Software Developer- Front End - Senior
Software Developer- Front End - Senior
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15-07-2025
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Job Summary:
The Senior Front End Software Developer will spearhead the development and implementation of a new design system based on the shadcn/ui framework to enhance the user experience across public-facing products. This role involves gathering requirements building and testing components creating documentation and providing training to internal teams. The successful candidate will be the sole engineer lead on this project responsible for the end-to-end implementation and maintenance of the design system.
The Senior Front End Software Developer will spearhead the development and implementation of a new design system based on the shadcn/ui framework to enhance the user experience across public-facing products. This role involves gathering requirements building and testing components creating documentation and providing training to internal teams. The successful candidate will be the sole engineer lead on this project responsible for the end-to-end implementation and maintenance of the design system.
Location: Toronto Ontario Canada
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements for the design system.
- Audit UI component handoff documentation to identify gaps and opportunities.
- Design the system architecture plan and strategy for system adoption and evolution.
- Architect and implement a scalable maintainable design system using shadcn/ui.
- Enhance and extend core components to align with brand and accessibility standards (WCAG 2.0 Level AA).
- Build new scalable custom components that reflect product-specific needs.
- Establish standards and processes for testing components across browsers and devices.
- Write and maintain automated tests using tools like Storybook.
- Implement and document visual regression testing and accessibility audits.
- Write comprehensive documentation for all design system components and usage guidelines.
- Conduct workshops training sessions and create onboarding materials for internal teams.
- Provide support and communication across engineering product and design teams.
- Advocate for best practices in front-end development accessibility and performance optimization.
- Uphold high engineering standards.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements for the design system.
- Audit UI component handoff documentation to identify gaps and opportunities.
- Design the system architecture plan and strategy for system adoption and evolution.
- Architect and implement a scalable maintainable design system using shadcn/ui.
- Enhance and extend core components to align with brand and accessibility standards (WCAG 2.0 Level AA).
- Build new scalable custom components that reflect product-specific needs.
- Establish standards and processes for testing components across browsers and devices.
- Write and maintain automated tests using tools like Storybook.
- Implement and document visual regression testing and accessibility audits.
- Write comprehensive documentation for all design system components and usage guidelines.
- Conduct workshops training sessions and create onboarding materials for internal teams.
- Provide support and communication across engineering product and design teams.
- Advocate for best practices in front-end development accessibility and performance optimization.
- Uphold high engineering standards.
Required Skills & Certifications:
- 5 years of expert-level hands-on experience with JavaScript libraries and frameworks (React) Typescript and modern web technologies and build tools.
- Proven experience creating and maintaining component libraries or design systems from scratch preferably using or extending shadcn/ui.
- Strong background in accessibility practices and standards WCAG compliance and semantic HTML.
- Proficient in writing technical documentation for cross-functional teams.
- Experience with visual regression testing unit/integration testing and component QA workflows and best practices.
- Strong communication skills.
- 5 years of expert-level hands-on experience with JavaScript libraries and frameworks (React) Typescript and modern web technologies and build tools.
- Proven experience creating and maintaining component libraries or design systems from scratch preferably using or extending shadcn/ui.
- Strong background in accessibility practices and standards WCAG compliance and semantic HTML.
- Proficient in writing technical documentation for cross-functional teams.
- Experience with visual regression testing unit/integration testing and component QA workflows and best practices.
- Strong communication skills.
Preferred Skills & Certifications:
- Not specified.
- Not specified.
Special Considerations:
- The candidate must be comfortable being the sole engineer lead and taking full responsibility for the design implementation documentation and maintenance of scalable front-end solutions independently.
- The candidate must be comfortable being the sole engineer lead and taking full responsibility for the design implementation documentation and maintenance of scalable front-end solutions independently.
Scheduling:
- Not specified.
- Not specified.
Employment Type
Full-time
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