*This role is open to remote based candidates based in Canada with a preference for PST (hybrid) / EST (remote)*
We're looking for a Front End Developer to join our team as we enter our next stage of growth. You'll play a central role in how we craft the best-in-class user interfaces and experiences behind our SaaS products, building fast, accessible, and polished UX on our modern, cloud-native stack. You'll work on developing the components, patterns, and tools that help our teams deliver high quality experiences efficiently and consistently. This role is about tackling challenging front-end problems, caring about the details users feel, and applying best practices in modern front-end development to deliver pixel perfect UI.
Skills
Traction Rec'rs come from a variety of backgrounds, and we are eager to find people that are from diverse backgrounds. For this role, you might have:
- Computer Science Degree or equivalent experience
- 2 years+ professional experience building and shipping front-end applications
- Strong understanding of component based JavaScript and TypeScript frameworks such as React, including component architecture
- Understanding of fundamental design principles behind scalable applications
- Solid grasp of state management (component, global, and visual state)
- Excellent communication skills and experience working in a highly collaborative development team
- Fluency with modern CSS and its different approaches
- Understanding of accessibility, semantic HTML and WCAG compliance
- Highly motivated with the ability to work and make decisions independently
- Experience with trunk based development and continuous delivery in cloud environments like AWS and Vercel a plus
- Bonus points if you've automated processes with AI and used AI coding agents in your workflow to ship high quality UI built by AI
Salesforce ISV experience not required - if you have strong fundamental product developer experience in other industries, and would be eager to lean into something new, we'll be happy to teach you the platform specifics.
What You Will Be Doing
- Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code across our cloud-native stack and Salesforce
- Oversee proposed solutions to problems and ensure the implemented software will meet business objectives well into the future
- Translate designs into polished, reusable UI and contribute to our shared component library
- Own front-end quality: performance, accessibility, and cross-browser consistency
- Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
- Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues as part of tier 3 support
- Design and ship new features across our existing and emerging products
- Participate in monthly "spike days" where we all pair up and build whatever we want
Compensation
At Traction Rec, we are committed to a fair, market-based and equitable compensation structure. Our market data is refreshed on an annual basis to reflect the most current market conditions.
The starting salary band for this role is $80,000-$95,000. Starting salaries will vary within this range based on experience, skill level, and internal equity related to the role.
Please note that the range details above reflect the base pay only and does not include our competitive bonus program and benefits that we offer.
Our Approach to AI
At Traction Rec, we're big fans of AI and we embrace it as a tool that helps us work smarter and more creatively. It may even have helped with this job description. That said, our recruiting process is 100% human. From resume review to interviews to job offers, every step is led by real people who care about real people. No bots making hiring decisions here.
If you're interested, so are we! Send your resume our way, and let's chat.
