Senior Front End Engineer
You will lead projects from inception to completion while developing new user-facing features and reusable components. Additionally, you will provide technical guidance to junior developers and ensure high-quality code delivery across various platforms.
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- Kitchener, ON
- Posted Aug 14, 2026
- 1 position
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Job summary
Role Overview You will be working in a cross-functional team, using agile methodologies to build cloud-native applications for the Auto industry. We are looking for true team-players who can work beyond their specialty to help the team deliver. Every team member is responsible for the quality of the product and should be willing to work on any tasks needed, be it front-end, back end, test automation, deployment automation, etc. Requirements You have multiple years of experience in delivering full-stack solutions. Ideally, you have a portfolio to share or code snippets that can highlight some of your expertise. You are able to work autonomously. You are able to see the big picture to make sound architectural decisions. You are able to hop in and out of projects and make sure delivery dates are met. Responsibilities You will take leadership in driving projects from a blank slate to completion. You’ll be in the weeds independently as a developer, and also need to provide guidance to more junior developers if they are assisting on the project. Developing new user-facing features using various front-end frameworks Building reusable cross-platform components and front-end libraries for future use Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers. Skills Fluent in React.js, and Vue.js Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and the JavaScript object model Experience with HTML5, CSS3, and DOM manipulation Understanding of the W3C guidelines including ARIA and accessibility Thorough understanding of one or more of the following back-end frameworks (Next.js or Nest.js) Experience with popular JavaScript workflows such as Flux or Redux Familiarity with newer specifications of ECMAScript (ES6+) Expert understanding of RESTful APIs Familiarity with modern build pipelines and tools (CI/CD) Experience with common development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, yarn, etc. Experience with testing frameworks (Mocha/Chai/Sinon or Jasmine/Jest/Enzyme) Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements Ability to perform benchmarking and optimization
What you’ll do
You will lead projects from inception to completion while developing new user-facing features and reusable components. Additionally, you will provide technical guidance to junior developers and ensure high-quality code delivery across various platforms.
Requirements
Candidates must have multiple years of experience in full-stack development and a strong portfolio demonstrating architectural decision-making. You should be proficient in modern front-end frameworks and back-end integration while maintaining a collaborative, team-oriented mindset.
Listed skills
- HTMLPreferred
- Next.jsPreferred
- CI/CDPreferred
- CSSPreferred
- Vue.jsPreferred
- JavaScriptPreferred
- AgilePreferred
- TypeScriptPreferred
Other relevant skills
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- React.js
- Vue.js
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- HTML5
- CSS3
- Next.js
- Nest.js
- Redux
- Flux
- RESTful APIs
- CI/CD
- Webpack
- Babel
- Test automation
- Agile
- Back End Testing
- Full Stack Development
- Pipelines
- Back End (Software Engineering)
- Jest (JavaScript Testing Framework)
- npm (Node Package Manager)
- Next.js (Javascript Library)
- Workflow Management
- Mocha (JavaScript Framework)
- Cloud-Native Applications
- Technical Requirements
- Chai (Software)
- Enzyme (JavaScript Testing Utility)
- JavaScript (Programming Language)
- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Agile Methodology
- Automation
- Benchmarking
- Business Requirements
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- Programming Tools
- Document Object Model
- ECMAScript (C Programming Language Family)
- Flux (React.js)
- Leadership
- Object Model
- RESTful API
- Wireframing
- Front End (Software Engineering)
- Sinon
- Apache Yarn
- React.js (Javascript Library)
- Vue.js (Javascript Library)
- Jasmine (JavaScript Testing Framework)
Job areas
- Technology
- Software
- Engineering
- Front End Engineer
- Front End Developer
- Web and Multimedia Developers
- Web Developers
Additional details
- Minimum experience
- 5+ years
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week
