Senior Frontend (FE) Engineer
Summary
Senior Frontend Engineer at Class8, a freight-tech startup building products for trucking companies. Owns web and mobile features end-to-end using React/Next.js, TypeScript, and React Native, with strong emphasis on frontend architecture, UX, and an AI-first development workflow. Salary $80k–$150k CAD.
Compensation: $80k – $150k CAD • No equity
Class8 is building a suite of products to help trucking companies better run their business, and help them connect with freight opportunities through brokerages and other data partners. Our team works with real-time, big data across thousands of trucks, and creates apps across multiple surface areas including mobile, desktop, and embedded vehicles.
In This Role, You Will:
- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and document scalable, high-quality web and mobile applications with a strong focus on frontend architecture and user experience.
- Own frontend features and initiatives end-to-end, from technical planning and architecture through implementation, testing, and release.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Design, Engineering Leads, and other stakeholders to translate requirements and designs into high-quality experiences.
- Provide technical leadership through code reviews, architectural discussions, technical planning, and mentoring of other engineers.
- Identify technical improvements, refactoring opportunities, and areas where frontend architecture or development processes can be improved.
- Use an AI-first approach to development, leveraging AI to accelerate implementation while maintaining strong ownership, judgment, and understanding of the code produced.
- Use AI to improve engineering workflows and processes, including PR reviews, code cleanup, documentation, testing, and other repetitive or time-consuming tasks.
You’re Right For The Role If You Have These Skills:
Required:
- 5+ years of full stack development experience
- Proficient with ReactJS/NextJS, TypeScript, React Native, and modern frontend libraries, frameworks, and tooling
- Proven experience building polished, user-focused web and mobile experiences and translating designs into high-quality, maintainable code
- Strong understanding of frontend architecture, state management, performance optimization, responsive design, and accessibility
- BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field
- A passion for continuous improvement and finding better ways to build, ship, and maintain software
- AI-first mindset with the ability to use AI effectively to accelerate development while maintaining ownership and understanding of the code you produce
- Comfortable using AI to improve engineering workflows and processes, including PR reviews, code cleanup, documentation, testing, and other repetitive tasks
Bonus If You Have:
- Experience with building browser extensions
Our Tech Stack:
- React Native
- ReactJS, NextJS, TypeScript, Jest
- Python, FastAPI, MongoDB, Postgres
- Bitbucket, Docker
- AWS (SQS/SNS/API Gateway/Lambda/ECS/ECR, Data Lake, Redshift, Glue, EventBridge, S3, Route53, Kafka, Airflow)
- Netlify
Hiring Process:
- Résumé review
- Mobile app coding interview (45 mins)
- Systems design interview (25 mins)
- Senior management interview (15 mins)
What We Do:
Why Join Us:
- We’re redefining how freight moves.
- You’ll get in early on a high-upside product in a massive, untouched market.
- You’ll work with experienced builders and be trusted to execute.
- Big career upside: build, prove yourself, and grow with the company.
