JavaScript Job: Front End Developer

Onlia’s mission: Bring clarity to Insurance

Onlia offers innovative digital insurance and a telematics app that incentivises good driving to the Ontario market. Onlia’s mission is to bring clarity to insurance and simplify consumer’s relationship with their insurance company through a digital experience, and best in class customer service. Launched in 2018, Onlia is a joint venture between Achmea, the largest insurance group of the Netherlands, and Fairfax Financial, a Canadian-based financial holding company. ­

We are here to disrupt insurance in Ontario and are building a team of heavy hitters to make that a reality. We work collaboratively in a fast-paced and agile environment. Every member of our team is empowered to take ownership of their role, and to assist in the build of a best-in-class experience for our customers.

At Onlia, we are building a modern inspiring environment with great opportunities in which people take responsibility and ownership. We trust and empower our people, minimizing any unnecessary rules and escalation. Our teams work across functions towards common end-to-end goals, in an agile and less bureaucratic way. If this sounds like a culture you want to be part of then, continue reading.

We’re in search for a Front-end Developer to strengthen our on-site development team. You work in a self-managing team where you and your team all responsible for development of all Onlia’s online offerings. Together with designers you’ll work on continuously improving our online customer experience and introducing new Onlia features, functionalities and services. You are the linking pin between design and implementation and with your knowledge about new techniques and frameworks we are able to deliver a great user experience.

You have extensive front-end development experience and have great knowledge and an opinion on the latest and greatest frameworks such as Angular, Vue or React. Of course, you know your way around in HTML5, CSS and JavaScript. You have some back-end (preferably C#) knowledge or are interested in it, which makes it easy for you to collaborate with our back-end developers.

Together with your colleagues, you take your work to an even higher level. You have eye for detail and build not only visually attractive features, but also user-friendly. You care about the full customer experience, stay open-minded and look beyond our stack to solve complex problems.

Key Accountabilities:

KA 1 Assess Requirements and provide feedback on new feature requests. Communicate and collaborate with non-technical stakeholders

KA 2 Build and release new features on our platform. Make sure that together with your colleagues, new features are delivered to production each sprint.

KA 3 Make sure that our front-end setup is up-to-date and advice about potential improvements.

KA 4 Constantly look for optimizations in the performance and accessibility of the website and advise on best practices to meet our performance and accessibility requirements. Find and implement solutions

KA 5 Make sure all our components are responsive and work properly on different devices and browsers

KA 6 Maintain coding standards and practices and write (in code) documentation

Qualifications and competencies:

• Proven experience in IT on a bachelor’s level and/or (at least) a bachelor’s degree, preferably with a specialization in IT.
• 4+ years of experience in web front-end development
• In-depth knowledge of HTML, HTML 5, CSS and Javascript and Webpack
• Relevant experience with frameworks like Angular(JS)/VueJS/React, NodeJS, Bootstrap, SASS.
• Experience in developing on a Content Management System and how to integrate your work with a CMS.
• Ability to setup a vision on front-end development for Onlia in collaboration with the back-end developers
• Affinity with languages, accessibility, visual design and user experience design
• Used to working in an Agile/Scrum development process.
• Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Ability to plan, organize, and manage multiple demands and changing priorities to deliver quality results, for yourselves and the team.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional and technical development.

WORKING AT ONLIA

Our aim is to create a workforce that is diverse, promotes positivity, and demonstrates the values of equality, fairness, and respect in everything we do. We are dedicated to an anti-discrimination approach and provide equal opportunity for employment and advancement throughout Onlia regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, sexual orientation or identity, education, or disability. We respect and value diverse life experiences and cultures and ensure that all voices are valued and heard.

Onlia welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $85,000.00-$100,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• How many years of experience in web front-end development?
• Do you have knowledge in HTML, HTML 5, CSS and Javascript and Webpack?
• Do you have experience working with Angular(JS)/VueJS/React, NodeJS, Bootstrap, SASS?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in TORONTO, ON