Lead Front-End Developer
- Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Contract
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- 10+ years of experience in SDLC, especially in developing UI mobile and web applications
- Posting language
- English
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Original job description
Iris's Fortune 100 direct client is looking for a Lead Front-End Developer in Toronto, ON. Please find the job description below:
Job Title: Lead Front-End Developer
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid: 3-4 days a week in the office)
Duration: Long-Term Contract
Domain: Banking/Financial
Key Responsibilities:
- 10+ years of experience in SDLC, especially in developing UI mobile and web applications
- Lead the design and development of scalable frontend Angular. Exposure to Ionic would be a plus
- Design secure, resilient REST APIs, microservices, and enterprise integrations.
- Take end-to-end technical ownership from solution design and development through deployment, production support, and continuous improvement.
- Lead and mentor engineers while remaining a hands-on technical contributor.
- Drive engineering best practices including code quality, automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring, observability, security, and reliability.
- Design and troubleshoot distributed systems, asynchronous processing, events, and messaging patterns.
- Lead technical problem-solving, root-cause analysis, and resolution of complex production issues.
- Collaborate with architecture, security, product, QA, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.
Preferred / Nice to Have
- Experience with AWS or other public cloud platforms.
- Exposure to AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, SQS/SNS, ECS/EKS, or other managed services.
- Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging technologies.
- Financial services or other large enterprise application experience.
- Understanding of authentication, authorization, OAuth/OIDC, and API security.
- Exposure to Generative AI or AI-assisted software engineering is an asset, but not a core requirement.
Thanks & Regards
Himanshu Pal
Associate Hiring Specialist
Iris Software
200 Metroplex Drive, Suite #300
Edison, NJ 08817
Mobile: +1-732-426-9328
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead the design and development of scalable Angular frontend applications and take end-to-end technical ownership from solution design through deployment, production support, and continuous improvement. Mentor engineers, establish engineering best practices, troubleshoot complex production issues, and collaborate with technical and business stakeholders.
Requirements
Requires 10+ years of SDLC experience, particularly developing mobile and web user interfaces, along with strong Angular frontend development experience. The role also calls for expertise in APIs, microservices, distributed systems, engineering practices, and technical leadership; AWS, financial services, security, and AI-assisted engineering experience are advantageous.
Skills
- Angular
- Ionic
- Frontend Development
- Web Application Development
- REST APIs
- Microservices
- AWS
- Distributed Systems
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Messaging
- CI/CD
- Automated Testing
- Monitoring and Observability
- OAuth/OIDC
- Technical Leadership
Visa sponsorship
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Hiring contact
Himanshu Pal
Categories
- Software
- Technology
- Management & Leadership
- Finance & Accounting
Keywords
- Angular
- Ionic
- Frontend Development
- Mobile Applications
- Web Applications
- REST APIs
- Microservices
- Enterprise Integrations
- AWS
- Lambda
- API Gateway
- SQS
- SNS
- ECS
- EKS
- Distributed Systems
- Asynchronous Processing
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Messaging
- Automated Testing
- CI/CD
- Monitoring
- Observability
- OAuth
- OIDC
- API Security
- Financial Services
- Generative AI
- Production Support