Vacancy: Frontend Engineer (Canada)

Substrakt; Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A purpose-driven company in Canada is seeking a Frontend Engineer to develop high-quality frontend solutions for clients in the arts and cultural sector. The role offers flexibility and the chance to work on meaningful projects while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. With an emphasis on accessibility and performance optimization, ideal candidates will possess strong frontend development skills and a commitment to inclusive design.

Benefits

25 vacation days plus public holidays

Private healthcare

Monthly wellbeing allowance

Professional development budget

Annual team gatherings

Qualifications

• Strong experience in frontend development with modern frameworks and tools.
• A keen eye for detail and a commitment to accessible, inclusive design.
• Solid understanding of performance optimisation and secure coding practices.

Responsibilities

• Communicate directly with our clients and support junior team members.
• Take responsibility for the technical quality of solutions.
• Contribute to best practices and help shape engineering processes.

Skills

Frontend development

Performance optimization

Inclusive design

Communication

Job description

Location: We’re looking for someone based in an Eastern, Atlantic or Newfoundland Time Zones in Canada (specifically, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia or Newfoundland) to help us better support our North American clients and work closely with our UK team. This is a remote role, so you can work from wherever you’re most comfortable.

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At Substrakt, a UK based company with global impact, we help arts and cultural organisations create exceptional digital experiences and we’re looking for a Frontend Engineer to help us do just that.

As part of our Engineering team, you’ll build beautiful, high quality frontend solutions that engage our clients and their audiences. From new website builds and custom features to performance optimisations and accessibility improvements, you’ll play a key role in delivering outstanding products and services.

Substrakt is an equal opportunities employer. We believe that diversity of thought and experience makes us stronger, and we actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities. Read more about our approach toinclusive recruitment .

Requirements

What you’ll do:

• Collaborate and contribute:Communicate directly with our clients to help them understand and effectively use the products we build for them and work closely with internal teams from backend engineers, designers and client facing roles to ensure smooth delivery. You’ll participate in scoping, provide technical input, and support junior team members through code reviews and paired programming.
• Own your work: Take responsibility for the technical quality of your solutions, contribute to internal best practices and standards, and help shape the future of our engineering processes.

What you’ll bring:

• Strong experience in frontend development with modern frameworks and tools
• A keen eye for detail and a commitment to accessible, inclusive design
• Solid understanding of performance optimisation and secure coding practices
• Enthusiasm for collaborating in a multidisciplinary team environment
• A friendly and helpful approach to communicating with clients
• Your own initiative, a willingness to get involved and solve problems
• An openness to learn, share, and support others

Why Substrakt?

We’re a purpose-driven team, who are B-corp accredited, that values creativity, openness, and continual improvement. We believe in creating work we’re proud of and supporting each other to grow along the way. You’ll have the chance to work with some of the most inspiring arts and cultural organisations, contributing to meaningful projects that make a real impact.

• We operate a flexible, hybrid working model that supports autonomy and work-life balance.
• We have enhanced time off policies too with a focus on parents and carers, vacation days (you’ll get 25 days, plus public holidays and you’ll never work a birthday again – because we give you that off)
• We offer private healthcare and a monthly wellbeing allowance of $90 to spend on whatever makes you feel good (whether that be a gym membership, a meal out, or a treatment of some kind)
• Everyone gets 6 days per year to focus on their own professional development, and a $925 budget to go along with that too.
• We invest heavily in communication and connection through weekly mailers, an intentional meeting cadence and internal awards. We also organise and cover the cost of annual team gatherings in Ontario, and we’ll also fly you to the UK once a year to connect in person with the wider team (if you’re up for it)
• Not all benefits come in the form of traditional ‘perks’. At Substrakt, we place a strong emphasis on building the right team structure and workflows, so everyone knows what they’re accountable for and can focus on doing their best work.
• All team members have the opportunity to participate in our steering groups which aren’t just ‘nice to haves’ – they help everyone stay curious and influence the way Substrakt approaches things like Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Internal Culture, Accessibility, AI, and Sustainability

If this sounds like you, and you like the sound of us, we’d love to hear from you.