Safaricom·Frontend Engineer

Safaricom Frontend Engineer interview experience

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NairobiPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed for a Software Engineer role with practical web/API engineering prompts that felt mid-level but hands-on, centered on building features and improving performance.

Technical round (feature design) — I was asked how I would implement and manage infinite scroll in a web app, explicitly covering data fetching, pagination, performance optimization, loading states, and avoiding duplicate/unnecessary requests.
Practical dev questions (hands-on implementations) — I also went through an online set of practical development tasks: building a small to-do app, consuming a GraphQL endpoint, and implementing rate limiting for GraphQL. Outcome: I didn’t get the offer, and I learned that the process rewards concrete design trade-offs and correctness in

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