Front End Development Engineer

What You Will Do?

• Create robust, reusable software.
• Influence cross discipline teams on next generation front end development and user experience.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and drive project progress and benefits.

• Collaborate with backend and UX teams to deliver best in class solutions
• Design & implement common patterns, services, components and frameworks

1. Coding, Testing & Documentation:

• Develops, codes, documents programs of simple to average complexity
• Writes unit and integration tests for own activities
• Ensures all tasks are completed for the testing and verification of own activities
• Ensures adequate technical documentation and training for assigned activities

2. Technical Analysis, Design & Specification:

• Coordinates, with guidance, design phases for development projects, identifying, tracking and resolving technical issues
• Learns the use of different techniques and tools to design technical solutions (including component reusability, data sharing and security)
• Identifies opportunities of improvement, refactoring and champions the change for the betterment of the product ad value proposition to the business
• Recommends technology solutions that satisfy sponsor/stakeholder needs continually exploring and assessing options for value-add for clients
• Participates in walkthrough reviews of all technical specifications, programs and unit test plans

3. Planning, Implementation & Support:

• Provides estimates on activities required to perform design, coding and unit testing, improving accuracy over time
• Provides QA, UAT, implementation and post-implementation support

4. Relationships & Communication:

• Contributes to group meetings for requirements gathering, problem solving and task implementation
• Provides support for UI application and/or escalates conflicts/issues in a timely manner if they are not resolvable
• Effectively communicates and builds rapport with team members, stakeholders and peer groups

5. Self-Development:

• Continually enhances skills and builds knowledge in all aspects of the organization covering the business and systems including new technologies

What do you need to succeed? 

• 3+ years hands on experience using HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3 to build data driven front end applications.
• Working knowledge and/or hands-on experience of building robost FE data-driven and high performing web apps (i.e. Service Workers, WebWorkers, Caching, IndexedDB, Sockets, designing & implementing Optimisation Strategies for scale)
• Well versed with modern JavaScript technologies such as React, Redux, RxJS, Node.js, AG-Grid etc.
• Experience with testing frameworks such as Jest, React Testing Library, Jasmine, Mocha, Cypress / Playwrite, etc.
• Experience with Openfin is a bonus
• Experience working in an agile environment.

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Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.

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