, dependency deduplication, using modular imports to avoid large packages

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Code Distribution

Dynamic imports, route-level splitting, isolating vendor chunks, splitting by feature to improve caching

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Compression & Delivery

Content compression, minimizing polyfills, targeting modern build outputs, reducing transferred bytes on slow networks

Frames Per Second (FPS)

UI smoothness during animation and scrolling.

Unit: frames/sec

Great: 60
Good: 50
Average: 30

"... improved FPS to 60 during scroll-heavy views."

Total Blocking Time (TBT)

Time the main thread is blocked during page load.

Unit: ms

Great: < 150 ms
Good: 300 ms
Average: 600 ms

"... reduced TBT to 140 ms by splitting critical JS."

Long Tasks

Count of main-thread tasks exceeding 50 ms.

Unit: count

Great: < 3
Good: < 10
Average: 20+

"... cut long tasks to 2 on key interaction flows."

Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)

Time to render the main visible element.

Unit: ms

Great: < 1,500 ms
Good: 2,500 ms
Average: 4,000 ms

"... improved LCP to 1,400 ms by optimizing critical assets."

First Contentful Paint (FCP)

Time until first visible content appears.

Unit: ms

Great: < 1,000 ms
Good: 1,800 ms
Average: 2,500 ms

"... lowered FCP to 900 ms through critical CSS and caching."

Time to First Byte (TTFB)

Time until the first byte of the response is received.

Unit: ms

Great: < 200 ms
Good: 500 ms
Average: 800 ms

"... reduced TTFB to 180 ms by tuning CDN caching rules."

Interaction to Next Paint (INP)

Latency from user interaction to the next rendered frame.

Unit: ms

Great: < 100 ms
Good: 200 ms
Average: 400 ms

"... improved INP to 95 ms by removing long tasks on click handlers."

Script Execution Time

JavaScript processing time per interaction or route change.

Unit: ms

Great: < 50 ms
Good: 100 ms
Average: 200 ms

"... reduced script execution time to 45 ms by memoizing heavy transforms."

Heap Memory Usage

Browser memory consumption during typical usage.

Unit: MB

Great: < 80 MB
Good: 120 MB
Average: 200 MB

"... lowered heap usage to 75 MB by fixing event listener leaks."

JavaScript Bundle Size (gzipped)

Downloaded JavaScript payload size.

Unit: KB

Great: < 120 KB
Good: 200 KB
Average: 350 KB

"... cut gzipped bundle size to 115 KB by removing unused dependencies."

Transferred Resource Size

Total bytes transferred for the initial page load.

Unit: KB

Great: < 500 KB
Good: 1,000 KB
Average: 2,000 KB

"... reduced transferred size to 480 KB via image optimization and caching."

Number of Requests

Network request count during initial load.

Unit: count

Great: < 30
Good: 60
Average: 120

"... reduced request count to 28 by consolidating assets and removing third-party calls."

Accessibility, Usability & UX Quality

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General

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Web Accessibility (a11y) Implementation

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Interaction & Usability Design Implementation

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User Feedback & Experience Quality

This category covers inclusive access, intuitive interaction, and measurable user experience quality. Hiring managers care because strong accessibility reduces legal and reputational risk, better usability increases conversion and adoption, and UX measurement makes improvements repeatable and defensible.

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Accessibility Standards & Guidelines

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WCAG

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ARIA

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Section 508

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EN 301 549

Accessibility Testing Tools

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Axe DevTools

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Lighthouse

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WAVE

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Pa11y

Assistive Technologies (Validation Targets)

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NVDA

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JAWS

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VoiceOver

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TalkBack

Prototyping & UX Collaboration Tools

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Figma

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Sketch

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Adobe XD

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InVision

Analytics & User Behavior Tracking

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Google Analytics

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Mixpanel

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Amplitude

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Hotjar

Experimentation Platforms

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Optimizely

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LaunchDarkly

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VWO

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Firebase A/B Testing

User Feedback Tools

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Qualtrics

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Typeform

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SurveyMonkey

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Usabilla

Session Replay & Monitoring

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FullStory

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LogRocket

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Sentry Replay

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Smartlook

Product Analytics Platforms

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Heap

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Amplitude

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Mixpanel

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PostHog

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Semantic Accessibility

Semantic HTML usage, landmarks and heading structure, accessible forms and labels

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Assistive Technology Compatibility

ARIA roles and attributes, focus management, keyboard navigation support

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Visual Accessibility

Color contrast compliance, reduced motion support, responsive zoom support

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Interaction Design Patterns

Progressive disclosure, clear affordances and feedback states, error prevention and recovery UX

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Form & Input Usability

Inline validation, helpful error messaging, input masking and formatting

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User Behavior Optimization

Funnel analysis driven improvements, A/B testing iteration, UX heuristics application

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UX Measurement

Satisfaction surveys, behavioral analytics interpretation, cohort analysis

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Issue Discovery

Session replay debugging, rage click detection, drop-off analysis

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Continuous Improvement Loop

Hypothesis driven UX iteration, feedback prioritization, data-driven UX refinement

Accessibility Score

Automated accessibility compliance score.

Unit: score (0 to 100)

Great: 95+
Good: 85
Average: 70

"... increased accessibility score to 96."

Contrast Ratio

Text and background contrast readability.

Unit: ratio

Great: 7:1
Good: 4.5:1
Average: 3:1

"... improved contrast ratio to 4.5:1 across key screens."

Keyboard Trap Incidents

Unreachable UI elements when navigating by keyboard.

Unit: count

Great: 0
Good: 1 to 4
Average: 5+

"... eliminated keyboard trap incidents to reach 0."

Task Success Rate (TSR)

Users completing the intended action.

Unit: %

Great: 95%+
Good: 85%
Average: 70%

"... raised task success rate to 96% in checkout flow."

Time on Task (ToT)

Time required to complete a key action.

Unit: seconds

Great: < 20 s
Good: 35 s
Average: 60 s

"... reduced time on task to 18 seconds for onboarding."

Error Rate

User mistakes per interaction or step.

Unit: %

Great: < 2%
Good: 4%
Average: 8%

"... lowered error rate to 1.7% on payment steps."

System Usability Scale (SUS)

Perceived usability rating from a standard survey.

Unit: score (0 to 100)

Great: 90+
Good: 80
Average: 68

"... increased SUS score to 86 after usability iteration."

Net Promoter Score (NPS)

User recommendation likelihood.

Unit: score (-100 to 100)

Great: 60+
Good: 40
Average: 20

"... improved NPS to 45 on the redesigned flow."

Drop-off Rate

Users abandoning a workflow before completion.

Unit: %

Great: < 15%
Good: 25%
Average: 40%

"... reduced drop-off rate to 12% in signup journey."

Integration with APIs & Back-End Systems

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General

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Transport & Protocol Communication

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Authentication & Authorization Integration

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Backend Workflow & System Interaction

This category covers how front-end systems integrate with back-end services and external platforms: how data and commands cross the network boundary, how users are authenticated and authorized, and how complex workflows are coordinated across systems. Hiring managers care because strong integration work prevents production outages, reduces security risk, and keeps critical business flows stable under real-world failure modes.

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API Protocols

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REST

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GraphQL

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gRPC

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WebSockets

Networking & Gateway Layers

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Nginx

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Kong

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Apigee

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Cloudflare

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Envoy

Request Interfaces

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Fetch API

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Axios

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Apollo Client

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Relay

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SuperAgent

Real-Time Communication

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Socket.IO

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WebSocket

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Firebase Realtime Database

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Supabase Realtime

Identity Protocols

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OAuth 2.0

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OpenID Connect

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SAML

Auth Providers

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Auth0

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Firebase Auth

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Amazon Cognito

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Azure Entra ID

Async Processing Interfaces

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Webhooks

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Server-Sent Events (SSE)

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Temporal

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Celery

File & Media Interfaces

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Amazon S3

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Cloudinary

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Uploadcare

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Firebase Storage

Payment & External Services

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Stripe

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PayPal

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Adyen

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Plaid

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Protocol Handling

HTTP method semantics, status code handling, content negotiation, streaming vs request-response

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Network Boundary Handling

CORS handling, preflight requests, credentialed requests, same-origin vs cross-origin constraints

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Transport Resilience Patterns

Graceful degradation, fallback endpoints, offline mode behavior, gateway-based retries and timeouts

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Session Lifecycle Handling

Token refresh rotation, silent authentication, multi-tab session sync, expiry recovery handling

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Secure Request Handling

CSRF protection, XSS-safe token usage, scope enforcement, secure cookie configuration

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Permission Integration

Role-based rendering, protected route guards, backend scope alignment, conditional UI exposure

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Workflow Handling

Multi-step transaction flows, idempotency keys, retry-safe submissions, partial completion recovery

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External System Coordination

Upload progress handling, redirect-based flows, callback handlers, event-driven UI updates

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Failure Recovery Patterns

Resume interrupted actions, duplicate prevention, compensating UI actions, async job tracking

API Availability

Share of API calls that return a valid response.

Unit: %

Great: 99.99%+
Good: 99.9%
Average: 99%

"... improved API availability to 99.95% across core endpoints."

Network Error Rate

Share of failed calls caused by transport issues.

Unit: %

Great: < 0.1%
Good: 0.5%
Average: 2%

"... reduced network error rate to 0.2% by fixing CORS and gateway rules."

Handshake Latency

Time to establish a usable connection to the service.

Unit: ms

Great: < 80 ms
Good: 200 ms
Average: 500 ms

"... cut handshake latency to 120 ms by tuning gateway routing."

Login Success Rate

Share of login attempts that complete successfully.

Unit: %

Great: 99%+
Good: 97%
Average: 92%

"... improved login success rate to 98.6% by fixing token refresh handling."

Unauthorized Request Rate

Share of API calls rejected due to auth issues.

Unit: % of API calls

Great: < 0.2%
Good: 1%
Average: 3%

"... lowered unauthorized request rate to 0.4% by aligning scopes and sessions."

Session Interruptions

Unexpected session drops requiring re-authentication.

Unit: per 1,000 sessions

Great: < 2
Good: 10
Average: 40

"... reduced session interruptions to 6 per 1,000 sessions by improving refresh flow."

Workflow Completion Rate

Share of users completing a multi-step business flow.

Unit: %

Great: 98%+
Good: 93%
Average: 85%

"... increased workflow completion rate to 95% by hardening payment callbacks."

Duplicate Action Rate

Share of duplicate submissions in transactional flows.

Unit: %

Great: < 0.1%
Good: 0.5%
Average: 2%

"... cut duplicate action rate to 0.3% using idempotency keys and UI guards."

Async Confirmation Delay

Time until the UI receives confirmation for async operations.

Unit: seconds

Great: < 1 s
Good: 4 s
Average: 10 s

"... reduced async confirmation delay to 3.2 s by improving webhook handling."

Testing, Reliability & Observability

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General

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Automated Testing Strategy

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Runtime Monitoring & Debugging

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Front-End Reliability & Resilience

This category covers how front-end teams prevent regressions with automated tests, detect and debug production failures with observability, and design resilient UI behavior under real-world failure conditions. Hiring managers care because these skills reduce incident frequency, shorten recovery time, and protect user trust.

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Test Runners & Frameworks

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Jest

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Vitest

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Mocha

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Jasmine

Component & UI Testing

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React Testing Library

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Vue Testing Library

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Cypress Component Testing

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Playwright

End-to-End Testing

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Cypress

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Playwright

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WebdriverIO

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Selenium

Error Tracking Platforms

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Sentry

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Rollbar

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Bugsnag

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Raygun

Observability & APM Platforms

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Datadog

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New Relic

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Grafana Cloud

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Elastic Observability

Session Replay & UX Debugging

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LogRocket

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FullStory

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Replay.io

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Hotjar

Network & Data Clients

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TanStack Query

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SWR

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Apollo Client

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Axios

Feature Flags

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LaunchDarkly

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Unleash

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Split

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Firebase Remote Config

Service Workers & Offline Tooling

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Workbox

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Service Worker API

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Next-PWA

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Vite PWA Plugin

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Test Pyramid Design

Unit tests, integration tests, end-to-end tests, smoke tests, contract tests

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Mocking & Isolation

Dependency mocking, API mocking, test doubles, fixtures, fake timers

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Deterministic Testing

Stable selectors, async stabilization, test data seeding, flake prevention

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Client-Side Error Handling

Error boundaries, global error handlers, promise rejection handling, fallback UI

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Structured Logging

Log levels, correlation IDs, contextual metadata, redaction

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Production Debugging

Source maps, stack trace symbolication, release tracking, environment tagging

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Failure Handling Patterns

Retries with backoff, request cancellation, timeout handling, circuit breakers

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State Consistency Patterns

Optimistic updates rollback, cache invalidation, idempotent mutations

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Graceful Degradation

Fallback UI states, offline mode, stale-while-revalidate caching

Test Coverage

Share of code exercised by automated tests.

Unit: %

Great: 85%+
Good: 75%
Average: 60%

"... increased test coverage to 85%+."

Test Pass Rate

Share of CI test runs that succeed.

Unit: %

Great: 99.5%+
Good: 98%
Average: 95%

"... raised test pass rate to 99.5%+."

Flaky Test Rate

Share of tests that fail intermittently across runs.

Unit: %

Great: < 1%
Good: 2%
Average: 5%

"... reduced flaky test rate to < 1%."

Mean Time to Detection (MTTD)

Time to notice a production issue after it occurs.

Unit: minutes

Great: < 5 min
Good: 15 min
Average: 60 min

"... cut MTTD to < 5 minutes."

Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR)

Time to restore service after a production incident.

Unit: minutes / hours

Great: < 2 h
Good: 8 h
Average: 24 h

"... improved MTTR to < 2 hours."

Change Failure Rate (CFR)

Share of deployments that cause user-impacting issues.

Unit: %

Great: < 5%
Good: 10%
Average: 20%

"... reduced change failure rate to < 5%."

Availability (Uptime)

Share of time the application functions correctly for users.

Unit: %

Great: 99.9%+
Good: 99.5%
Average: 99.0%

"... improved availability to 99.9%+."

Incident Rate

Frequency of production incidents over time.

Unit: incidents per week

Great: 0 to 1
Good: 2 to 4
Average: 5+

"... lowered incident rate to 0 to 1 per week."

Failed Request Rate

Share of client-side requests that fail due to network or server errors.

Unit: %

Great: < 0.3%
Good: 1%
Average: 3%

"... reduced failed request rate to < 0.3%."

Build Systems, Tooling & CI/CD

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General

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Front-End Build & Bundling Configuration

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CI/CD Pipeline & Release Automation

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Developer Tooling & Local Development Workflow

This category covers how front-end code moves from a developer machine to production through reproducible builds, automated validation, and release pipelines. Hiring managers care because strong delivery engineering increases shipping speed, reduces integration friction, and keeps releases predictable at team scale.

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Build Tools & Bundlers

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Webpack

Vite icon

Vite

Rollup icon

Rollup

Parcel icon

Parcel

Turbopack icon

Turbopack

Transpilers & Compilers

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TypeScript

Babel icon

Babel

SWC icon

SWC

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esbuild

Package Managers

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npm

Yarn icon

Yarn

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pnpm

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Bun

CI/CD Platforms

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GitHub Actions

GitLab CI icon

GitLab CI

CircleCI icon

CircleCI

Jenkins icon

Jenkins

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Azure DevOps

Hosting & Deployment Platforms

Vercel icon

Vercel

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Netlify

AWS Amplify icon

AWS Amplify

Cloudflare Pages icon

Cloudflare Pages

Firebase Hosting icon

Firebase Hosting

Version Control Platforms

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Git

GitHub icon

GitHub

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GitLab

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Bitbucket

Local Dev Servers & Sandboxes

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Vite Dev Server

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Webpack Dev Server

Next.js Dev Server icon

Next.js

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Storybook

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Expo

Code Quality Tooling

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ESLint

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Prettier

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Stylelint

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Husky

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lint-staged

Environment & Runtime Managers

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dotenv

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direnv

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Volta

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nvm

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cross-env

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Build Configuration

Environment-specific builds, source map configuration, asset hashing, dynamic imports, build output targeting

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Dependency Management

Lockfile enforcement, version pinning, workspace linking, peer dependency resolution, dependency deduplication

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Asset Processing

CSS preprocessing pipelines, static asset fingerprinting, font asset handling, build-time environment injection

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Pipeline Automation

Parallel job execution, dependency caching, build matrix execution, artifact generation, pipeline staging

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Release Strategies

Canary deployments, blue-green releases, preview deployments, feature-flagged releases, automated rollback

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Merge & Validation Controls

Branch protection rules, required checks, gated merges, automated preview environments, release tagging

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Developer Experience Optimization

Hot module replacement, fast refresh, local API mocking, sandbox environments, instant rebuild feedback

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Code Quality Automation

Pre-commit hooks, automatic formatting, commit linting, static analysis enforcement

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Environment Consistency

Reproducible local environments, runtime version pinning, configuration isolation, local secrets management

Production Build Duration

Time to produce deployable artifacts.

Unit: minutes

Great: < 1.5 min
Good: 3 min
Average: 6 min

"... reduced production build duration to 80 seconds by optimizing CI caching and build config."

Incremental Rebuild Time

Rebuild time after a code change.

Unit: seconds

Great: < 1s
Good: 3s
Average: 8s

"... cut incremental rebuild time to 0.9 seconds by improving module graph caching."

Dependency Install Time

Cold install time for project dependencies.

Unit: seconds

Great: < 15s
Good: 45s
Average: 120s

"... reduced dependency install time to 20 seconds by switching to pnpm and enforcing lockfiles."

Build Cache Hit Rate

Share of builds reusing cached artifacts.

Unit: %

Great: > 90%
Good: 70%
Average: 40%

"... increased build cache hit rate to 92% by caching dependencies and build outputs in CI."

Lead Time for Changes

Time from commit to production deployment.

Unit: hours

Great: < 1h
Good: 8h
Average: 48h

"... reduced lead time for changes from 2 days to 6 hours by automating deploy gates."

Deployment Frequency

How often production deployments occur.

Unit: deploys per week

Great: multiple per day
Good: daily
Average: weekly

"... increased deployment frequency from weekly to daily by standardizing CI workflows."

Pipeline Duration

End-to-end CI runtime per workflow.

Unit: minutes

Great: < 3 min
Good: 8 min
Average: 20 min

"... reduced pipeline duration to 7 minutes by parallelizing jobs and caching dependencies."

Rollback Time

Time to revert a release safely.

Unit: minutes

Great: < 2 min
Good: 10 min
Average: 30 min

"... improved rollback time to 90 seconds by standardizing release tags and deploy promotion."

Local Startup Time

Time to run the app locally from a clean state.

Unit: seconds

Great: < 5s
Good: 15s
Average: 40s

"... reduced local startup time to 12 seconds by simplifying dev scripts and caching."

Hot Reload Latency

Time to reflect UI changes after save.

Unit: ms

Great: < 100 ms
Good: 400 ms
Average: 1,200 ms

"... improved hot reload latency to 150 ms by optimizing module invalidation."

Environment Setup Time

Time for a new developer to run the app locally.

Unit: minutes

Great: < 10 min
Good: 30 min
Average: 120 min

"... cut environment setup time to 20 minutes by standardizing tooling and configs."

Pre-commit Check Time

Runtime of local validation checks before commit.

Unit: seconds

Great: < 5s
Good: 15s
Average: 45s

"... reduced pre-commit check time to 12 seconds by scoping linting to changed files."

Collaboration, Delivery & Front-End Processes

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General

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Agile Feature Delivery

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Cross-Functional Collaboration

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Code Review & Engineering Standards

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Release Coordination & Feature Rollout

How front-end engineers plan, coordinate, review, and release work in real product teams. Hiring managers care because strong delivery and collaboration reduce rework, unblock cross-team execution, keep standards consistent, and make releases safer and more predictable.

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Issue Tracking Systems

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Jira

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Linear

Azure DevOps icon

Azure DevOps

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YouTrack

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ClickUp

Product Documentation Tools

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Confluence

Notion icon

Notion

Google Docs icon

Google Docs

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Coda

Agile Planning Boards

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Trello

Jira Boards icon

Jira Boards

GitHub Projects icon

GitHub Projects

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Monday.com

Design Collaboration Tools

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Figma

Adobe XD icon

Adobe XD

Sketch icon

Sketch

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Zeplin

Team Communication Platforms

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Slack

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Microsoft Teams

Discord icon

Discord

Collaboration Whiteboards

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Miro

FigJam icon

FigJam

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Loom

Version Control Platforms

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GitHub

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GitLab

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Bitbucket

Code Review Systems

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GitHub Pull Requests

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GitLab Merge Requests

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Gerrit

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Phabricator

Feature Flag Platforms

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LaunchDarkly

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Split.io

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Flagsmith

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Optimizely

Incident & Release Coordination Tools

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PagerDuty

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Statuspage

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Slack

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Work Breakdown & Estimation

User stories, acceptance criteria definition, story point estimation, task decomposition, definition of done

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Incremental Delivery

Vertical slicing, MVP delivery, progressive enhancement delivery, feature iteration

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Sprint Execution

Sprint planning participation, backlog refinement, daily standup coordination, demo preparation

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Design Handoff & Alignment

Design review, spec clarification, edge-case identification, responsive behavior alignment

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API Coordination

Contract discussion, request and response negotiation, error-state handling, loading state definition

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Stakeholder Communication

Demo walkthroughs, requirement clarification loops, UX feedback incorporation

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Review Practices

Peer review, actionable feedback, readability checks, architectural consistency validation

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Standards Enforcement

Coding conventions, naming conventions, shared patterns enforcement, lint rule governance

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Knowledge Sharing

Review explanations, onboarding guidance, pattern education, internal examples

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Safe Rollouts

Feature flags, gradual rollout, canary releases, dark launches

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Incident Coordination

Rollback procedures, hotfix workflow, release verification checks

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Post-Release Validation

Smoke testing in production, monitoring dashboards review, user impact validation

Sprint Predictability

Planned work completed within the sprint.

Unit: %

Great: 90%+
Good: 80%
Average: 60%

"... raised sprint predictability to 90%."

Lead Time for Changes

Time from ticket start to merged change.

Unit: days

Great: < 1 day
Good: 2 to 3 days
Average: 4 to 6 days

"... cut lead time to 2 days."

Cycle Time

Time from first commit to merged PR.

Unit: days

Great: < 1 day
Good: 1 to 2 days
Average: 2 to 3 days

"... reduced cycle time to 1.5 days."

Rework Rate

Tickets reopened due to requirement mismatch.

Unit: %

Great: < 5%
Good: 10%
Average: 20%

"... lowered rework rate to 4%."

Blocked Time

Time spent waiting on clarification or dependencies.

Unit: hours per sprint

Great: < 1 hour
Good: 4 hours
Average: 8 hours

"... reduced blocked time to 1 hour per sprint."

PR Turnaround Time

Time until first review on a pull request.

Unit: hours

Great: < 2 hours
Good: 8 hours
Average: 24 hours

"... improved PR turnaround time to 2 hours."

Defect Escape Rate

Bugs found after merge or release.

Unit: %

Great: < 3%
Good: 8%
Average: 15%

"... reduced defect escape rate to 3%."

Change Failure Rate

Releases that cause incidents or require rollback.

Unit: %

Great: < 5%
Good: 10%
Average: 20%

"... lowered change failure rate to 4%."

Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR)

Time to restore service after a release incident.

Unit: minutes

Great: < 10 minutes
Good: 30 minutes
Average: 60 minutes

"... improved MTTR to 8 minutes."

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