Senior Front-End Engineer - Remote

EventMobi
Posted 2 years ago
**EventMobi is a remote-first company and this is a remote job. You may reside anywhere in the world to do this job. However, you must be willing to work during Eastern Standard Time business hours. The salary range for this role is between 60k - 90k CAD per annum. This posting is open to all candidates globally.


WHY EVENTMOBI?

EventMobi is an award-winning tech startup with offices in Toronto, Berlin and Manila with thousands of clients across the globe. We believe that live events bring people together to enable change, for businesses and society at large. At EventMobi we have a huge impact on enabling success for events and their attendees. We are on a mission to revolutionize how event planners create, market and manage their events and how attendees experience conferences and tradeshows. 


ABOUT YOU

If you're looking for a software development role that allows you to drive the web forward by utilizing the latest technologies, you've come to the right place! Developers at EventMobi focus on building powerful front-ends that work across devices, are offline-capable, and are just as, if not more powerful, than their native counterparts. We use the best tools for the job, including React+Redux, Capacitor, Material  UI and Webpack to develop a platform that generates &deploys thousands of apps annually and we're constantly looking to push the bar with your help!


WHAT YOUR WORK WILL FOCUS ON

  • Modern Web App - You will be involved in enhancing our responsive web app, solving interesting problems along the way - real-time content updates, offline content, UI and architecture scaling for performance.
  • Ownership - From initial design to deployment, test automation to performance monitoring, you own what you build end-to-end. 
  • Architecture &Scale - Gathering insights and employing strong design principles, you will determine the best tech to address our customers' needs while optimizing for scale. 
  • Development - Best practices, craftsmanship, well thought out code, and mentorship to your team is your ideal and you preach this in your own work as well as with your teammates.
  • Quality - You will help grow the team around you in not only pushing new capabilities for our customers but also maintaining the utmost quality in everything we build. 


WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TEAM

  • 5+ years experience as a software developer working on large or fast scaling products 
  • 2+ years experience working with Javascript and a deep understanding in React/Redux including concepts such as Hooks and functional components
  • Ability to architect elegant solutions to complex problems using appropriate abstractions and techniques
  • Comfortable working with large code bases
  • Experience working with Restful APIs
  • Proficient using JSX/ES2020+/HTML/CSS
  • Experience with Material UI or Ant Design
  • Champion best practices and performance improvements
  • Experience with automated testing suites like Jest and React Testing Library
  • Ability to debug a codebase in a self-sufficient manner
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Knowledge of SOLID Principles, Domain Modeling, and Design Patterns is a major benefit
  • Ability to mentor and grow team members, and provide technical guidance and oversight on implementation direction


NICE TO HAVE: 

  • Experience with WebRTC, RTMP and video codec
  • Experience working with Typescript and writing strongly typed React components and hooks
  • Experience with React-Query or similar libraries for API-driven React components
  • Knowledge of developing mobile applications through Capacitor, Cordova, or React Native
  • Experience with Docker, AWS, and CI/CD like GitHub Actions
  • Experience with Python or other server-side languages


SOME OF THE INTERESTING THINGS YOU WILL GET TO WORK ON:

  • Implementing API calls with a Stale-With-Revalidate paradigm to support fast, network-first data access with offline caching
  • Utilizing Redux and dynamic reducers
  • React based page builder that generates React components with API integration
  • Adding more engagement features (chat/group discussions/1:1 video meetings/breakout rooms)


WHAT WILL YOU GET FROM EVENTMOBI? 

  • We offer the experience of a lifetime working with a dynamic, open-minded and diverse team, who are excited to come to work every day and passionate about what they do and the clients they help
  • Competitive compensation
  • Company Stock-Options
  • A great culture with much more along the way


REMOTE WORKSPACE REQUIREMENTS: 

  • You have a safe, comfortable, and ergonomic workspace and working environment - a private and quiet workspace is vital for doing your best work!
  • You have a reliable internet connection capable of participating in video calls, with at least 30Mbps download speed