What we do:

Uptake harnesses the power of underutilized data to empower businesses to make informed decisions. We partner with industry leaders to build a predictive analytics software platform that grows smarter in one industry because of what we learn in another. The result is a powerful platform that identifies problems before they happen, ultimately saving money, time and lives.

What You’ll Do:

As a member of our product development team, the Principal Front-End Engineer will work in a fast-paced environment with a cross functional group of software engineers, user experience and DevOps professionals to create, enhance and support state of the art web and mobile applications for our customers. This position is focused on user interface development for business & analytics suite of applications. While the position will focus on the front end, we highly value polyglot, full stack engineers that can work across the stack.

Responsibilities:  

As a Principal Front-End Engineer your responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Work heavily with CSS, JavaScript and various JavaScript frameworks to create modern web applications, SPA and responsive web applications.
• Create cutting edge visualizations for analytics, interactive visualization tools and dashboards
• Collaborate with other members of our Product Development Team to create and implement product designs
• Commit to well designed, testable, clean code. Create unit and functional tests
• Stay current with new technologies, architectural design patterns and trends.

This position will require after-hour and weekend availability occasionally

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• 9+ years of experience programming in a modern object oriented programming language & design patterns such as MVC, MVVM
• 5+ years of development experience with HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3.
• Understanding of a server side technology like Node.JS, .Net or Java
• In-depth knowledge of browser technologies & responsive web development
• Understanding of SASS, and build process management tools like Grunt or Gulp is a plus.
• Curiosity and an eagerness to learn in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Experience with version control in a production environment
• Excellent knowledge of JavaScript frameworks, particularly Angular including version 2 with TypeScript
• Experience with testing JavaScript

 Nice-to-have’s:

• Experience with React, Redux, Immutable.js, Rx.js, Node.js or equivalent
• Experience working with Karma, Jasmine, Mocha or Protractor frameworks
• Experience with developer toolchains, such as node, npm, Grunt, Gulp or Webpack
• Experience with Git
• Masters or Ph.D. in related field
• Experience as an open source contributor

If you think you would be a good fit for this role, and are interested in joining the best engineering team in Mississauga, please provide your resume with a cover letter.