Full-Stack Developer at National Film Board

Job Details

Full-Stack Developer at National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in Montréal, QC, CA. Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth. Posted:
Sep 14, 2026. Closing date of the competition:
Sep 28, 2026.

Location:

Montreal (Balmoral) Flexibility Profile:
Hybrid Salary Range: 9 - $83,472 to $105,682 (under review) Position Status:
Continuous - Full-time Position Number:  Division:
Technologies Department:
Digital Platforms And Products.

Are you an experienced and versatile full stack developer who’s passionate about technology and design? Are you interested in contributing beyond writing code, and participating in UX/UI? Are you a true team player with strong social and soft skills? Then this is the job for you. As a Full Stack Developer at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), you’ll ensure that the front-end UX is slick and optimized for speed, scalability, and usability.

It is the only institution of its kind in the world that produces and distributes auteur animation, documentaries in every form, and interactive work, for both Canadian and international audiences. Our primary means of sharing this creative wealth is the  website and the NFB Films app. And to do this, we need a team that truly reflects the richness and diversity of Canada.

If you’d like to be a part of this team—and part of the NFB’s incredible legacy we’d love to hear from you.

Join the NFB Platforms team as a Full Stack Developer in a permanent, full-time position (37.5 hours per week). You’ll earn a salary in the range of $83,472 to $105,682, plus enjoy a variety of employee benefits—including medical and dental coverage, a government pension plan, and a competitive paid-leave schedule.

Enjoy working mostly remotely and, on occasion, in the NFB office space in downtown Montreal, located in the dynamic and arts-centric Quartier des Spectacles, where we’re surrounded, inside and outside, by creators, producers and media professionals.

Immerse yourself in an exciting mandate: combine the art of design with the art of programming in the creation of NFB corporate digital products, including websites, apps and more (i.e., NFB Films app, ). Access to training budgets to keep up with the latest trends related to upcoming projects, in an environment that encourages and supports continuous learning.

• Participates in the definition of front-end architecture, including component structure, state management and development tooling, in collaboration with UX designers and other developers.
• Assists in the design, programming, testing, implementation and maintenance of software solutions (interfaces, applications, web services, APIs), in collaboration with team members and internal and external partners.
• Participates in feasibility analysis of projects and proposes innovative solutions alongside the Digital Platforms team.
• Collaborates in project planning and follow-up to implement developed solutions.
• Participates in peer code review, based on team programming standards, to ensure the quality of applications under development.
• Contributes to test scenario development (unit, integration, end-to-end) and promotes the application of test-driven development (TDD) practices.
• Contributes to the maintenance of test and development environments and CI/CD pipelines.
• Stays up to date on new front-end trends and tools, and actively participates in discussions about adopting them at the NFB.
• Applies AGILE methodology: daily stand-ups, planning, retrospectives, demos, etc.

You are an open-minded, motivated individual with a passion for digital technologies. You are equally interested in innovation itself and in the tangible ways it enhances the user…