Sr. Front End Developer

About the job

At Loblaw Digital, we know that our customers expect the best from us. Whether that means building the best, most innovative online shopping experience, or designing an app that will impact the lives of people across the country, we’re up for the challenge. From our office in Downtown Toronto, we’ve created leading eCommerce experiences in the online grocery shopping, beauty, pharmacy, and apparel spaces, and we’re only just getting started.

Why is this role important?

At Loblaw Digital, we know that our customers expect the best from us. Whether that means building the best, most innovative online shopping experiences, or designing an app that will impact the lives of people across the country, we’re up for the challenge. Loblaw Digital is the team responsible for building and operating the online businesses of Canada’s largest and most successful retailer. Based in downtown Toronto, we are an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, and collaborative team working towards transforming the way Canadians shop by creating leading eCommerce experiences in the online grocery shopping, beauty, pharmacy, loyalty, and apparel spaces, and we’re only just getting started! To achieve these goals, we are looking for talented and passionate individuals who want to collaborate solve challenging problems and make a significant and lasting impact on Canadians.

As a Senior Developer, you will be working with junior & senior members of the Software Development team, you will have exposure to every aspect of the software development cycle, and you will be encouraged to express your opinions and challenge assumptions.

You will report to the Frontend Web Engineering Managers and will assist in building, improving and maintaining a world-class, multi-channel e-commerce platform. This is a rare opportunity to build new technology that will operate at a massive scale and impact the lives of millions of Canadians.

We are developing a top-tier, server-driven user interface platform for Loblaw's lines of business. Our goal is to provide a unified, scalable platform that enables businesses to swiftly develop web and mobile application solutions for their complex challenges. We are in search of an experienced Senior Front End developer to collaborate with our team on new initiatives. This role involves working across the front-end stack and developing components in ReactJS, leveraging cross-team API services to enhance the SDUI Component Library.

Please note Loblaw's Return to Office Policy, effective October 2024, is 4 days in the office

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate with Staff Developers and Engineering Managers to deliver world-class components that are scalable and flexible for our business partners.
• Develop a deep understanding of our libraries and applications, understand their strengths and weaknesses and work with the team to provide solutions to address those challenges and streamline our development of component solutions.
• Assist in the development of software components to enhance our portfolio.
• Construct design documents and documentation to aid in maintenance and code reuse.
• Through your knowledge of industry trends and tools, together with your own experiences, work with the team to improve our software, our environment, and our process.
• Work with the development team and technical leads to tear down obstacles and keep initiatives on target and moving forward.
• Coaching and Mentorship to junior developers
• Provide technical guidance and support in resolving critical issues.
• Construct design documents and documentation to aid in maintenance and code reuse.
• Lead in solution design session to create the solution design diagrams and documentation.
• Offer your input and expertise to technical and non-technical audiences.

Does This Sound Like You?

• You have a minimum of 7 years of experience in Front End development and component development.
• Our current stack includes (though not limited and we are generally open to exploring new technologies): HTML5/CSS3/Modern Typescript/React with NextJS/Testing Libraries/REST Services. Storybook. ShadCN (RadixUI), Tailwind CSS.
• You are driven by a deep passion for crafting elegant solutions, and expertly integrating cloud services to optimize architecture design.
• You have a hunger to learn and are open to change, which is evident in your constant hunt to improve yourself, our team, and our products.
• Responsible, team player, and eager to learn new technologies.
• Experience building high traffic, production ready applications.
• An understanding of web accessibility best practices (WCAG 2.1, AA).
• CI/CD experience (GitLab IC).
• You care about ownership. You proactively seek out bugs and fix them. Occasionally, when bugs find you, you don't sweep them under the rug.
• You have developed large applications in a team environment.
• You are a good communicator. You are able to present complicated solutions to non-technical audiences in a simple and logical way.

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