Front End Developer II

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?

You will be working on the DX Studio team as a Frontend Developer, working on our static site platform that is used across multiple lines of business. As a Frontend Developer you will be helping solution & implement major new functionality within the platform. You will have exposure to every aspect of the software development cycle, and you will be encouraged to express your opinions and challenge assumptions.

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.
• Help modernize the way we work—such as making developer onboarding more seamless, helping build out our automation, implementing chaos testing, etc.
• 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.
• 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.
  
  

Does this sound like you?

• Ideally you have experience in some of:
• Single Page Applications
• ES6, webpack, babel
• Node.js, Next.js, express, Angular, Vue
• React, redux, redux-thunk
• SCSS, BEM
• Docker, Kubernetes
• CI/CD experience (GitLab IC)
• 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 can present complicated solutions to non-technical audience in a simple and logical way.
• You will be maintaining the CI/CD pipeline
• You will be involved in the testing process
  
  

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.