Senior Frontend Engineer

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Globally recognized brand

Technical ownership of core product

Collaborative team

Job summary

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to evolve our React web app, with plans to integrate AEM in a headless model via GraphQL. You will work across the existing codebase and the new AEM integration, focusing on performance, accessibility, and robust delivery.

Requirements include 5+ years in software development with 3+ years frontend for consumer apps, strong TypeScript/React, and experience with REST/GraphQL.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 3+ years in frontend development for consumer-facing web applications.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and JavaScript (ES6+) for large-scale apps.
• Experience building and maintaining large-scale web applications.
• Good working knowledge of React, including hooks, component lifecycle, and performance optimization.
• Experience with state management libraries such as Redux Toolkit, Zustand, or MobX.
• Working knowledge of CSS-in-JS, CSS Modules, or Tailwind CSS.
• Proficiency with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and asynchronous programming.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or similar tooling.
• Understanding of web performance principles, accessibility standards (WCAG), and responsive design.
• Experience with testing frameworks such as Jest, React Testing Library, and Cypress or Playwright.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and extend the existing React application, written in TypeScript and JavaScript (ES6+)
• Write clean, well-structured, and well-tested code
• Follow established frontend architecture patterns, coding standards, and development practices
• Optimise application performance — code-splitting and lazy-loading of heavy components, efficient component-level data fetching, and Core Web Vitals (especially LCP on media-heavy pages)
• Build responsive, accessible interfaces in line with WCAG standards
• Contribute to CI/CD pipeline setup, testing strategy, and the wider development lifecycle
• Integrate the React application with AEM in a headless model, fetching content via GraphQL
• Instrument React components with Universal Editor data attributes so authors can edit content directly on live pages
• Collaborate with AEM backend developers on content fragment models and GraphQL schemas
• Maintain a clear separation between frontend presentation layer and the AEM content layer
• Take part in code reviews and code audits, providing practical feedback and clear follow-up actions
• Drive refactoring and modernization work, keeping code quality consistent across the codebase
• Participate in sprint planning, estimation, and technical decision-making
• Work closely with Product Managers, UX/UI Designers, AEM backend developers, and QA Engineers
• Explain technical decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical colleagues

Skills

TypeScript

React

GraphQL

REST APIs

CI/CD

WCAG

Testing

Redux Toolkit

Tools

Redux Toolkit

Zustand

MobX

GraphQL

GitHub Actions

CircleCI

Job description

Our team members are the key to our company’s success, and their health and well-being, as well as that of their families, is very important to us. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that allows our team members stay healthy, plan for their future and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Benefits may vary with employment status. To see our fill list of Team Member Benefits please visit our career site: www.gotoworkhappy.com/benefits

Job Description:

We are looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to join our engineering team and evolve our React web application, already live in production. There are plans to integrate it with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) in a headless model — content delivered viaGraphQL, with authors editing directly on live pages through the AEM Universal Editor. The role requires strong TypeScript/React experience and comfort working across both the existing codebase and the new AEM integration.

Responsibilities:

Frontend Development

• Maintain and extend the existing React application, written in TypeScript and JavaScript (ES6+)
• Write clean, well-structured, and well-tested code
• Follow established frontend architecture patterns, coding standards, and development practices
• Optimiseapplication performance — code-splitting and lazy-loading of heavy components, efficient component-level data fetching, and Core Web Vitals (especially LCP on media-heavy pages)
• Build responsive, accessible interfaces in line with WCAG standards
• Contribute to CI/CD pipeline setup, testing strategy, and the wider development lifecycle

AEM Headless Integration

• Integrate the React application with AEM in a headless model, fetching content viaGraphQL(persisted queries)
• Instrument React components with Universal Editor data attributes so authors can edit content directly on live pages
• Collaborate with AEM backend developers on content fragment models andGraphQLschemas
• Maintain a clear separation between the frontend presentation layer and the AEM content layer

Code Quality and Delivery

• Take part in code reviews and code audits, providing practical feedback and clear follow-up actions
• Drive refactoring andmodernizationwork, keeping code quality consistent across the codebase
• Participate in sprint planning, estimation, and technical decision-making

Collaboration

• Work closely with Product Managers, UX/UI Designers, AEM backend developers, and QA Engineers
• Explain technical decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical colleagues

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 3+ years in frontend development for consumer-facing web applications
• Strong experience building andmaintaining large-scale web applications
• Strongproficiencyin TypeScript and JavaScript (ES6+)
• Good working knowledge of React, including hooks,componentlifecycle, and performanceoptimization
• Experience with state management libraries such as Redux Toolkit,Zustand, orMobX
• Working knowledge of CSS-in-JS, CSS Modules, or Tailwind CSS
• Proficiencywith RESTful APIs,GraphQL, and asynchronous programming
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions,CircleCI, or similar tooling
• Understanding of web performance principles, accessibility standards (WCAG), and responsive design
• Experience with testing frameworks such as Jest, React Testing Library, and Cypress or Playwright
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with AEM as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS)
• Hands-on experience with AEM in a headless model — content fragments,GraphQL, Universal Editor
• Experience withmonorepotooling such asNxorTurborepo
• Familiarity with micro-frontend architecture patterns
• Experience with analytics tooling such as Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics, orLogRocket
• Contributions to open-source frontend projects

What We Offer

• A competitive salary and benefits package
• The chance to work on a high-profile web platform for a globallyrecognizedbrand
• A role with real ownership over the technical direction of a core digital product
• A collaborative team that values quality and practical delivery