Senior Frontend Developer

Who we are:

Founded in 2013, Ignition is the leading revenue generation platform for accounting and professional services businesses to spark greater efficiency and profitability.

Ignition automates and optimizes proposals, billing, payments and workflows in a single platform that fits seamlessly into existing technology stacks.

With a vision to transform how professional services and their clients do business together, Ignition empowers 7,250+ businesses to reach their full revenue potential.

To date, Ignition customers have engaged over 1.7 million clients and generated US $8b in revenue via the platform.

Ignition’s global workforce spans Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the Philippines, US and the UK.

Company Values:

• We are better everyday
• We work without ego
• We are smarter together
• We hero our customer

 

About the role:

The purpose of this role is to contribute to the ongoing improvement and development of our software and processes using modern engineering practices with continuous deployment of high quality software code.

What your day to day will look like:

• Building new, improving and maintaining existing frontend components leveraging modern AI tools

• Conversion of wireframes and mock-ups into fully functioning app features

• Developing features to enhance the user experience

• Automating tasks through appropriate tools and scripting

• Delivery of cross-browser compatibility for the platform

• Creation and maintenance of software documentation

• Optimising the web app for maximum speed and scalability

• Committing to support a safe, mindful, and productive team environment, maintaining open, honest, and respectful communication

• Learn from others and mentor those around you to help them grow

• Play an important role in shaping the technical direction of frontend development\

How we do it:

• Building high quality, clean, efficient, and reusable code for future use

• Collaborating with internal teams including other developers, designers, product managers and client-facing employees

• Communicating design ideas and approaches to enhancing the platform

• Ensuring user experience determines design choices.

• Collaborating with vendors to fix and improve products

Our stack:

• Single page app: TypeScript, React, Chakra, React-hook-form. 

• Ruby/Rails, GraphQL, Postgres, Redis - managed by backend engineers

• Testing is done with Jest and Cypress (frontend); Rspec/Minitest (backend)

• CI/CD using BuildKite and GitHub

How we work:

• Distributed team

• Continuous Delivery

• Code Reviews

• Autonomy and Ownership

• Retrospectives

Who you are:

• Curiosity to develop knowledge of a variety of programming languages and frameworks.

• Someone who can engage in robust and articulate dialogue while maintaining an open mind.

• There’s an unshakeable desire to write testable and well tested code.

• A skilful and dependable person who recognizes that there is always more to learn.

• A sense of humour, and the ability to focus yet still have a laugh in high pressure situations.

• A pragmatic, objective thinker who can weigh up options based on requirements, best fit and maturity of technology

What you need to succeed:

• Degree in Computer Science or related field and 4+ Years of experience/ or 6+ years of equivalent experience

• Proficiency with TypeScript, React.js and modern JavaScript tooling

• Experience with responsive and adaptive design

• Experience with GraphQL, Reach Hook Form, Zod and Chakra is a bonus

• Familiarity with agentic development tools such as Codex, Claude Code, Cursor etc.

• Good problem solving skills

• Excellent verbal communication skills

• Good interpersonal skills

 

Our salary bands are designed to reflect the range of skills and experience needed for the position and to allow room for growth. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on state/location, applicable experience, and skillset of the candidate.

This role has a minimum annual base of CAD $140,000 and maximum annual salary of CAD $170,000 (plus equity, health insurance & other wellness perks)

Why join us:

Join our global SaaS scale-up company where we foster a collaborative, open, and transparent culture and work without ego. Our team comprises curious and intelligent colleagues who embrace challenges. Here's what we offer:

• Employee stock options from day one
• 20 days of accrued annual vacation plus 10 wellbeing days to prioritize yourself and your loved ones
• Additional paid day off to celebrate your birthday, along with 2 paid days off a year for volunteering 
• Health, dental, and vision benefits starting immediately
• RRSP Program with Employer Matching
• Annual education allowance reimbursement to support your professional development
• Employee recognition program
• Quarterly wellness allowance to invest in your personal wellness
• Paid subscriptions to Headspace and LifeWorks EAP & Wellbeing Platform
• Flexible working arrangements, supported by WFH reimbursement and technology allowance to ensure your safety while working from home
• Personal tax return assistance (since we're in the accounting business!)
• Paid parental leave

Experience comes in many forms, and skills are transferable, please consider applying, even if you don’t tick all the boxes. 

Your recruiter will share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

Ignition is an equal opportunity employer, providing fair consideration to all applicants regardless of background.

Ignition is committed to providing accommodations throughout the hiring process. If there’s a fit, we’ll work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For questions, requests, or alternate formats, contact us at [email protected].