Front-End Engineer

Full Time
Toronto, ON, Canada
8 months ago
Movable Ink scales content personalization for marketers through data-activated content generation and AI decisioning. The world’s most innovative brands rely on Movable Ink to maximize revenue, simplify workflow and boost marketing agility. Headquartered in New York City with close to 600 employees, Movable Ink serves its global client base with operations throughout North America, Central America, Europe, Australia, and Japan.

As a Front-End Engineer, your mission is to contribute to the design and implementation of user-centric web applications. With your solid expertise in front-end technologies, UI/UX design principles, and web development best practices, you will play a key role in driving innovation, ensuring code quality, and delivering solutions that enhance user experience and meet our organization's goals. You will collaborate effectively within the team, leveraging your skills to maintain our industry leadership and foster a culture of technical excellence and professional growth.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Develop scalable and maintainable front-end solutions that meet technical requirements and best practices
  • Receive mentorship from senior and lead developers, embracing a culture of continuous learning and adherence to best practices in front-end development
  • Contribute to the development and integration of a comprehensive design system to ensure consistency and efficiency in front-end development
  • Optimize front-end code for enhanced performance, scalability, and reliabilityEnhances project agility and innovation by adopting and adapting proven technologies, reducing the need for custom development
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements, contribute to technical solutions, and ensure seamless integration with other systems. Communicate effectively with team members to support smooth project delivery

 

Qualifications:

  • Possess a solid understanding of React, including state management, hooks, context API, and its ecosystem, with an emphasis on developing efficient, dynamic user interfaces
  • 3+ years of experience working with Javascript frameworks
  • Previous experience using a React component library (we use Material UI), adept at leveraging its components to build reusable components aligned with design standards
  • Develop proficiency in optimizing GraphQL queries and schemas, working in collaboration with back-end development teams to improve performance by addressing over-fetching and under-fetching issues and implementing efficient data loading strategies
  • Demonstrate a growing ability to adopt TypeScript best practices, contributing to consistent enforcement of type definitions and interfaces across the application to enhance code quality and facilitate developer collaboration.
  • Familiar with front-end architectural patterns and best practices, able to create scalable, maintainable, and modular solutions
  • Good interpersonal skills with the ability to support and collaborate with team members, participate in code reviews, and contribute to a culture of technical excellence
  • Understanding of security concerns in front-end development, knowledgeable about common vulnerabilities and best practices to mitigate them
  • Working knowledge of DevOps practices, including continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and automated deployment strategies

Studies have shown that women, communities of color, and historically underrepresented people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture where all Inkers can thrive. If you’re excited about the role but don’t meet all of the abovementioned qualifications, we encourage you to apply. Our differences bring a breadth of knowledge and perspectives that makes us collectively stronger.

We welcome and employ people regardless of race, color, gender identity or expression, religion, genetic information, parental or pregnancy status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ethnicity, family or marital status, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, disability, Veteran status, or other protected characteristics. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.