Frontend Developer (12-month contract)
takeaway · Canada, ON Remote ·
- Work mode
- Remote
- Seniority
- Middle
- Employment
- Contract
- Category
- Frontend
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Salary
- CAD 83,600 – 100,000 / year
takeaway · Canada, ON Remote ·
Build and maintain scalable React/TypeScript web apps for delivery logistics, optimizing performance and user experience while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you. We’re a leading global online delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience.
Whether it’s a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery and convenience partners across the globe.
We are looking for a Mid-level Software Engineer (Frontend) to join our Logistics Areas and Fees team. If you are passionate about building scalable, delightful user interfaces and thrive in a fast-paced, high-scale environment, this role is for you. This role is open to candidates based in Toronto, Montreal, or Ottawa.
As a Mid-level Frontend Engineer within our Logistics domain, you will play a key role in designing and operating the web applications that power delivery areas & fees related systems. You will own frontend systems end-to-end, from architectural patterns to component design, deployment, and performance monitoring, contributing to a seamless user experience across our platforms.
Your mission is to deliver robust, performant, and accessible frontend services, working closely with engineers, designers, and product managers to ship features that our internal operators and the wider logistics platform rely on every day. You will champion modern frontend practices and help shape the future of web engineering within the organization.
In short, you’ll combine deep frontend expertise with a strong engineering mindset to deliver world-class user experiences at scale
Location: Ontario Remote
Reporting to: Technology Manager
Design, build, and operate scalable frontend applications using React and TypeScript
Develop and maintain reusable, responsive UI components
Optimize application performance to ensure a smooth, low-latency experience for users
Manage complex application state and data fetching patterns efficiently (e.g., React Query, Redux, or similar)
Integrate frontend applications with REST and GraphQL APIs, ensuring robust error handling and data consistency
Own frontend reliability: instrument with monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog RUM), set up alerting, and lead frontend-related incident response
Drive engineering excellence in CI/CD, automated testing, code review, and progressive rollouts
Collaborate with Product, Mobile, QE, and Data teams to ship high quality releases on a continuous delivery cadence
Participate in architectural decisions, RFCs, and technical design reviews across the Logistics domain
Investigate and resolve production issues using Datadog, distributed tracing, and log analysis
Actively participate in the Agile software development cycle within a cross functional team environment
Support and mentor team members, helping grow frontend engineering as a discipline
5+ years of experience building and operating production frontend applications at scale
Strong proficiency in React and TypeScript
Deep understanding of modern CSS (CSS Modules, Tailwind, or CSS-in-JS) and responsive design principles
Experience with frontend testing frameworks like Jest, React Testing Library, and Cypress or Playwright
Strong knowledge of Web APIs, browser internals, and performance optimization techniques
Experience with CI/CD pipelines for web applications and modern build tools (Vite, Webpack)
Production experience deploying to AWS and/or Azure, running services on Kubernetes (EKS)
Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or similar is required
Experience making repositories agent-ready, maintaining clear READMEs, AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md files, structured code conventions, and reproducible local setups so AI coding agents can contribute effectively
Experience using AI agents to drive end-to-end engineering tasks (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor agents, or similar) for code generation, refactoring, debugging, and automated PR workflows
Experience integrating AI into frontend engineering workflows (e.g., AI-assisted code review, UI test generation, performance analysis, intelligent debugging)
Understanding of prompt engineering and evaluation of AI-generated outputs in a software engineering context
Awareness of best practices for AI-driven development, including reliability, reproducibility, and accessibility, particularly as they apply to production frontend systems
Experience with Vue 2 and Vue 3 will be a plus
Familiarity with design systems and collaboration tools like Figma is a plus
Experience working in Agile, fast-paced, continuous delivery environments
Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment.
Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth and about celebrating every aspect of our JETers. Thanks to them we stay one step ahead of the competition.
No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day.
Want to know more about our JETers, culture or company? Have a look at our career site where you can find people's stories, blogs, podcasts and more JET morsels
Team Vibes: Thrive in a collaborative culture where your ideas matter.
Tasty Perk: Enjoy a monthly Skip spend allowance – treat yourself!
More Time Off: Generous PTO with a buy and sell program with up to 5 extra days!
Family First: Up to 20 weeks top up for parental leave.
Premium Benefits: Flexible medical & dental insurance for you and your family.
Keep Learning: Access world-class training resources to power your success.
Perks Galore: Exclusive offers from Workperks from hundreds of top brands.
Future Funded: RRSP contributions with diverse investment portfolios.
We’ve Got You: We’ve got you covered. Access paid sick time to care for yourself or your family when life happens & access to our well-being support programs.
✈️ Digital Nomads: Family abroad or just want a change of scenery? Enjoy the freedom to work from almost anywhere in the world for 4 weeks a year.
Career Growth: Fuel your personal and professional evolution through our dedicated mentorship, global mobility pathways, and a wellness-first culture rooted in true diversity and inclusion.
Compensation range: $83,600.00 - $100,000.00
Final compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and internal equity.
Are you ready to take your seat? Apply now!
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