We are seeking a talented and qualified Senior Frontend Developer with a strong proficiency in React to join our growing team. You will be responsible for taking ownership of the ‘client-side’ of our web services. You should be able to translate our company vision into technologically sound and aesthetically impressive applications. As a key team member, you will be expected to have strong attention to detail, a positive attitude, and to prioritize your workflow with ease.

You will work as part of our Engineering Team from our Toronto office in The Junction. Our team has a presence in both Boston and Toronto, so it will be necessary to collaborate with a remote team.

Responsibilities

• Architecting core client-side applications using best practices
• Developing user-facing features with React
• Building reusable components and libraries for future use
• Translating style guides and wireframes into high quality code
• Interfacing with backend developers to meet requirements
• Pursuing maximum performance across an array of locations, devices and browsers
• Continuously ensuring applications are well-tested and production ready
• Ensuring excellent standards are maintained across team members

Requirements

• Intellectual curiosity and a strong desire to learn
• Problem solving skills, including the ability to disaggregate complex problems and incrementally implement solutions
• 5+ years experience working with JavaScript
• 3+ years experience working with React
• Excellent understanding of HTML 5, CSS 3, and SASS
• Experience with RESTful APIs and GraphQL
• Experience with modern build pipelines and tools
• Experience with a testing framework (Jest/Mocha/Enzyme)
• Experience using Git
• Thorough understanding of authentication and authorization mechanisms such as JWT
• Proficiency with browser based debugging and performance testing
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• A passion to create great user experiences on the web

Great to Have

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience working in an Agile Software Development environment
• Experience with Docker and containerization of services, Kubernetes
• Experience with cloud services like GCP
• Experience with continuous integration tooling like TravisCI
• Experience with application logging / tracing / performance monitoring
• Some experience dealing with backend languages like Python and Elixir