The role of a Software Engineer at Eaze is pivotal in shaping the future of our digital platforms and ensuring that our customers enjoy seamless experiences. As a key member of the engineering team, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing the software that powers our cannabis delivery service. This role not only demands exceptional technical expertise but also a strong understanding of user needs, as your work directly influences the efficiency of our operations and the satisfaction of our users. At Eaze, you will engage with complex systems and large-scale applications, which require you to think critically and innovatively. You will work on exciting projects involving asynchronous programming, data architecture, and user interface design. The impact of your contributions will be felt across the organization, as you help drive our mission forward while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Initial Screening
reportedFocuses on your background and technical skills.
What to demonstrate
- Focuses on your background and technical skills
- Depth in JavaScript
How to prepare
- Be able to walk your CV end to end in two minutes, and say why this company specifically.
- Have your salary expectations, notice period and location constraints ready, and ask for the rest of the loop in writing.
Coding Challenge
reportedShowcase your programming expertise through a technical assessment.
What to demonstrate
- Showcase your programming expertise through a technical assessment
- Depth in JavaScript
How to prepare
- Answer aloud and timed: Describe the difference between
nullandundefined. - Answer aloud and timed: How do you handle errors in an asynchronous function?
Team Interviews
reportedEngage in interviews with team members focusing on technical and behavioral aspects.
What to demonstrate
- Engage in interviews with team members focusing on technical and behavioral aspects
- Depth in JavaScript
How to prepare
- Answer aloud and timed: What performance optimization techniques do you employ in your JavaScript code?
- Answer aloud and timed: How would you approach debugging a performance issue in a web application?
PracHub editorial advice for the preparation topics above.
Know Your Tech Stack
Familiarize yourself with the specific technologies used at Eaze, particularly JavaScript and React. Understanding the tools will help you during technical discussions.
Practice Coding Challenges
Regularly solving coding problems on platforms like LeetCode or HackerRank can help sharpen your algorithm skills.
Be Ready to Discuss Past Experiences
Prepare to share specific examples from your work history that highlight your problem-solving abilities and collaborative experiences.
Engage with Interviewers
Treat the interview as a two-way conversation. Ask insightful questions to demonstrate your interest and curiosity about the team and projects.
Choose a category, try a prompt, then open its approach, worked solution or follow-up when you need it.
What is your understanding of asynchronous programming in JavaScript?
What is your understanding of asynchronous programming in JavaScript?
Approach
- Say what the runtime actually does before reasoning about the code.
- Name what is shared across threads and what owns each piece of state.
- Identify the window where an invariant is briefly untrue.
- Distinguish a value from a reference to it, and say which one you handed out.
Follow-up
- What happens if two callers reach this at the same time?
- Where could this allocate more than you expect?
Can you explain how closures work in JavaScript?
Can you explain how closures work in JavaScript?
Approach
- Say what the runtime actually does before reasoning about the code.
- Name what is shared across threads and what owns each piece of state.
- Identify the window where an invariant is briefly untrue.
- Distinguish a value from a reference to it, and say which one you handed out.
Follow-up
- What happens if two callers reach this at the same time?
- Where could this allocate more than you expect?
Write a function to flatten a nested array.
Write a function to flatten a nested array.
Approach
- Restate the input: its shape, its size, and what is guaranteed about it.
- Name the brute-force solution and its complexity before improving on it.
- Choose the data structure from the access pattern, not from familiarity.
- State the target complexity and say which constraint rules the naive version out.
Follow-up
- How does this change if the input no longer fits in memory?
- What is the worst case, and how likely is it on real data?
How would you implement a debounce function in JavaScript?
How would you implement a debounce function in JavaScript?
Approach
- Restate the input: its shape, its size, and what is guaranteed about it.
- Name the brute-force solution and its complexity before improving on it.
- Choose the data structure from the access pattern, not from familiarity.
- State the target complexity and say which constraint rules the naive version out.
Follow-up
- How does this change if the input no longer fits in memory?
- What is the worst case, and how likely is it on real data?
Can you explain the time complexity of your solution?
Can you explain the time complexity of your solution?
Approach
- Restate the input: its shape, its size, and what is guaranteed about it.
- Name the brute-force solution and its complexity before improving on it.
- Choose the data structure from the access pattern, not from familiarity.
- State the target complexity and say which constraint rules the naive version out.
Follow-up
- How does this change if the input no longer fits in memory?
- What is the worst case, and how likely is it on real data?
Find version gaps and relay lag with window functions
outbox_event holds event_id, aggregate_type, aggregate_id, aggregate_version, event_type, payload, status ('pending','published','dead'), attempts, created_at, published_at. A projection is missing rows and you must decide whether the relay skipped events or the consumer dropped them. Write three queries over the last seven days: one listing every aggregate_id whose published aggregate_version sequence has a hole, one giving per-day counts with a running total, and one returning the newest published event per aggregate. For each, say where the window function is evaluated relative to WHERE and LIMIT. PostgreSQL 16.
Approach
- Gaps: compute lead(aggregate_version) OVER (PARTITION BY aggregate_id ORDER BY aggregate_version) in a subquery, then filter next_version <> aggregate_version + 1 in the outer query. Window functions are evaluated after WHERE, GROUP BY and HAVING and before the outer ORDER BY and LIMIT, so the predicate cannot sit in the same WHERE clause and PostgreSQL 16 has no QUALIFY.
- Say what the seven-day filter does to the answer: it truncates every partition, so the first row per aggregate has no predecessor inside the window and a hole spanning the boundary is invisible. Widen the window, or join to resource.version as the authority for the true maximum.
- Running total: SELECT date_trunc('day', created_at) AS d, count() AS n, sum(count()) OVER (ORDER BY date_trunc('day', created_at) ROWS UNBOUNDED PRECEDING). An aggregate inside a window call is legal because grouping runs before windowing. The grouping key is unique per row here so ROWS and RANGE agree, but write the frame anyway — over ungrouped rows with tied timestamps the default RANGE frame pulls in every peer row and the total jumps.
- Newest per aggregate: DISTINCT ON (aggregate_id) ... ORDER BY aggregate_id, aggregate_version DESC is the cheap PostgreSQL-only form when an index matches that order; row_number() OVER (PARTITION BY aggregate_id ORDER BY aggregate_version DESC) = 1 is the portable form and needs a subquery for the same evaluation-order reason as the gap query.
Follow-up
- Relay failover redelivers events. Does a duplicate break the gap query, and how would you detect one from this table alone?
- Turn the gap check into a continuous monitor rather than a query someone runs after an incident. What does it watch?
Denormalise tenant onto revisions and backfill it live
resource_revision (revision_id, resource_id, version, actor_user_id, change_kind, patch, request_id, created_at) has 400M rows and no tenant column; tenant_id lives only on resource. Two reads need it: a tenant-scoped audit feed ordered by created_at DESC, and an offboarding purge. Both join back to resource today. Justify adding tenant_id to resource_revision against those two reads, name the anomaly the copy introduces and the constraint that prevents it, then give the ordered migration for a live table taking 1.2k writes/second — the lock each step takes, how the backfill is batched, and where each step stops being reversible. PostgreSQL 16.
Approach
- Justify from the access path rather than from taste. Without the column, the audit feed either scans resource_revision by created_at and discards other tenants' rows, or resolves the tenant's resource_ids first and probes with them — both proportional to the tenant's whole history rather than to one page. With (tenant_id, created_at DESC, revision_id DESC) it is a seek that stops at 50 rows, and the purge becomes a ranged delete instead of a join.
- Name the cost exactly: a second copy of a fact can disagree with the first. Make the disagreement unwritable rather than documented — add UNIQUE (resource_id, tenant_id) on resource so it can serve as a foreign-key target, then FOREIGN KEY (resource_id, tenant_id) REFERENCES resource (resource_id, tenant_id) on the revision table. A revision can then only ever carry its parent's tenant.
- Step one, expand: ALTER TABLE resource_revision ADD COLUMN tenant_id BIGINT NULL, with no default, so it is a catalogue change and no rewrite. It still needs ACCESS EXCLUSIVE for an instant, and that instant queues behind the longest open transaction on the table while every later query queues behind it — set lock_timeout to 2s and retry rather than wait.
- Step two, dual-write: deploy the writer that populates tenant_id on every new revision while reads still use the join. Reversible by redeploying the previous build, because nothing reads the column yet.
Follow-up
- The backfill is half finished and a rollback is required. What state is the table in, and what does the previous build do with a half-populated column?
- How do you verify the backfill actually finished, given rows are still being inserted while it runs?
Describe the difference between `null` and `undefined`.
Describe the difference between null and undefined.
Approach
- Clarify what is being asked and what a complete answer contains.
- State your assumptions explicitly before working the problem.
- Say what you would check first and why it is the highest-information step.
- Work from the requirement backwards to the design.
Follow-up
- What assumption would you test first?
- How would you know your answer was wrong?
What performance optimization techniques do you employ in your JavaScript code?
What performance optimization techniques do you employ in your JavaScript code?
Approach
- Clarify what is being asked and what a complete answer contains.
- State your assumptions explicitly before working the problem.
- Say what you would check first and why it is the highest-information step.
- Work from the requirement backwards to the design.
Follow-up
- What assumption would you test first?
- How would you know your answer was wrong?
How do you prioritize tasks when faced with multiple urgent issues?
How do you prioritize tasks when faced with multiple urgent issues?
Approach
- Clarify what is being asked and what a complete answer contains.
- State your assumptions explicitly before working the problem.
- Say what you would check first and why it is the highest-information step.
- Work from the requirement backwards to the design.
Follow-up
- What assumption would you test first?
- How would you know your answer was wrong?
Design a simple URL shortening service. What components would you include?
Design a simple URL shortening service. What components would you include?
Approach
- Fix the scope first: who calls this, how often, and what they do when it fails.
- Name the read and write paths separately; they rarely have the same bottleneck.
- Choose a partition key and say what query it makes expensive.
- State the consistency you need, and where you are willing to be stale.
Follow-up
- What breaks first when traffic grows ten times?
- How does this behave when that dependency is down for an hour?
How would you scale a web application to handle a sudden increase in traffic?
How would you scale a web application to handle a sudden increase in traffic?
Approach
- Fix the scope first: who calls this, how often, and what they do when it fails.
- Name the read and write paths separately; they rarely have the same bottleneck.
- Choose a partition key and say what query it makes expensive.
- State the consistency you need, and where you are willing to be stale.
Follow-up
- What breaks first when traffic grows ten times?
- How does this behave when that dependency is down for an hour?
How would you approach debugging a performance issue in a web application?
How would you approach debugging a performance issue in a web application?
Approach
- Establish what changed and when, before forming any theory.
- Pick a bisection that eliminates candidates whichever way it turns out.
- Check the instrumentation before believing the symptom.
- Separate the trigger from the cause; the deploy is rarely the bug.
Follow-up
- What would you look at first, and what would it rule out?
- How would you tell a cause from a coincidence here?
Built from the rounds and topics Eaze candidates report.
Prepare, practise & reflect
One practical outcome each day. Spend longer where you need it.
0 / 7 done01Map the Eaze loop
- Write out the reported sequence: Initial Screening, Coding Challenge, Team Interviews.
- For each round, write one sentence on what it is judging, from the description above, and mark the one you are least ready for.
Deliverable: A one-page map of the 3 reported rounds, with the weakest marked.
02Work JavaScript
- Spend the session on JavaScript, which Eaze candidates report being tested on.
- Write one worked example in JavaScript and time yourself on it.
Deliverable: One timed worked example in JavaScript.
03Work Asynchronous programming
- Spend the session on Asynchronous programming, which Eaze candidates report being tested on.
- Write one worked example in Asynchronous programming and time yourself on it.
Deliverable: One timed worked example in Asynchronous programming.
04Work React
- Spend the session on React, which Eaze candidates report being tested on.
- Write one worked example in React and time yourself on it.
Deliverable: One timed worked example in React.
05Answer out loud: Technical / Domain Questions
- Answer aloud, timed: What is your understanding of asynchronous programming in JavaScript?
- Answer aloud, timed: Can you explain how closures work in JavaScript?
Deliverable: Spoken answers to 2 reported Technical / Domain Questions question(s), under time.
06Answer out loud: Problem-Solving / Case Studies
- Answer aloud, timed: How would you approach debugging a performance issue in a web application?
- Answer aloud, timed: Describe a time when you had to make a trade-off between code quality and project deadlines.
Deliverable: Spoken answers to 2 reported Problem-Solving / Case Studies question(s), under time.
07Answer out loud: Behavioral / Leadership
- Answer aloud, timed: Describe a situation where you had to work with a difficult team member. How did you handle it?
- Answer aloud, timed: How do you approach collaboration in a cross-functional team?
Deliverable: Spoken answers to 2 reported Behavioral / Leadership question(s), under time.
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Behavioural rounds judge the decision you made and what it cost.
How do you handle errors in an asynchronous function?
How do you handle errors in an asynchronous function?
Approach
- Pick a story where you made the decision, not one where you watched it.
- State the situation in two sentences and spend the rest on the reasoning.
- Give the blast radius: what could have broken, and what you measured.
- Name the disagreement and how you resolved it with evidence.
Follow-up
- What would you do differently if you ran that again?
- How did you know your change caused the improvement?
Describe a time when you had to make a trade-off between code quality and project deadlines.
Describe a time when you had to make a trade-off between code quality and project deadlines.
Approach
- Pick a story where you made the decision, not one where you watched it.
- State the situation in two sentences and spend the rest on the reasoning.
- Give the blast radius: what could have broken, and what you measured.
- Name the disagreement and how you resolved it with evidence.
Follow-up
- What would you do differently if you ran that again?
- How did you know your change caused the improvement?
Describe a situation where you had to work with a difficult team member. How did you handle it?
Describe a situation where you had to work with a difficult team member. How did you handle it?
Approach
- Pick a story where you made the decision, not one where you watched it.
- State the situation in two sentences and spend the rest on the reasoning.
- Give the blast radius: what could have broken, and what you measured.
- Name the disagreement and how you resolved it with evidence.
Follow-up
- What would you do differently if you ran that again?
- How did you know your change caused the improvement?
How do you approach collaboration in a cross-functional team?
How do you approach collaboration in a cross-functional team?
Approach
- Pick a story where you made the decision, not one where you watched it.
- State the situation in two sentences and spend the rest on the reasoning.
- Give the blast radius: what could have broken, and what you measured.
- Name the disagreement and how you resolved it with evidence.
Follow-up
- What would you do differently if you ran that again?
- How did you know your change caused the improvement?
What does a successful team dynamic look like to you?
What does a successful team dynamic look like to you?
Approach
- Pick a story where you made the decision, not one where you watched it.
- State the situation in two sentences and spend the rest on the reasoning.
- Give the blast radius: what could have broken, and what you measured.
- Name the disagreement and how you resolved it with evidence.
Follow-up
- What would you do differently if you ran that again?
- How did you know your change caused the improvement?
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How do you handle errors in an asynchronous function?
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Describe a time when you had to make a trade-off between code quality and project deadlines.
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Describe a situation where you had to work with a difficult team member. How did you handle it?
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How do you approach collaboration in a cross-functional team?
How difficult is the interview process?
The interview process at Eaze is comprehensive and may be challenging. Candidates typically report needing several weeks to prepare adequately. Expect a mix of technical and behavioral questions.
Eaze Software Engineer candidate reports ↗What sets successful candidates apart?
Successful candidates demonstrate strong technical skills, effective communication, and a collaborative spirit. They align with Eaze's core values and can articulate their thought processes clearly.
Eaze Software Engineer candidate reports ↗What is the company culture like?
The culture at Eaze emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and user-centric design. We encourage open communication and value diverse perspectives.
Eaze Software Engineer candidate reports ↗How long does the interview process usually take?
The timeline from initial screening to offer can vary but typically spans 3-4 weeks. It includes several stages of interviews and assessments.
Eaze Software Engineer candidate reports ↗Are remote work options available?
Eaze offers flexible working arrangements, including remote options, depending on project requirements and team dynamics.
Eaze Software Engineer candidate reports ↗What topics does Eaze test in interviews?
Eaze interviews most often cover JavaScript, Marketing Analytics (role domain), Cannabis Industry Domain Knowledge, Probability, and Asynchronous programming. The exact emphasis depends on the specific role you apply for.
Eaze Software Engineer candidate reports ↗Sources & methodology 3 sources ↗
No official company page is cited. Rounds and questions come from candidate reports and PracHub editorial material; each source shows the date it was read.
- 01Eaze Software Engineer candidate reports ↗
Company-reported rounds, questions and FAQ.
Candidate reports · Accessed 2026-09-22 - 02PracHub Software Engineer practice ↗
PracHub practice material, not company-reported.
PracHub page · Accessed 2026-09-22 - 03PracHub preparation framework ↗
PracHub preparation guidance.
PracHub page · Accessed 2026-09-22