Front End Developer - React

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN A WORKPLACE THAT HAS... Flexible Hybrid Work Environment Summer Hours

Start your weekend earlier during the summer months!

Weather is inclusive, we will be too. Our IDEAS team is committed to making this happen!

Read about us here! (spoiler alert… we are the home of The Weather Network)

We are seeking a proactive, highly motivated React to build engaging, interactive, and community-driven experiences across The Weather Network (TWN) and MétéoMédia (MM) Mobile Apps (iOS & Android via webviews) and Digital platforms (Desktop and Mobile Web).

As a driven self-starter, you will work closely with Product Managers who bring the requirements and product vision, and you will partner directly with a Tech Lead to learn the ins and outs of our infrastructure, technical requirements, and architecture. You will operate with a flexible mindset—experimenting with new technologies and UX approaches in some cases, and engineering robust, scalable solutions for production in others.

Whether evaluating third‑party libraries, integrating SaaS platforms, or building custom code, you will help design and execute solutions for live chat modules, logged‑in/premium user experiences, and interactive community elements (comments, likes, shares, stories). Your work will directly transform our mobile and digital applications into a highly interactive, community‑driven ecosystem.

Please note, that this is a 12 month Contract role and we are only considering candidates who are eligible to work in Canada and can work in a Hybrid model at our Oakville location.

• Technical Solution Architecture & Prototyping: Partner with Product Managers and your Tech Lead to turn functional requirements into smart technical solutions. Evaluate whether to leverage third-party libraries, integrate SaaS solutions, or build custom features depending on project needs.
• Experimentation & Production Building: Work comfortably across the entire development spectrum — rapidly prototyping and testing experimental technologies/UX approaches in some scenarios, while building clean, maintainable, production-ready code for high-traffic environments in others.
• Tech Lead & Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate closely with a Tech Lead to master our technical architecture and infrastructure guidelines.
• React Development: Conceptualize, design, develop, and implement high-quality, scalable features for web platforms using React and React.
• Community Building: Build and integrate real-time social functionalities across mobile and web platforms, including comment threads, like/share actions, user stories, and live chat modules.
• User Journeys: Develop and optimize logged-in and premium user experiences across mobile app and digital touchpoints, ensuring seamless state management and personalized interfaces.
• Performance & Mobile Optimization: Maintain UI/UX quality, ensuring top-tier responsiveness, accessibility, battery efficiency, and performance across mobile devices and web platforms. Continually optimize code for smooth animations and low latency.
• Testing & Continuous Delivery: Build solutions with a Test‑Driven Development (TDD) mindset. Write unit tests, manage app release pipelines (CI/CD), and support QA testing when required.

• Core Stack Focus (React): Proficiency and hands‑on experience building, launching, and maintaining web platforms using React and React.
• Pragmati…