Senior Front End Software Engineer

Our Engineering team is growing and we are looking for strong engineers who have a passion for building highly scalable and robust systems. As a Senior Front End Engineer in one of our Human Resources (HR) squads, you will be an integral part of the engineering team, and be in a position to deliver value to our customers by shipping new features and helping our platform scale.

Who are we

Humi’s mission is to help organizations throughout Canada foster their greatest asset – their employees. Starting with a powerful yet intuitive HR, payroll, benefits, and insurance platform, Humi has established a leadership position as the only company addressing these needs in one place. With a potential reach spanning every business in Canada, and a platform that touches every employee at every business that uses it, Humi is reimagining the future of work.

Humi is backed by the same group that funded Slack, Carta, and more (Tribe Capital), the top value-based U.S. accelerator (Y-Combinator), and several of the world’s leading angel investors.

We’re hiring across Canada and are open to applicants who prefer to work remotely!

We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce, representative of the communities we serve and beyond. We encourage, and are pleased to consider, applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized persons/persons of colour, women, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who contribute towards promoting innovative ideas and solutions. 

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What will you do as a Senior Front End Software Engineer?

From day one, you will be working in one of our cross-functional squads, and collaborating along with the rest of the team to deliver on new features and exciting initiatives.

As a senior within the team, you will help us scale, and mentor the junior members of the team. Your work will have a direct impact on building a world-class all-in-one HR platform.

In your first 30 days, you will focus on learning:

• Participate in Humi’s immersive onboarding program to learn about all aspects of the business while meeting with cross-functional collaborators

• Work with your manager to build out tailored goals and an education plan in place to set you in the right direction for the upcoming quarter

• Deep dive into your squad's problem space and start becoming familiar with the many areas that compose HR, like Time Off, Document Signing, and Recruiting

In your first 60 days, you will focus on collaborating:

• Take full ownership of small features and quick wins within your squad, from scoping to implementation

• Help more intermediate developers with code design and decision making

• Contribute to the Engineering team's culture, processes, and best practices

In your first 90 days, you will take the initiative:

• Start assuming more autonomy and finding small ways to practice ownership across the platform

• Work closely with your Manager to explore goals for the rest of the year

• Deep dive on other parts of the application outside of the squad's main responsibilities

What are we looking for in a Senior Front-End Software Engineer?

• +4 years of experience working with Angular, React, or an equivalent JavaScript framework. While Humi’s Front End code base is principally written using Angular, it is our experience that talented FE engineers have no difficulty adapting to a modern Angular framework.

• Strong understanding of TypeScript and JavaScript fundamentals in both Object Oriented and Functional Programming contexts

• Experience building complex, responsive user interfaces with efficient CSS using grid and flexbox

• A passion for writing performant, well-tested code via integration (Jest or Karma) and end-to-end testing (Cypress)

• Experience building code to consume RESTful APIs with Promises (async/await) and Observables (RxJS)

• Enthusiastic about participating in discussions to find the most effective solutions for challenging problems.

• An attitude of continuous improvement, suggesting leading industry techniques and technologies to enhance the platform for both consumers and engineers

• Mentoring and sharing knowledge with fellow engineers is important to you.

• Appreciates the significance of thorough code reviews and values constructive feedback for continuous improvement.

• Nice to Have: Experience in monorepos (Nx), CI/CD technologies (GitHub Actions) and building accessible UIs

Why join Humi?

• As a team that services the HR world, we are a team that understands you perform best in an environment that cares about their employees

• Be part of a high-performing team of critical thinkers that thrive on problem-solving 

• Access leadership and growth opportunities as the company rapidly scales

• Maintain work-life engagement with flex hours and our Long(er) weekends initiative

• Opportunity to work fully remote across Canada if you choose to

At Humi, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging. We want you to know that you're welcome here, no matter who you are. Indigenous peoples, racialized persons/persons of colour, women, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others – we're excited to hear from you. Even if you don't check every box on the requirements list, don't sweat it – we believe in potential over perfection! Need any interview accommodations? We're happy to help! Get in touch and let's chat.

Please note that all successful candidates will only receive offers through the Humi platform and we do not issue offers outside of our platform. We do not make any offers of employment via social media. Please see our resource library for the best ways to detect fraud and fraudulent activity.