Junior Front End Engineer

Common Wealth Retirement; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Life insurance

Health Spending Account

4 weeks vacation

Home Office Stipend

Learning & Development Budget

Flex Holiday and Summer Friday Program

Annual Company Summit

Job summary

Common Wealth Retirement in Vancouver, Canada is seeking a Junior Front End Engineer to help build and scale our retirement platform using React and TypeScript, deployed on AWS. You will collaborate with product and design teams to deliver accessible, responsive frontend apps.

Candidates should have experience with React, TypeScript, and SASS; familiarity with Redux, accessibility, and responsive design is valued. Bonus for Cypress and Storybook, and comfort with AI-assisted coding tools.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building frontend applications with React, TypeScript, and SASS.
• Familiarity with Redux, accessibility, and responsive design.
• End-to-end mindset with maintainable and testable code.
• Bonus: Cypress and Storybook experience.

Responsibilities

• Write, maintain and deliver code that delivers business objectives.
• Practice user-centric design with accessibility and responsiveness in mind.
• Drive project delivery within a cross-functional team and shape technical requirements.

Skills

React

TypeScript

SASS

Redux

Accessibility

Responsive design

Cypress

Storybook

AI-assisted coding tools

AWS

Tools

AWS CDK

Docker

ECS

Fargate

RDS Aurora / PostgreSQL

S3

DynamoDB

CloudFront

Lambda@Edge

Cognito

GuardDuty

Datadog

LaunchDarkly

LogRocket

Job description

Common Wealth exists to make retirement security accessible to all Canadians. As Canada’s fastest-growing group retirement provider, we serve over 1,700 employers across the country and are helping tens of thousands of Canadians build long-term financial security. Our award-winning retirement technology and services platform makes it easy for employers of all sizes to offer competitive retirement benefits, empowers members to build wealth with confidence, and equips advisors with tools to better serve their clients. We work closely with a rapidly expanding network of advisors, for whom we strive to be a true partner in powering the growth of their business.

About the role

We are looking for a Junior Front End Engineer to join Common Wealth’s engineering team. You will play a key role in contributing to building and scaling the technology that powers our retirement platform to help us drive toward a future where every Canadian can achieve financial security in retirement. Professional / personal exposure to fintech is a strong plus.

You’ll focus on the front end, building robust, scalable applications with React and TypeScript, deployed on our AWS infrastructure. Familiarity with full-stack work (Java/Kotlin/PostgreSQL back end) is a bonus. We value engineers who move fluidly across the stack and work closely with product and design.

What you will do:

• Write, maintain and deliver code that delivers business objectives. You build product with a strong understanding of both client and business needs. You take pride in writing high quality, readable, and maintainable code. You’ll balance short-term speed with thoughtful investment in areas that are core to the platform.
• Practice user-centric design. You will think critically about user experience and take into consideration accessibility and responsiveness.
• Project delivery. Work within a talented cross‑functional team, collaborating closely with product and design. You will help shape technical requirements, brainstorm solutions, break down deliverables into milestones, and drive timelines to completion.

Who you are:

Note that you may not have touched our exact frameworks or tooling, and that's fine – we care more that you have a solid foundation and are able to learn fast than that you arrive knowing ours.

• User focused. You’re passionate about solving our clients' problems together. You focus on delivering a smooth user experience that delights our users and proactively identify and propose solutions to UX problems.
• Foundation as front end developer. You have previous experience through co‑op / internship or 1+ year full time experience in building frontend applications with React, TypeScript, and SASS. You are familiar with Redux, accessibility, and responsive design.
• End-to-end mindset. You have background in building maintainable and testable code. Bonus if you have worked with Cypress and Storybook.
• Comfortable with AI-assisted coding tools. You leverage AI tools as part of your normal workflow and understand their strengths and limitations. You review, test, and take ownership of AI-generated output.
• Impact driven. Your work goes beyond the code you write. You seek to understand the business side and how the applications you build directly contribute to the success of the organization and excite our users.
• Thrive in collaboration. You believe that great products are built through teamwork. You work closely with product and design teams, keeping an open channel for continuous feedback and collaboration that makes the product better.
• Curious and self‑directed learner. You’re comfortable navigating ambiguity and are motivated to explore, learn, and grow. You stay on top of emerging tools that enhance your technical foundation.
• Infrastructure on AWS: IaC with CDK, Docker, ECS, Fargate, RDS Aurora / PostgreSQL, S3, DynamoDB, CloudFront, Lambda@Edge, Cognito, GuardDuty
• Other Tools: Datadog, LaunchDarkly, LogRocket

Why work with us:

Working at Common Wealth provides you the opportunity to work in a high‑growth business that is changing the lives of Canadians. In addition to a competitive salary of $80,000 - 100,000, you will receive health and dental benefits, life insurance, a Health Spending Account, a 5% employer match into one of our award‑winning group retirement plans, and four weeks of vacation. Our growing team combines deep expertise in the key disciplines necessary to help our clients achieve retirement success.

• Join a mission‑driven company transforming retirement in Canada
• High‑growth environment with autonomy and meaningful career growth opportunities
• Salary range: $80,000 – 100,000
• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• Health Spending Account
• 5% employer match into our group retirement plan
• 4 weeks of vacation
• Home Office Stipend
• Annual Learning & Development Budget
• Flex Holiday and Summer Friday Program
• Annual Company Summit

We are a respectful workplace committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce. We believe in fostering an inclusive work environment where all individuals have an opportunity to succeed. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone. We look forward to hearing from you.