Senior Frontend Developer, Rakuten Kobo
12 Month Contract
+ Performance based annual bonuses & stock options
Digital bookseller
Job no longer available
Digital bookseller
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
+ Performance based annual bonuses & stock options
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To bring the power of reading to the world.
Role
Who you are
- Proficiency in modern JavaScript libraries such as ReactJS, NextJS, Remix
- Experience building web components with REACT library and tailwind CSS
- Ample experience of JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML and CSS/SCSS
- Experience in developing accessible applications using accessibility standards
- Expertise in unit testing frameworks such as React Testing Library and Jestor similar libraries
- Hands-on experience with end-to-end testing tools like Playwright or similar libraries
- Proficient in DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions CI/CD, AzureDevOps or Jenkins
- Competent in monitoring and logging tools like Datadog and Kibana
Desirable
- Experience using Storybook for component documentation and playground
- Knowledge of containerization using Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience working in .NET centric environment
- Knowledge on MS SQL, Raven DB
- Experience working on Purchasing domain is a bonus
- Hands-on experience improving the page performance(focusing on the lighthouse scores)
What the job involves
- Rakuten Kobo is looking for a Senior Frontend Developer – Purchasing (12 months contract) to join our amazing R&D team in Toronto. You will be joining one of our development teams to deliver awesome new features to our customers
- Our engineers are enthusiastic and operate across the development spectrum, from front-end to back-end to CI/CD and infrastructure. We take full responsibility for our work, from gathering and solutioning requirements, to implementation and testing, to deploying and monitoring how our code behaves in front of real customers. Kobo is looking for a Senior Frontend Developer (12 month contract) who shares these passions and is proud of the work they do
- Reporting to the Senior Manager, Software Engineering, the Sr.Frontend Developer plays a vital role in all aspects of delivery from design, planning and implementation through to releasing and monitoring
- Design and develop the web applications
- Self-document development processes, conduct peer reviews, and give actionable feedback
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand product requirements
- Perform regression testing to validate software stability after changes or updates
- Monitoring the health of the application and improve the observability of the system
Our take
Long-form content is having a resurgence. That’s great news for the e-reader industry, of which Rakuten’s Kobo battles with Amazon’s Kindle for ownership.
The e-reader giant has changed tack in recent years to pursue growth via integrations and partnerships. A notable example is its native device integration with Pocket, a wishlist app loved by millions of readers.
The company is hoping that these partnerships and product improvements will allow it to finally break the US market where it most struggles for market share with Kindle.
Amazon has consistently shown its willingness to drop prices to protect its position in any market it plays in. That means that Kobo will have to demonstrate true product superiority to make a dent while protecting its margins.
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Company
Company benefits
- "Work from anywhere" policy
- Flexible hours
- Internet/phone/commuting allowance
- Daily meal allowance when in the office
- $500 CAD flexible spending account
- Parental leave top-up
- Unlimited sick and mental health days
- 4-day summer holiday weekends
- RRSP matching, bonus and stock options
- Free Kobo eReader
- Free weekly book of your choice
- Volunteer time off
Company HQ
Liberty Village, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Michael Tamblyn
(CEO)Part of the founding team of Kobo, Michael previously held the role of Chief Content Officer. Michael has also been the founding CEO of the supply chain agency, BookNet Canada and co-founded Canada’s first online bookstore, Bookshelf.ca, purchased by Indigo Books & Music in 1998.
Anna Giagkou
(CFO)Prior to joining Rakuten Kobo in 2021, Anna was the CFO of Cox Automotive Canada.
Nimod Narayanan
(CTO)Nimod joined Rakuten Kobo in 2022 as VP of Technology, he then became the SVP of Technology in 2023, and CTO in 2025. Prior to this, he spent nearly 4 years at Rogers Communications joining as a Senior Development Manager before becoming a Director of eCommerce & Personalization and then Senior Director of Digital Platforms & Services.
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