Intermediate and Senior Front End Developer

We want Developers who are obsessive about expanding their skills in different toolkits and frameworks; Developers who are solution driven and focused on building features that are useful. We want Developers who know how to build using simple, smart and scalable code as part of a team.

Toronto, ON

FormHero

FormHero hides the complexity of existing paper and electronic documentation from your customers, prompting them to make clear selections and answer simple questions while automatically completing your documentation in the background. https://formhero.io/

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Mid Level

Overview: <p>It&rsquo;s only human to hate paperwork, and at FormHero we&rsquo;re here to change the way it&rsquo;s done. Whether you are applying for a mortgage, securing insurance or going through any of life&rsquo;s other big and little moments, filling out a form is tedious and often feels futile. If you&rsquo;re the person checking those forms, every time you miss a detail it costs money and time. At FormHero, we put an end to that. We prioritize customer experience. And we&rsquo;re doing it intelligently. Our products are being used by banks, insurance carriers and government agencies to improve their customer experience and engagement. And that&rsquo;s just the beginning.</p> <p><strong>The opportunity</strong></p> <p>We are not your typical startup; we&rsquo;re focused on growing a platform that solves challenging problems for our almost exclusively household-name, enterprise-level clients. Our CEO&rsquo;s ambition is to grow by continuing to be a product-led organization. This is every developer&rsquo;s dream: to maintain the integrity of the platform, scaling the product and minimizing client customizations while continuing to deliver outstanding customer experience.</p> <p>Reporting to the Engineering Manager, we are adding both Senior and Intermediate Front End Developers to our Agile scrum team. This is an opportunity to use a range of technologies in exciting ways to build our platform.</p> <p>We are looking for Front End Developers who enjoy diving into complex problems and creating solutions; developers who wants to expand the way they use AngularJS to develop customized new features, while continuing to emphasize interface design. We need someone who wants to participate as a front-end specialist in a multi-functional scrum team.</p> <p>We want Developers who are obsessive about expanding their skills in different toolkits and frameworks; Developers who are solution driven and focused on building features that are useful. We want Developers who know how to build using simple, smart and scalable code as part of a team.</p> <p><strong>What&rsquo;s in it for you</strong></p> <p><em>Career development</em>. We build useful software. We help turn ideas into practical solutions. You will grow into a full-stack role as you expand your skills in many high-demand areas such as utilizing Docker for containerization; writing Angular-based user interfaces; building out the backend in microservices and deploying to the cloud.</p> <p><em>Impact</em>. We're always iterating. We know that there's always room for process improvement. That's why we're constantly tweaking our product, so our clients get the best possible software with the features they need. As a Senior Developer, you will bring and apply a clear understanding of what processes and services are essential to successful development and deployment; as an Intermediate Developer, you will work in partnership to gain new exposure that will make you a highly desirable Full-stack Developer.</p> <p><em>Purpose</em>. We're passionate about our people. At FormHero, our purpose is to improve the relationships between businesses by helping them put their user experience first. We think our teams are just as worthy of our respect and dedication.</p> <p><strong>Our tech stack</strong></p> <ul> <li>AngularJS, JavaScript &amp; SCSS for the Front End.</li> <li>AWS and Azure for cloud-hosting.</li> <li>Docker for containerization.</li> <li>NodeJS for the backend.</li> <li>MongoDB, Redis</li> <li>RabbitMQ / AWS SQS.</li> </ul>
Responsibilities: <p><strong>Our new Front End Developers will:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Review business requirements, propose technical designs.</li> <li>Refine your design based on feedback, develop with clean code, write your automation testing and deploy new features for one of our three products.</li> <li>Work with developers on creating components and controllers to implement the designs and carry out code reviews to ensure we meet our high standards.</li> <li>Learn how to create and manage look-and-feel hierarchies to allow easy customization by clients.</li> <li>Communicate and collaborate with a product team and work across other groups ensuring the project vision is carried out.</li> </ul>
Requirements: <p><strong>Our new Front End Developers have:</strong></p> <ul> <li>The education. A Computer Science, Engineering degree or equivalent is preferred, but we know not everyone gains their programming and design skills this way.</li> <li>The hands-on experience. <ul> <li>As an Intermediate Front End Developer, you have 1-2 years professional Front End development experience with AngularJS. You are familiar with testing tools and deployment for CI/CD. You understand that CSS, SASS and responsive design are necessary for achieving a good user experience.</li> <li>As a Senior Front End Developer, you have 4+ years of professional Front End development experience with AngularJS. You know how to structure an application for feature growth and component-based design. You have leadership ability and the ability to supervise junior team members.</li> </ul> </li> <li>The desire to learn. You can quickly adopt new technologies and respond to change by adapting. You are interested in expanding your skills to include backend development and cloud deployment.</li> <li>The communication skills. You can effectively translate design and business requirements into a technical solution. You know how to listen and be a contributing team member. You have outstanding verbal, written and interpersonal skills.</li> <li>The creativity and adaptability. You can adapt quickly, innovate solutions and embrace the new while accepting the ambiguous. You want to be part of a company that is pivoting, a collaborative place where your voice will be heard.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Why should you join us?</strong></p> <p>FormHero is a rapidly scaling company, expanding our platform that serves core business needs for some of Canada's largest companies. We are at an exciting point in our growth where we are beginning to expand to international clientele. Joining us now is a chance to be part of a small but growing company. It&rsquo;s a chance to make an impact on literally thousands of people. We&rsquo;re a company with traction, and we&rsquo;re planning to expand broadly. We are already working with some of the largest companies in Canada, and we have gained the recognition of putting the end user customer experience first. We are also a company that brought in HR when we hit 14 people to demonstrate our commitment to growing the team in the ways they wanted to grow. We believe we have a responsibility to help our people live the work-life and the home-life they want to, and we live up to that every day.</p> <p>FormHero is a OneEleven company, a global scale-up hub focused on helping the most promising, high-growth tech startups build their businesses and scale their operations.</p> <p><strong>Apply now</strong></p> <p>Think this job is meant for you but worried you don&rsquo;t have it all? If you feel you meet 70% of the qualifications listed and you are an innovative team player, express your interest here, and we promise to consider your full profile. You can also follow us on&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/formhero">Twitter</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/formhero-inc/">LinkedIn</a>&nbsp;to learn more about us.</p> <p>The diverse experiences, and identities of our team members help us make better decisions and drive great results. FormHero fosters an inclusive work environment that welcomes team members of all backgrounds and perspectives. We are committed to providing a meaningful environment for every member of our team.</p> <p>The diverse experiences, and identities of our team members help us make better decisions and drive great results. FormHero fosters an inclusive work environment that welcomes team members of all backgrounds and perspectives. We are committed to providing a meaningful environment for every member of our team.</p>