Front End Developer - React (12 month Contract)
Summary
12-month contract front-end role at Pelmorex (home of The Weather Network), hybrid in Oakville: building interactive, community-driven features like live chat, comments, and premium logged-in experiences across web and mobile-app webviews using React, TypeScript, and modern front-end tooling.
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
WHAT'S THE DAY TO DAY LIKE?
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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.
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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.
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Tech Lead & Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate closely with a Tech Lead to master our technical architecture and infrastructure guidelines.
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React Development: Conceptualize, design, develop, and implement high-quality, scalable features for web platforms using React and React.
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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.
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User Journeys: Develop and optimize logged-in and premium user experiences across mobile app and digital touchpoints, ensuring seamless state management and personalized interfaces.
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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.
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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.
WE ARE HOPING YOU HAVE:
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Core Stack Focus (React): Proficiency and hands-on experience building, launching, and maintaining web platforms using React and React.
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Pragmatic Problem-Solving & Technical Range: Proven ability to translate product requirements into sound technical solutions. Comfortable working in both experimental settings (rapid prototyping, evaluating third-party SDKs, trying new UX patterns) and structured production releases.
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Proactive Self-Starter Mindset: Highly motivated and resourceful. Demonstrated ability to take initiative, ask the right questions, partner effectively with technical leaders, and own feature delivery end-to-end.
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Experience: Minimum 3 to 4 years of related job experience specializing in front-end and mobile app development for high-traffic environments
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Education: University degree in Computer Science, College diploma in Computer Programming, Information Technologies, or a related discipline.
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Web & Mobile Technologies: Expert-level understanding of modern JavaScript / TypeScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3/SASS.
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Interactive & Real-Time Features: Experience building real-time interactive mobile and web features (e.g., utilizing WebSockets or SaaS tools for live chat) and social engagement modules.
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API & Third-Party Integration: Experience designing UI/mobile interactions that consume RESTful APIs, GraphQL, third-party SDKs, and SaaS services.
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State Management: Solid experience with state management libraries in the React ecosystem (e.g., Redux, Context API, Zustand).
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Responsive Design: Deep understanding of mobile-first design principles, and cross-device compatibility.
YOU ARE MADE FOR THIS IF YOU...
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Balance Experimentation with Engineering Rigor: You enjoy testing new tech and UX concepts just as much as writing clean, battle-tested code for production environments.
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Are a Collaborative Self-Starter: You take initiative and bring ideas to the table, but you also value learning from a Tech Lead and aligning with cross-functional partners.
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Are a Pragmatic Solution Finder: You know when to leverage existing SaaS tools and open-source libraries versus when to build custom solutions from scratch.
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Are Passionate About Mobile & Community Tech: You love mobile app ecosystems and have an intrinsic understanding of what drives digital community engagement and user retention.
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Have an Eye for UI/UX: You possess a strong eye for design, basic knowledge of UI/UX principles, and familiarity with tools like Figma, Adobe Illustrator, or Photoshop.
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Love Animation & Micro-interactions: Experience with mobile and web animation libraries (e.g., Framer Motion, GSAP) to build engaging "Stories" or polished micro-interactions.
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Master Mobile Deployment & Agile Workflows: Proficient with Git (GitHub, Bitbucket), mobile build/deployment pipelines (Fastlane, App Store Connect, Google Play Console), and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
INTERESTED? IT GETS BETTER….
- Open and transparent communication, including All Hands Meetings with our CEO
- Frequent employee pulse surveys 📝 we value your feedback so we can continue to make Pelmorex a great place to work!
- While we encourage 1:1 conversations, we recognize that not everyone is comfortable with speaking up 🗣 We have an anonymous reporting platform to ensure everyone’s voice is heard
Skills
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Basics
Resume/CV, Full name, Pronouns, Email, Phone, Current location, Current company, LinkedIn URL, Git Hub URL, I identify my ethnicity as:Please select your answer(s) based on how you personally identify. We recognize race / ethnicity as variable social categories across cultures and do not wish to define them biologically, genetically, or anthropologically with the options listed below. Our options are non- exhaustive and represent a mix of racial identities, ethnic groups, and national / geographic origins. We highly encourage you to select as many as feel right for you., How do you describe your gender identity? Select all that apply.Gender identity describes a person’s internal sense of gender, whether as a man, a woman, or something beyond the gender binary., Do you identify as a person with mental health accessibility needs?For example: Addiction, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, OCD, Eating Disorders, etc., Do you identify as a person with cognitive accessibility needs?For example: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Down Syndrome, Dyslexia, Speech and Language Impairment (not caused by hearing loss)., Do you identify as a person with physical accessibility needs?For example: Blindness or Low Vision (does not include vision correctable by glasses or contact lenses), Coordination, Manual Dexterity or Strength (e.g. handling objects, etc.), Deaf, Deafened or Hard of Hearing, Mobility (e.g. wheelchair, ca----ne, etc.), Other Physical or Medical (e.g. epilepsy, diabetes, heart condition, lung disease, kidney disease, etc.), What is your age range?
Short answers (2)
- Self Report: optional
- If Other, please specify optional
Pick from a list (12)
- Pelmorex is committed to treating all team members with dignity and respect and we know using each person's pronouns correctly is an essential part of that aim. We recognize that someone's voice, name, or external appearance is never enough to tell us how they truly feel inside. If you feel comfortable doing so, please share your pronouns below to ensure that we are referring to you in the most affirming way possible optional
- Are you legally authorized to work in Canada? Please note that the company reserves the right to rescind an offer of employment if information related to your work eligibility is misrepresented.
- Are you legally authorized to work for Pelmorex? Please note we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a work permit.
- How many years of experience do you have with React?
- Do u have experience with React Native
- This is a 12 month contract role. Are you ok with that?
- What your annual compensation (Salary) expectation in Canadian Dollars (CAD)?
- If you are offered this position, it will be conditional upon successful reference checks. Will you be able to provide two employment references? Please note this is a mandatory requirement for us.
- If you are offered this position, you may be required to complete a Criminal Background Check through our third party that specializes in doing so.. Are you in agreement with completing this requirement? Please note this is a mandatory requirement for us.
- Are there any special arrangements you would benefit from us making the interview accessible for you? optional
- We’re curious! Where did you hear about us?
- Have you worked for Pelmorex?
Written answers (3)
- Do you have experience building features for community engagement, such as commenting, photo and video uploads, etc.? If yes, please tell us more.
- Tell us about your project(s) you are proud of
- If you have answered "Yes" to the above question, please let us know how we can help you? optional
