Senior Frontend (Creative) Engineer

Next League, LLC; Remote; CAD 68,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design and developer agency is looking for a design-focused front-end developer to create engaging and interactive user experiences. The role emphasizes creativity in motion design and requires expertise in animation and communication skills. This fully remote position offers a salary range of $50,000 - $70,000, along with benefits like unlimited vacation and retirement plans. Ideal candidates will have a portfolio showcasing immersive projects and proficiency in frameworks such as GSAP and ThreeJS.

Benefits

Retirement Plan Programs (with a company match!)

Unlimited Vacation & Sick Time

Flexible Working Opportunities

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of motion design as part of interaction design.
• Portfolio demonstrating immersive interactive experiences.
• Thrives in conceptual, experimental environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable, maintainable front-end code.
• Ensure performance, usability, and accessibility.
• Participate in team discussions and code reviews.

Skills

motion design

animation

proactive communication

self-starting

problem solving

collaboration

Tools

GSAP

ThreeJS

Lottie

Content Management Systems

Job description

Please note we are only considering candidates located in Canada and LATM.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

We’re looking for a design-focused front end developer who believes interaction is a form of storytelling. We want someone who obsesses over the details of animation, pacing, and motion to create moments of surprise, delight, and emotional connection.

• You develop scalable, maintainable front-end code without over-engineering, making room for flexibility in components or applications to grow and pivot if needed.
• You prioritize performance, usability, and accessibility, balancing innovation and usability while maintaining clarity and accessibility.
• You find root causes rather than patch fixes when debugging and resolving issues in code, and support colleagues in troubleshooting and problem-solving.
• You are a proactive communicator: in stand-ups you flag risks and blockers to relevant stakeholders and align direction with business requirements and navigate stakeholder conversations.
• You hold yourself accountable: own engineering projects, driving them from inception to completion with minimal guidance.
• You are a “code gardener”: you address tech debt where you can, refactor to improve developer quality of life, and contribute to the evolution of front-end architecture and development processes.
• You are curious and build rapport: collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and engineering teams to align on solutions and drive consensus.
• You are organized: you help scope tasks, documenting technical decisions in tickets and centralized notes to maintain a single source of truth.
• You are experienced in estimating how a feature will take: understanding existing architecture, and estimating effort with accuracy.
• You are a self-starter: you don’t wait for someone to tell you to start a proof-of-concept: you anticipate cross-functional needs, initiate alignment, evaluate new tools or approaches and follow through to resolution.
• You help your teammates: participate in team discussions, code reviews, and knowledge sharing, providing technical mentorship and constructive feedback.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Deep understanding of motion design as part of interaction design, using animation to guide, inform, and delight users.
• Portfolio demonstrating immersive interactive experiences, microsites, brand storytelling websites, or motion-rich interfaces.
• Skilled in translating brand stories into interactive experiences that surprise and delight.
• Thrives in conceptual, experimental environments: comfortable working in gray areas between design, storytelling, and technology.
• Keen eye for timing, easing, and visual rhythm: obsessed with how things feel as much as how they look.
• Experience using frameworks like GSAP and ThreeJS (or similar), and understanding how animation supports UX and brand.
• Experience with micro-interaction implementation, including working with Lottie.
• Experience with content management systems such as ContentStack, Adobe Experience Manager, Payload, or Wordpress.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Location/Work Hours

This role is 100% remote.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Salary will be commensurate with a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. We strive to provide the best working environment for our team members by offering the following benefits:

• Retirement Plan Programs (with a company match!)
• Unlimited Vacation & Sick Time
• Flexible Working Opportunities (we are a 100% remote business)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are the care of our culture at Next League. Providing a safe and inclusive space for all team members to ensure their voice is heard is critical to our success. Next League provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Pay Range

$50,000 - $70,000 USD