Senior Fullstack Developer, Kobo

• 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 the accessibility standards
• Expertise in unit testing frameworks such as React Testing Library and Jestor or 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
• Hands-on experience improving the page performance(focusing on the lighthouse scores)

Desirable

• Rakuten Kobo is looking for a Senior Frontend Developer – UI Platform (6 month 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 requirements gathering and solutioning, 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 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