Senior Front End Engineer

Thinkific is a software platform that enables entrepreneurs to create, market, sell, and deliver their own online courses. Our mission is no less than to revolutionize the way people learn and earn online by giving them the tools they need to turn their expertise into a sustainable business that impacts both them and their audience. Our team of 275+ Thinkers supports customers around the globe while working collaboratively to learn, grow, and succeed together. Join us to see how we’re building one of the best workplaces in Canadian tech!

We believe every candidate should have a fair, inclusive, and overall great experience when exploring a new role with Thinkific. That starts with outlining our hiring process so you know what to expect every step of the way—click here to learn more: https://thnk.cc/whattoexpect

Are you a Senior Front End Engineer with a passion for Design Systems, accessibility, and clean code? We’re looking for a Senior Front End Engineer to join us at Thinkific.

As a Senior Front End Engineer, you’ll work closely with Designers and Engineers to create responsive, accessible, and user-friendly web interfaces across Thinkific’s platform. You’ll play a key role in building and maintaining our Design System, ensuring consistency and high standards in everything we ship. Reporting to our Director, Engineering, you’ll support product teams with best practices, documentation, and guidance to ensure our components are easy to use, scale, and maintain. 

Your goal will be to help scale Thinkific’s Design System while improving the accessibility, usability, and performance of our front-end interfaces. Here’s how you’ll accomplish this:

• Develop and maintain reusable, accessible components for our Design System
• Write clear documentation and implementation guidelines for developers and designers
• Support product teams in leveraging the Design System effectively across Thinkific’s platform
• Test and validate components with assistive technology users
• Participate in and lead code reviews to uphold best practices and code quality
• Assist in migrating existing UI to React, aligning with design patterns and accessibility requirements
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure UX and accessibility goals are met across our product

The person we have in mind likely:

• Has 5+ years of experience in a front-end development role, including 1+ year in a Senior role
• Possesses deep knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frameworks like React, Vue, or Angular
• Has hands-on experience scaling or maintaining a Design System
• Is passionate about building inclusive, accessible user experiences, and has a strong understanding of accessibility principles and WCAG compliance
• Has experience implementing pixel-perfect designs with stylistic consistency across products
• Is familiar with front-end testing frameworks and test-driven development
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills and a highly collaborative, feedback-driven mindset
• Enjoys participating in the UX and Design process, and thinking critically to create and maintain components for the design system
• Has a strong sense of ownership and attention to detail—you're someone who thrives in autonomous environments
• Loves to learn and grow. They’ve found (and keep looking for) ways to level up their skills in this field, whether that’s through formal education, gaining professional experience, or maybe even building their own business 

These things would also be nice, but we think you could learn them on the job: 

• Experience working with React Server Side rendering frameworks (e.g: Next.js or Remix)
• Experience working with Typescript
• Experience working with CSS-in-JS technologies (Vanilla-extract, Styled-components, Emotion)
• Experience working with front-end monorepo
• Is comfortable consuming GraphQL APIs
• Is comfortable working with Design Tokens and Figma
• Has contributed to open-source projects or talked at conferences and/or meetups

The recruitment compensation range for this position is $120,000 - $160,000 CAD. Your specific compensation within this range is determined based on your job-related skills, knowledge, experience, and our internal equity assessment.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging & Accessibility

This is just our initial idea of who we’re looking for! At Thinkific, we know that people have unique career journeys. If your experience is close to what we’ve described but you feel that you might be missing a few of the requirements, please still apply! We believe in equal opportunity and are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging across every facet of our business.

We’re also committed to providing a comfortable and accessible interview experience for every candidate. If there are any accommodations our team can make throughout our hiring process (big or small), please let us know.       

What you can expect if you join Thinkific:

👏 An amazing team of talented, passionate, and kind Thinkers. Together, we’ve built an amazing, award-winning culture—we’re a Certified Great Place to Work and one of Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers!

🚀 The chance to build, improve, and innovate on a platform that’s driving positive impact for thousands of businesses and millions of students around the world.

💸 A competitive compensation package including base salary, equity, team-wide bonuses, and an Employee Share Purchase Plan.

🌴Flexible Paid Time Off to maintain mental and physical health. Our team is encouraged to take a minimum 4 weeks of vacation, plus Thinker Holidays (extended long weekends in the summer) and time off for the December holiday season.

🩺 Health Benefits and Wellness: Comprehensive benefits starting on Day 1 include health, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family, $3,000 for mental health care, a short-term health plan, and an additional health or personal spending account. Plus, family friendly benefits include generous parental leave top-ups for up to 32 weeks, as well as fertility coverage and personalized return to work options. 

💻 Flexible Work. Choose to work from home from anywhere in Canada, at our Vancouver HQ, a co-working space, or anywhere there’s wifi for a change of scenery.

⬆️ Learning & Growth. An annual $1500 USD Learn and Grow fund for conferences, seminars, or courses, plus training, mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities.

🏡 A home office setup so you’re ready to succeed with a company-owned Macbook Pro and a budget to order a desk, chair, or any accessories to help you work comfortably and productively. 

🍦Eats and Treats. $50 CAD per month to treat yourself with snacks, lunch, or groceries to cook at home.

💙 A place where you can bring your whole self to work. We know that different perspectives lead to amazing ideas, more innovation, and, ultimately, our success as a company. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, experiences, beliefs, identities, and statuses. Whoever you are—we can't wait to meet you!

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