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Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise and experience. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best.  

We are a purpose-driven, dynamic and sustainable pension plan. An industry leading global investor with teams in Toronto to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 600,000+ members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.

Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work.

Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us.

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We are looking for highly skilled React and Node developers that are comfortable with Next.js to join our Products & Technology team in Toronto. We are interested in building world class products in a collaborative environment of mutual respect. “Try and fail fast”, “Data over opinion”, “Rapid iteration” are some of our core values. We are looking for people who can help us progress toward our vision, if that person is you, please consider applying. As a Front-End Engineer, you are part of a 20-person front-end development chapter, and part of a product team of 5-8 people that have 2-5 developers depending on the team. 


Job Description

Technologies we use by time spent in day-to-day work:
⁃ React / Next.js (CSR, SSR and SSG)
⁃ Node / Nest.js
⁃ Jest unit testing
⁃ TypeScript
⁃ DataDog
⁃ GCP / Azure
⁃ Docker

Some concepts you should be familiar with include:
⁃ React state management (thunk, saga, rxjs)
⁃ Pros and cons of Promises vs Rx vs Async Await vs Generators
⁃ ES6 paradigms and advanced javascript knowledge
⁃ Functional programming, it’s benefits and uses
⁃ Best practices of authorization and security
⁃ How to lay out the page using flexbox, css-grid
⁃ Using CSS pre-processors
⁃ How to separate concerns of data, logic, rendering
⁃ How to balance convenience and flexibility
⁃ A growth mindset, willing to accept feedback and action on it
⁃ What fosters developer growth and how to help developers grow
⁃ How to effectively engage the business and balance time pressure and maintainability

To succeed in this role, you have:

⁃ Undergraduate degree, equivalent, or years of proven development experience

⁃ Minimum of 1-2 years of professional experience with a web development framework such as React

⁃ An understanding of how to effectively use REST APIs by reading the developer documentation

⁃ A familiarity with relational databases and SQL

⁃ Wide breadth of experience in various company settings

⁃ Strong interpersonal skills and some conflict resolution experience

We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. In delivering on our pension promise, keeping us connected to our work and each other, our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come in to the office 1+ days per week. 

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.