Junior Front End Engineer

Common Wealth exists to make retirement security accessible to all Canadians. As Canada’s fastest-growing group retirement provider, we serve over 1,700 employers across the country and are helping tens of thousands of Canadians build long-term financial security. Our award-winning retirement technology and services platform makes it easy for employers of all sizes to offer competitive retirement benefits, empowers members to build wealth with confidence, and equips advisors with tools to better serve their clients.

We work closely with a rapidly expanding network of advisors, for whom we strive to be a true partner in powering the growth of their business.

We are looking for a Junior Front End Engineer to join Common Wealth’s engineering team. You will play a key role in contributing to building and scaling the technology that powers our retirement platform to help us drive toward a future where every Canadian can achieve financial security in retirement. Professional / personal exposure to fintech is a strong plus.

You’ll focus on the front end, building robust, scalable applications with React and Type Script, deployed on our AWS infrastructure. Familiarity with full-stack work (Java/Kotlin/PostgreSQL back end) is a bonus. We value engineers who move fluidly across the stack and work closely with product and design.

• Write, maintain and deliver code that delivers business objectives. You build product with a strong understanding of both client and business needs. You take pride in writing high quality, readable, and maintainable code. You’ll balance short-term speed with thoughtful investment in areas that are core to the platform.
• Practice user-centric design. You will think critically about user experience and take into consideration accessibility and responsiveness.
• Project delivery. Work within a talented cross‑functional team, collaborating closely with product and design. You will help shape technical requirements, brainstorm solutions, break down deliverables into milestones, and drive timelines to completion.

Note that you may not have touched our exact frameworks or tooling, and that's fine – we care more that you have a solid foundation and are able to learn fast than that you arrive knowing ours.

• User focused. You’re passionate about solving our clients' problems together. You focus on delivering a smooth user experience that delights our users and proactively identify and propose solutions to UX problems.
• Foundation as front end developer. You have previous experience through co‑op / internship or 1+ year full time experience in building frontend applications with React, Type Script, and SASS
  . You are familiar with Redux
  , accessibility, and responsive design
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• End-to-end mindset. You have background in building maintainable and testable code. Bonus if you have worked with Cypress and Storybook
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• Comfortable with AI-assisted coding tools. You leverage AI tools as part of your normal workflow and understand their strengths and limitations. You review, test, and take ownership of AI-generated output.
• Impact driven. Your work goes beyond the code you write. You seek to understand the business side and how the applications you build directly contribute to the success of the organization and excite our users.
• Thrive in collaboration. You believe that great products are built through teamwork. You work closely with product and design teams, keeping an open channel for continuous feedback and collaboration that makes the product better.
• Curious and self‑directed learner. You’re comfortable navigating ambiguity and are motivated to explore, learn, and grow. You stay on top of emerging tools that enhance your technical foundation.
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