REA-022 Sr./Staff Frontend Engineer

Canada-wide Remote

Our client is Canada's ecommerce leader, working and playing at the intersection of fashion and the outdoors. Founded in 1984, the company offers best-in-class advice on premium gear and technical apparel, a members-only benefits program and a curated selection of products for outdoor adventures and urban pursuits.

We are looking for a Remote Senior/Staff Frontend SDE that will be responsible for driving the team's long-term vision, building the architecture and roadmaps, in addition to providing technical leadership to other team members. We are in the process of building a new storefront and checkout experience for a fully featured custom built ecommerce platform using Vue.js You will be given the opportunity to work on the full technical scope of our front-end web applications, have ownership over their performance / resilience and become an authority on the business processes they affect and the value created.

Responsibilities:

• Build user interfaces for new and existing e-commerce web applications
• Help drive long term technical direction and vision for our web platforms
• Advocate for best practices in front-end architecture, including performance, security and usability.
• Collaborate with designers and product managers to deliver compelling user-facing products
• Participate in backlog grooming, sprint planning and daily stand-ups;

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional web development experience
• 4+ years developing with component-based frameworks like Vue.js, React or Angular
• Good knowledge of the Javascript ecosystem and tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
• Skilled with CSS/SASS
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs (GraphQL is an asset)
• Good to have experience working with CI/CD pipelines;
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment;
• University degree in a related or technically oriented discipline is an asset;
• Bonus points for prior Shopify API (Storefront) development experience