Senior Frontend Engineer

Summary

Join Roofr, a fast-growing startup, as an Engineer and make a significant impact on both technical implementation and the technology roadmap. You will contribute to all aspects of the software development lifecycle, from planning to delivery, working in a collaborative, cross-functional team. Roofr offers a unique culture, strong financials, and excellent company metrics, providing significant growth opportunities and equity. The company prioritizes building a powerful user experience and values doing things the right way. This role requires extensive experience in software development and specific technologies, while offering a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, retirement matching, parental leave, and a remote-first culture.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience holding a Senior Engineering title
• 5+ years of software development experience
• Champion of agile methodologies, and enjoys shipping code often and confidently
• Track record of breaking down complex problems as incremental solutions
• Strong experience with Javascript language & React + Redux framework
• Experience with SCSS
• Experience with interacting with RESTful APIs
• Experience building frontend testing and automation systems for unit tests, integration tests, regression tests, and user acceptance tests

Responsibilities

• Help drive frontend architecture to the next stage of Roof’s systems
• Work in a fast-paced cross-functional team that values doing things ‘the right way’
• Contribute to an early-stage company with engineering first culture
• Contribute to all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle, from planning to delivery
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to develop technical requirements
• Write clean code to develop functional web applications and reusable libraries
• Write unit, functional, and acceptance tests
• Troubleshoot and support production applications

Preferred Qualifications

• Proactively recommends initiatives to improve our engineering technologies and culture
• Enjoys working in a collaborative environment where everyone helps each other grow
• Takes ownership of the product and is proud of the quality of their work
• Has excellent communication skills, and appreciates the value of good documentation
• Understands the challenges of early-stage company priorities

Benefits

• 1st week of employment is mandatory PTO!
• 1 Friday off per month (we call those our laundry days!)
• Company wide paid shutdown for the week between Christmas and New Years
• Flexible time off
• 80% employer paid benefits
• RRSP/401k match
• Generous Parental Leave policy
• We host 2 retreats per year and great team building activities
• Ample learning and development opportunities to continue growing your career
• Home office setup stipend
• Internet and phone allowance
• Remote first culture
• Weekly Friday paydays!