Senior Developer

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?

As a Senior Frontend Developer you will be working with junior members on 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 E-Commerce Technology Lead 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 working on building our very own ad platform, for advertisers to grow their brands through marketing campaigns across Loblaw’s digital properties and we are looking for an experienced Front End developer to lead new initiatives and work across the full front end stack, including APIs built on Java. The ideal candidate is an expert in semantic HTML/CSS, Javascript and NodeJS and is not limited to a specific library.

What You'll Do

• Cultivate a deep understanding of the portfolio of applications we utilize, along with their respective strengths and weaknesses, to provide solutions to existing and future challenges.
• Assist in the design 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.
• Provide guidance and direction to the development teams to tear down obstacles and keep initiatives on target and moving forward.
• Coaching and Mentorship to junior developers
• Translate project goals and product roadmaps into organized technical tasks.
• Organize, prioritize, and manage multiple projects and multiple stakeholders simultaneously.
• Provide technical guidance and support in resolving critical issues.
• Offer your input and expertise to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Provide your recommendations and ideas during scoping and planning activities
• Contribute to writing code to deliver Backlog items

What You’ll Need

• 5+ years of experience in front-end development, with a strong portfolio showcasing your skills.
• Expert-level knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (ES6+).
• Extensive experience with modern JavaScript frameworks and libraries, such as React and intelligence to leverage existing libraries
• Experience with Server-Side Rendering framework (Next.JS)
• Deep understanding of web accessibility standards (WCAG) and best practices.
• Experience with front-end build tools (e.g., Webpack, Parcel) and version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Experience with state management libraries (e.g. Redux, Context API etc)
• Experience with Contentful or any other API-based (headless) CMS
• Experience with Server-Driven UI Concepts and implementation is desirable
• Knowledge of microservices architecture patterns and automated testing (unit, integration)
• Experience with CI tools (e.g. Azure Pipelines, Jenkins)
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Frontend performance optimization
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Passion for building high-quality user experiences and a strong eye for detail.

Does this sound like you?

• You are opinionated about what it takes to produce great software, but remain receptive to other's ideas
• 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 are experienced with software estimation, often confronted with complexity and uncertainty.
• You make decisions based on data. You are versed with tools to measure every aspect of the application.
• You are not afraid of changes. Armed with excellent refactoring techniques, you work effectively with legacy code.
• You are a good communicator. You are able to present complicated solutions to non-technical audience in a simple and logical way.
• You provide guidance and perform code reviews for contributors of various levels, whilst maintaining a high level of code quality across the front-end

How you’ll succeed

At Loblaw Digital, we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture. We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections. We’re able to keep innovating because our colleagues are passionate about their work and excited about the future of eCommerce. You will get to work with some of the best digital minds and will have the support of world class technologies to craft products our customers will love!

Loblaw Digital recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired. In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.

How You’ll Succeed:

At Loblaw Digital, we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture. We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections.

We’re able to keep innovating because our colleagues are passionate about their work and excited about the future of eCommerce.

If you have big ideas, undeniable enthusiasm, and thrive in a collaborative, creative, and diverse group, we’ll get along just fine.

Looking for a challenge? Good. Love an innovative work environment? Even better.

Apply today.

Employment Type:

Full time

Type of Role:

Regular

Loblaw Digital recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired.

In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.