Software Developer- Front End – Senior
- Pay Rate: Flexible- Onsite
- Location: Toronto, Ontario
- Contract Length: 11 Months
We at Raise are hiring right now for one of our Clients. If you’re interested, apply below for your chance to join a great place to work.
Responsibilities:
- Designs, develops, tests, deploys, and maintains the accessible, responsive, and user-facing capabilities of the enterprise platform.
- The role translates approved research, wireframes, prototypes, design specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria into reusable and maintainable frontend components that provide a consistent experience across platform features and onboarded services. Working closely with UX, product, business analysis, architecture, backend development, QA, accessibility, security, and DevOps resources, the Senior Software Developer – Frontend integrates interfaces with APIs, identity services, workflows, notifications, document services, and other enterprise platform components.
- The role applies secure coding, accessibility, performance, automated testing, and design-system standards; investigates complex browser and integration issues; and supports releases, production readiness, monitoring, and stabilization to ensure reliable digital experiences for Ontario businesses.
Experience:
- Extensive experience designing and developing large-scale, multi-client, Internet-ready web applications.
- Experience translating technical system specifications, wireframes, prototypes, user stories, and acceptance criteria into working, tested applications.
- Experience developing detailed programming specifications and designing, coding, debugging, documenting, and maintaining responsive user-interface components.
- Strong experience with modern JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks, object-oriented practices, design patterns, refactoring, and clean code.
- Experience integrating user interfaces with RESTful APIs, RESTful web services, identity services, security gateways, middleware, and backend components.
- Experience using relational or hierarchical database technologies and query languages to retrieve and present application data.
- Experience with communications protocols and security approaches such as OAuth 2.0, JSON Web Tokens, and SSL certificates.
- Experience applying structured and Agile methodologies across the software development lifecycle, including design walkthroughs, coding, unit testing, deployment, conversion, migration, and implementation.
- Experience using Azure DevOps or comparable tools for source control, work management, continuous integration, and deployment.
- Experience implementing accessible user experiences in accordance with AODA and applicable WCAG standards.
- Experience eliciting and documenting technical information from business stakeholders, subject-matter experts, architects, designers, and other IT professionals.
- Experience troubleshooting application, browser, performance, security, accessibility, deployment, and integration issues, including post-implementation support.
General Skills / Duties:
- Translate approved technical system specifications into working, tested, accessible, and maintainable enterprise platform frontend applications.
- Develop detailed programming specifications and design, write, generate, compile, debug, document, and maintain frontend code.
- Build responsive, Internet-ready user interfaces and reusable components using approved frameworks, design patterns, and enterprise platform standards.
- Integrate frontend components with RESTful APIs, identity and access services, security gateways, workflows, notifications, documents, and other platform services.
- Create, maintain, and execute unit, component, integration, accessibility, and end-to-end tests.
- Participate in design walkthroughs, code reviews, backlog refinement, estimation, sprint planning, release planning, and implementation activities.
- Collaborate with business analysts, UX designers, architects, backend developers, testers, DevOps engineers, and other IT professionals throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Review and update application configuration, build, and installation scripts required for testing, deployment, conversion, or migration.
- Diagnose and resolve technical problems arising during development, implementation, migration, and operation of the application.
- Provide post-implementation support and resolve production, performance, usability, accessibility, security, and integration issues.
- Prepare user, system, technical, deployment, and support documentation as required.
- Meet delivery commitments while adapting to changing priorities and aggressive timelines.
Skills
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Core Skills and Experience – 40%
- Extensive experience as a designer and developer of large-scale, multi-client, Internet-ready web applications.
- Strong hands-on experience with modern JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks and responsive, component-based application development.
- Experience translating technical specifications and detailed designs into working, tested, maintainable applications.
- Experience with structured and Agile development methodologies, Azure DevOps, unit testing, source control, and application documentation.
Technical Skills and Experience – 35%
- Experience with RESTful APIs, RESTful web services, security gateways, OAuth 2.0, JSON Web Tokens, SSL certificates, middleware, and communications protocols.
- Experience applying object-oriented coding practices, current design patterns, refactoring, clean code, and rapid application development approaches.
- Experience with relational or hierarchical databases, query languages, application deployment, troubleshooting, and post-implementation support.
- Knowledge of AODA, WCAG, information-management principles, and accessible application design.
Soft Skills – 20%
- Strong written and verbal communication, analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, interpersonal, and negotiation skills.
- Ability to develop and present ideas, participate in design walkthroughs, and work effectively with functional and technical teams.
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure, adapt to changing priorities, and consistently meet deadlines.
Public-Sector Experience – 5%
- Knowledge of Ontario Public Service development standards, processes, governance, accessibility, security, and documentation expectations.
Must Have:
- Extensive experience as a designer and developer of large-scale, multi-client, Internet-ready web applications.
- Strong hands-on experience with modern JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks and responsive, component-based application development.
- Experience with structured and Agile development methodologies, Azure DevOps, unit testing, source control, and application documentation.
- Experience with RESTful APIs, RESTful web services, security gateways, OAuth 2.0, JSON Web Tokens, SSL certificates, middleware, and communications protocols.
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