Senior AEM Frontend Developer

Okta, Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 94,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior AEM Frontend Developer to join their Digital Engineering team. This role involves designing and developing user interfaces for high-traffic marketing websites, and requires expertise in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and AEM tools. Ideal candidates will have a strong focus on performance and accessibility, contributing to an innovative and collaborative environment.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance

RRSP with a match

Telemedicine and paid leave

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with HTML & CSS, responsive design techniques.
• Proficiency in AEM front-end templating.
• Solid Git experience with version control workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain user interfaces for AEM web applications.
• Collaborate with designers and backend developers.
• Optimize front-end performance and contribute to documentation.

Skills

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

AEM templating languages (HTL)

Front-end performance optimization

Job description

Get to know Okta

Get to know Okta

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

Senior AEM Frontend Developer

We are looking for a Senior AEM Frontend Developer to join the Okta Digital Engineering team. Our mission is to empower teams across the organization to scale and innovate through experimentation and the creation of exceptional digital experiences. This team is responsible for the final customer-facing experiences on Okta’s marketing websites, which receive over 100 million visits each month.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and maintain user interfaces for websites and web applications within the AEM framework, translating static designs into dynamic, responsive, and accessible web pages.

Collaborate closely with designers to bring their concepts to life and with backend developers to integrate server-side logic for complex, data-driven websites.

Optimize front-end performance, including page load speed, caching strategies, and asset management.

Contribute to technical documentation, including style guides, component libraries, and front-end best practices.

Stay current on industry trends, emerging web technologies, and best practices for accessibility, usability, and front-end frameworks.

Ideal Candidate:

3+ years of professional experience with HTML, including semantic markup, accessibility best practices, and API integration.

3+ years of professional experience with CSS, including advanced layout techniques, responsive design, animations, and preprocessors.

Proficiency in AEM front-end templating languages and methodologies, such as HTL (Sightly).

Experience with AEM client libraries and front-end build processes.

Solid Git experience and comfort with version control workflows.

Bonus Points:

Experience with headless AEM implementations.

Deep understanding of web accessibility (WCAG) guidelines and best practices.

Experience integrating server-side code with technologies like Node.js, including async calls, CORS, and error handling.

Experience with UI design tools like Figma.

Knowledge of front-end testing frameworks, such as Jest, Mocha, or Cypress.

#LI-Hybrid

Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program, please visit:https://rewards.okta.com/can .

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:

Get to know Okta

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

Senior AEM Frontend Developer

We are looking for a Senior AEM Frontend Developer to join the Okta Digital Engineering team. Our mission is to empower teams across the organization to scale and innovate through experimentation and the creation of exceptional digital experiences. This team is responsible for the final customer-facing experiences on Okta’s marketing websites, which receive over 100 million visits each month.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain user interfaces for websites and web applications within the AEM framework, translating static designs into dynamic, responsive, and accessible web pages.

• Collaborate closely with designers to bring their concepts to life and with backend developers to integrate server-side logic for complex, data-driven websites.

• Create high-quality, efficient, and reusable HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code, ensuring performance, scalability, and accessibility.

• Optimize front-end performance, including page load speed, caching strategies, and asset management.

• Contribute to technical documentation, including style guides, component libraries, and front-end best practices.

• Stay current on industry trends, emerging web technologies, and best practices for accessibility, usability, and front-end frameworks.

Ideal Candidate:

• 3+ years of professional experience with HTML, including semantic markup, accessibility best practices, and API integration.

• 3+ years of professional experience with CSS, including advanced layout techniques, responsive design, animations, and preprocessors.

• Proficiency in AEM front-end templating languages and methodologies, such as HTL (Sightly).

• Strong JavaScript skills, including ES6+ features, asynchronous programming, and modern patterns for DOM manipulation.

• Experience with AEM client libraries and front-end build processes.

• Solid Git experience and comfort with version control workflows.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with headless AEM implementations.

• Familiarity with modern JavaScript frameworks like Next.js or Vue.js and their integration within AEM.

• Deep understanding of web accessibility (WCAG) guidelines and best practices.

• Experience integrating server-side code with technologies like Node.js, including async calls, CORS, and error handling.

• Experience with UI design tools like Figma.

• Knowledge of front-end testing frameworks, such as Jest, Mocha, or Cypress.

#LI-Hybrid

Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program, please visit:https://rewards.okta.com/can .

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between: $94,000 — $142,000 USD

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

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Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/ .

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.

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