In my experience, there are many ways to be a senior software engineer. Here are some tips on how you can become one too:
Code Review
Code review is a process in which one or more developers examine the source code of a program. It's often used to find bugs, improve code quality, and increase code reuse.
Code reviews also help maintain software design and improve documentation.
Test your code
Testing your code is an important part of being a software engineer. It helps you write better code and allows you to refactor with confidence.
Architecture
What is architecture?
Architecture is the process of defining a software system in terms of its components and the ways they interact. The goal of architecture is to ensure that the components are appropriate, well-integrated, loosely coupled, and meet the needs (stakeholders) of those who use them. It’s important to note that it doesn’t prescribe how to design or implement these systems; rather, it guides decisions about what goes into them.
The types of architecture:
There are two main types of architectures: logical and physical. Logical architectures define how parts fit together in terms of what they do; physical architectures describe where those parts exist on a computer or network. For example, if you were creating an e-commerce website that included three web applications (one for sales data processing; one as a storefront; and one for product search), a logical architecture would address how those applications communicate with each other while a physical architecture would focus on where they run within your computing environment (e.g., which servers).
Be an engineer, not a coder
If you're wondering what the difference between a programmer and an engineer is, here it is: Engineers build things, and Coders write code.
Tools
The tools we use as software engineers are all based on a few basic principles that we can use to choose the right tool for the job.
While no one tool will be perfect for everything, there are some that are more useful than others. This is because they have been designed with certain assumptions in mind, such as:
Which Frameworks should I use? Will this framework be efficient at performing complex tasks? How Can I enhance the application performance? and which tool will be suitable for that?
Scalability
Every web application became a nightmare as it grows. The code base becomes larger, more complex and the team number increases, and adapting modern microservice ( like Microfrontends) architecture can help in implementing scalable applications
Get in touch with new technologies
This will help in speeding up the design and the implementation process and make it more flexible
Technology Radar :https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar
Technical leadership
When you become a senior software engineer, you're going to be working with other developers and managers to ensure that your project is successful. As a leader, your role is to identify and solve problems. You'll also need to inspire others in the team by being confident, enthusiastic, and encouraging. In this section we'll discuss:
What is technical leadership?
How can I become an effective technical leader?
What are the responsibilities of a technical leader?
Let's start with the basics: what does it mean for you to be a good technical leader?
When most people think about their boss, they picture someone in a position of authority who makes sure that tasks get done according as expected. When thinking about leadership positions within software development teams or organisations more generally then this is usually associated with management roles such as project manager or product owner etc…
Conclusion
I hope this help in your journey to become a senior Frontend engineer and keep in your mind the most important thing is that you love what you do and always strive to improve yourself and others around you.