Senior Front-end Software Developer

As the largest Canadian-owned and operated K-12 publisher Nelson Education Ltd. is Canadas only heritage education content provider known for its innovative products and solutions catering to learners across the country.

Nelson is on a mission to make learning accessible engaging and effective for all. Thats why Nelson continuously strives to create dynamic curriculum-aligned content that caters to diverse learning styles fostering critical thinking creativity and life-long learning.

In response to the evolving education landscape Nelson developed Edwin a digital learning ecosystem. Edwin is a learning platform for classroom success providing curriculum-linked content engaging tools and unparalleled support to reach every student.

Nelson is redefining education and making a positive impact on the way knowledge is acquired and shared by creating the possible one learner at a time.

About the Role

Reporting to the Team Lead Development the Senior Front-end Software Developer (Developer III) is responsible for building and maintaining internal and customer-facing web applications. The person in this position implements new features and functionality improves the user experience optimizes applications manages and creates data pipelines and performs routine updates and maintenance.

This is a present vacancy available as a net new position to the Development team as we continue to grow.

Key Accountabilities

• Design and develop new features and functionality for web applications using technologies such as JavaScript HTML CSS and one or more JavaScript frameworks such as React or NextJS.
• Write clean maintainable and efficient code
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product management and design to understand requirements and develop solutions
• Troubleshoot and debug issues as needed
• Write automated tests to ensure code quality and reliability
• Continuously improve the development process and best practices
• Participate in code reviews
• Stay current with new and evolving web technologies and techniques.
• Actively participate in the SCRUM process.

Must have

• 5 or more years of hands-on work experience with the following:
• React with Styled-components
• Redux Redux-Saga
• TypeScript
• HTML CSS CSS3
• JS using functional practices and modern ES6 features
• Webpack Babel
• GraphQL Apollo
• Express
• RDBMS and NoSQL
• Git npm yarn
• Computer Science Software Engineering or a similar field.
• Results-driven and can work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Strong capacity to handle details; follow through and manage multiple priorities.

Compensation

The base salary range for this position starts at $110000 per annum based on experience. Compensation is part of our broader Total Rewards package which includes benefits and programs that support employee well-being and growth.

What We Offer

At Nelson we believe in taking care of our people.

Your well-being growth and work-life balance matter to us which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support youprofessionally and personally.

Health & Wellness

• Flexible and customizable health dental and paramedical plans for employees and their families
• Health Spending Account (HSA) for medical hospital or dental costs not covered by insurance
• Personal Spending Account (PSA) for wellness expenses including fitness and health related products
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing confidential support spanning from mental health services to financial counselling and many things in-between

Financial & Professional Wellbeing

• Pension plan with company matching contributions
• Registered Retirement Pension Plan to help secure your future
• Annual educational reimbursement for professional development
• Access to LinkedIn Learning for continuous skill growth

Flexibility & Time Off

• Hybrid work model with remote and in-office options
• Flexible work hours (divisional dependent)
• Generous paid time off policies including vacation time sick leave parental leave top-up personal days and more
• Annual paid volunteer day to support causes you care about
• Holiday closure from Christmas to New Years
• Summer Fridays

Dont have 100% of the above qualifications Do you still think Nelson is a great fit for you We encourage you to apply anyway!

Our EDI Statement

Nelson teaches the world by learning from everyone in it.

We are committed to fostering an equitable diverse and inclusive workplace environment. This is an integral part of our companys culture and mission that aligns with our four key pillars of Employee Diversity Developing Authentic and Accurate Content Amplifying External Voices and Supporting the Local Community and Beyond.

We believe in the power of education and our ability to impact social change. Truth honesty integrity and respect guide our decisions and actions in the development of learning solutions that empower success for all educators and learners.

We value a respectful inclusive and safe workplace that nurtures belonging and represents many different cultures backgrounds perspectives and opinions. Everyone is free to be who they are.

We foster and continue to build relationships that are equitable diverse and inclusive with existing and future partners in education.

We commit to holding ourselves accountable by creating measurable short and long-term goals that place equity diversity and inclusion at the core of what we do in our resources the workplace the educational community and in the larger society.

We strive to build an inclusive world for everyone. We are stronger together.

AI and Automated Hiring Tools

Nelson uses AI support tools in our applicant tracking system to help with tasks such as summarizing points and anonymizing applications. All candidate screening assessments and hiring decisions are done by people.

Interview Outcome Notification

Nelson is committed to keeping candidates informed. All candidates who attend an interview for a publicly advertised role will be notified of the outcome of their candidacy. Candidates will be notified of the hiring decision no later than 45 days after the last interview.

Our Commitment

Nelson is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Inclusion Equity and Diversity. As part of this commitment we do not discriminate on the basis of age race sex gender gender identity colour religion national origin sexual orientation marital status citizenship veteran status or disability status.

Should you require any accommodation during our recruitment and selection process please reach out to .

Required Experience:

Senior IC