Front-End Engineer (Intermediate / Senior)

Company Description

Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaWheels is Canada’s leading online retailer for automotive wheels, tires, and parts. Our mission is to revolutionize the automotive shopping experience through innovation, education, and transparency.

With advanced fitment technology and a scalable e-commerce platform, we have served over a million customers, generating $100M+ in lifetime sales while achieving numerous national awards such as the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™. As we scale globally with ventures like USAWheels.com and explore markets in Europe and Asia, we remain committed to reshaping the automotive retail industry.

Role Description

CanadaWheels is seeking a Front-End Engineer (Intermediate/Senior) for a full-time, on-site role based in Ottawa, ON. The Front-End Engineer will design and implement user-facing features, create responsive web designs, optimize user experiences, and ensure cross-browser compatibility.

Additional responsibilities include collaborating with the design and back-end teams to develop seamless integrations, troubleshooting and debugging issues, and contributing to scalable web development efforts using modern technologies.

Responsibilities

• Own major areas of the product, end to end, across React and PHP
• Make architectural decisions that affect performance, maintainability, and user experience
• Lead code review and contribute to technical direction
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues on the live production system
• Mentor more junior engineers and help raise the team’s overall bar

What we’re looking for

• Strong JavaScript and deep React experience, including a working understanding of its rendering model
• Solid grasp of HTML, CSS, and responsive web design
• Experience with performance and core web vitals
• Fluency with the browser as a platform: HTTP, the DOM, performance, accessibility
• Experience with at least one server-side language (PHP preferred) and willingness to work across the stack
• Comfort with database design and SQL
• Track record of shipping production software to real users and supporting it over time
• Sound judgment about when to reach for a library and when to write something yourself
• A habit of learning, tinkering, and revisiting your own assumptions
• Experience with version control (Git)

Nice to have

• Magento experience
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS) or containerization (Docker)
• Experience using AI tools as part of a coding workflow

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, wellness, and dental benefits package.
• Engaging weekly team social events and Happy Hours.
• Access to unlimited healthy food, snacks, and coffee.
• Continuous learning and growth opportunities to nurture your professional development.
• Supportive and collaborative team environment that encourages growth.
• Enjoy a modern and upscale downtown Ottawa office space.
• Flexible hybrid work options for a balanced work-life experience.

Inclusion and Diversity

At CanadaWheels, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees feel valued, heard, and supported. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous individuals, individuals from racialized communities, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those with intersectional identities.

If you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please inform us so that we can ensure your full participation.

Application Details

Please include your preferred pronouns in your application (e.g., she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs). We look forward to receiving your application and exploring the opportunity to welcome you to the CanadaWheels team.