Remote Senior Web Engineer

Description:

• Xello is seeking a Senior Web Engineer who has both technical expertise and a passion for delivering outstanding responsive web experiences.
• The role involves optimizing mobile user experience, performance, and addressing challenges in hybrid app development.
• The Senior Web Engineer will work closely with the mobile staff engineer to transform the responsive web app into a seamless native-like application using Capacitor, Angular, and modern web technologies.
• Collaboration with web developers, designers, and product managers is essential to ensure students can access Xello’s tools on any device.
• Responsibilities include driving execution and shaping recommendations for the responsive mobile technical roadmap, designing and implementing Angular-based solutions, and recommending responsive mobile strategies.
• The engineer will also collaborate with UX/UI designers, support mobile release strategies, create mobile-specific solutions, optimize mobile web performance, ensure accessibility standards, and work with QA on cross-device testing strategies.

Requirements:

• A solid understanding of web technologies, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, React, or Vue is required.
• The candidate must have a keen eye for identifying bottlenecks and optimizing app performance, responsiveness, and resource usage across devices.
• Skills in adapting web-based designs to create a native-like app experience with a focus on usability and smooth interactions are necessary.
• Proficiency in setting up continuous integration and deployment pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, Bitrise, or Azure DevOps is essential.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and experience with mobile device emulators are required.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills are necessary, with experience collaborating with web developers, designers, product managers, and QA teams.
• The ability to write clean, well-documented, and maintainable code with a focus on long-term maintainability and scalability is expected.

Benefits:

• For Canadian staff, benefits include flexible work arrangements (hybrid and remote), 4 weeks of vacation, employer-paid health and dental benefits, a 4-month top-up for parental leave, and a group RRSP with 3% matching.
• For US staff, benefits include a remote work environment, 4 weeks of vacation, 80% employer-paid health benefits, a 4-month top-up for parental leave, and a 401(k) with 3% matching.
• For UK staff, benefits include a remote work environment, 28 days of annual leave (including 3 days at Christmas) plus bank holidays, with additional annual leave days for long service.
• The company is committed to continuous learning and growth through internal/external training and mentoring, including a professional development budget for every employee.