The Front-End Technology Lead (TL) is responsible for writing sustainable code, performing code reviews, creating and maintaining technical documentation, while being a key contributor to their teams and projects. The Front-End Technology Lead at Critical Mass will act as a technical leader on their projects by ensuring that the team maintains high levels of performance while building upon and strengthening the relationship with the client.
This role will join a talented team delivering digital projects which drive to the world’s most trafficked websites. Using the latest technologies, we deliver clean and component-based approaches with reusable, innovative, and responsive experiences. There is an emphasis on world class design & accessibility on all deliverables.
The TL will need to have a strong focus on cross-functional collaboration. They will be working closely with developers, but also designers, copywriters, and project managers.
You will:
- Support or deliver client presentations regarding technical perspectives.
- Review code, mentor and uphold coding guidelines and best practices for more Junior teammates
- Own the technical architecture and design of the web solution while overseeing the front-end development activities
- Gather new user and business requirements, map them to appropriate technical solutions, and estimate the associated development tasks
- Ensure concise and clear documentation is maintained
- Own software release activities including but not limited to reviewing code changes, client demonstrations, QA hand-offs, and presenting solutions and justifications for tasks
- Debug or troubleshoot complex or critical issues that cannot be handled by junior positions and provide root cause analysis
- Evaluate project scaffolding and associated automation tools for the project
- Create training programs for technologies within fields of expertise
- Setup regular one-on-one meetings to provide coaching, feedback, career development, and status reporting to direct reports
- Ensure compatibility of code across devices, viewport sizes and browsers
- Assess and optimize page performance and maintain WCAG compliance
You have:
- Advanced English Proficiency (B2+ reading, writing, and conversation)
- Strong communication skills with a team-centric approach to discussion and decision-making within a distributed team
- At least 5 years of experience working with Front-End technologies (HTML/CSS/JavaScript)
- Work experience with cross-browser and cross-device compatibility
- Work experience with Responsive development
- Expert knowledge of recent development patterns and practices (Mobile First, MVC, Object Oriented development)
- Expert knowledge of integrating front-end solutions with APIs and web services
- Proficiency with popular JavaScript frameworks and cross-browser compatibility
- Knowledge of design patterns (e.g., model-view-controller, observer, object-oriented, etc.) and working with several mainstream libraries and frameworks such as React, VueJS
- Experience with unit-testing best practices and libraries
- Capable of writing code compliant with modern accessibility (eg. ARIA, WCAG, Microformats, ADA, RDF) and SEO guidelines and best practices
- Capable of working with new technologies and building proof of concept prototypes
- BS in Computer Science or related technical discipline; or equivalent strong experience as Software Development Lead in exact areas of expertise required for CM (Digital Agencies projects, Web development projects, SCRUM/Agile software projects)
You may have:
- Experience developing within CMS platforms, such as Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) 6.4 or newer, or similar content management systems
- Experience with performance optimization techniques
- Animation skills (WebGL, ThreeJS, GSAP)
- Experience with GraphQL
- Experience with Typescript
- Experience using and configuring build automation tools (Webpack, Gulp, etc.)
What We Offer:
- Competitive benefits packages
- Vacation, compassionate leave, sick days, and flex days
- Access to online services for families and new parents
- End-of-year closure days (not deducted from vacation balance)
- Diversity and Inclusion Board with 12 affinity groups
- Internal learning and development program
Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success. In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 3 days a week.
Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you are an individual with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to [email protected].
We are committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within our pool of candidates, with a target of achieving at least 50% representation from underrepresented communities.
The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com and us.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.
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What We Do
Critical Mass is a digital experience design agency with a relentless focus on the customer. Founded in Calgary in 1996, we have steadily expanded into a group of over 950 people working in 11 offices across North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and South America.
