Shop Floor Django Frontend Engineer - Live Dashboards

Tayco; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Tayco is seeking a Full Stack Django Developer (Frontend Focus) to design, build, and maintain the plant’s in-house software that handles label printing, assembly tracking, downtime reporting, and live production dashboards. This role owns the interface layer that shop floor users see and interact with, and collaborates across the full stack to deliver features from model to rendered screen.

You will also spend time on the production floor observing usage, training operators and supervisors, and

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in computer science, software engineering, or related field, or 2–5 years of web app experience.
• Solid JavaScript skills; ownership of a large vanilla ES6 codebase with no framework/build step.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs: design, consume, and handle slow/failing/empty responses.
• Working knowledge of Django and intermediate Python.
• Fluency with Bootstrap 5 and CSS to customize the framework.
• Experience with Django Channels or WebSockets, Redis, and related stack is an asset.
• Ability to use AI-assisted development tools judiciously and explain any shipped code.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; clear communication with non-technical staff.
• Ability to train operators at the workstation and document procedures.
• Ability to gather requirements from operators and confirm them before building.

Responsibilities

• Own the interface layer of shop floor applications: layout, responsive behavior, input handling, forms, and error states.
• Develop and maintain a substantial JavaScript codebase (vanilla ES6, no framework/build step) with live updates.
• Build and consume REST endpoints between Django backend and screens, handling slow/failing/empty responses.
• Develop features end to end from model and view through to rendered output.
• Build and maintain live production dashboards using Django Channels.
• Refactor existing JavaScript into shared modules without disrupting production.
• Observe production floor usage and translate observations into requirements.
• Provide training and user-facing documentation as features roll out.
• Document existing processes and improve test coverage incrementally.
• Use AI-assisted tooling with sound judgement and accountability for code shipped.
• Perform various development and maintenance tasks as required.

Skills

JavaScript

REST APIs

Communication

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Work with operators

Education

CS/SE related degree or 2–5 years experience

Tools

Django

Python

PostgreSQL

Redis

Django Channels

Daphne

Bootstrap 5

ES6

Job description

Tayco is seeking a Full Stack Django Developer (Frontend Focus) to design, build, and maintain the plant’s in-house software that handles label printing, assembly tracking, downtime reporting, and live production dashboards. This role owns the interface layer that shop floor users see and interact with, and collaborates across the full stack to deliver features from model to rendered screen.

You will also spend time on the production floor observing usage, training operators and supervisors, and