Senior Frontend Engineer
Forma.ai · Toronto, Canada ·
- Seniority
- Senior
- Category
- Frontend
- Company size
- 51-200
- Salary
- CAD 150,000 – 190,000 / year
Forma.ai · Toronto, Canada ·
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Build and evolve intuitive, performant React/TypeScript interfaces for configuring and analyzing complex sales compensation workflows in a fintech startup.
is a Series B startup that's revolutionizing how sales compensation is designed, managed and optimized. We handle billions in annual managed commissions for market leaders like Edmentum, Stryker, and Autodesk.
Our growth has been fuelled by our passion for fundamentally changing and shaping how companies use sales intelligence to drive business strategy.
We’re welcoming equally driven individuals who are excited about creating something big!
About the team:
Engineers on this team build the application our customers and internal teams use to configure, operate, manage, and visualize complex incentive compensation workflows.
This role sits within Forma’s ICM Operations platform, spanning areas such as Core Services, Business Intelligence, workflows, automation, APIs, claims management, next-generation reporting, and data exploration capabilities.
There are many complex and difficult areas across the product, especially across frontend architecture and user experience, because of high data volumes, wide configurability, complex business logic, and mission-critical operational workflows. The work is not just about building screens; it is about helping users understand, act on, and trust complex compensation data and operational processes.
We are low on meetings and high on accountability. Most of the team is in the EST timezone, with some teammates in PST and Central. We are far from maintenance or simple progressive evolution in many areas; there is a lot of room to make a meaningful impact on the overall user experience, product architecture, and frontend design patterns.
What you'll be doing:
Reporting to the VP of Engineering the Senior Frontend Engineer will play a key role in building, evolving, and scaling Forma’s customer-facing and internal operations experiences.
You’ll work closely with product, design, engineering, operations, and leadership partners to deliver intuitive, performant, and reliable interfaces for configuring, operating, and analyzing complex sales compensation workflows. You’ll take ownership of significant frontend initiatives, contribute to product and technical direction, and help raise the quality of our frontend systems through thoughtful architecture, code quality, and collaboration.
You will help turn complex operational processes into clear, reusable, and scalable product experiences — from approvals and ticketing to claims workflows, policy-driven automation, dashboards, reporting, and data exploration.
You will:
We’re looking for a frontend-focused engineer who is comfortable owning meaningful product work, collaborating across disciplines, and navigating ambiguity in a complex product domain.
This role is for someone who can take ownership of a product area from an engineering perspective, not just pick up tickets. You should be able to understand the business problem, reason through the user workflow, ask good questions, and partner with product and design to shape solutions that are technically sound, usable, and scalable.
You have:
Nice to have:
Frontend: JavaScript, React, TypeScript
Backend: Java/Springboot, Django, Postgres
Infrastructure: AWS, Docker
You’ll focus on learning the product, team, codebase, customer context, and the operational workflows that power Forma’s ICM Operations platform.
By the end of your first 30 days, you will have:
You’ll begin owning more substantial frontend work and contributing to product and technical decisions.
By the end of your first 60 days, you will have:
You’ll be operating as a trusted senior frontend contributor on the team.
By the end of your first 90 days, you will have:
Additional Job Info:
Meaningful compensation. In addition to your base salary, you’ll join our employee stock ownership plan to further recognize your contributions to ’s success.
Healthcare coverage. We have a full benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, and a paid parental leave program.
Learning and development. Access the resources you want to help you grow in your role by utilizing our $750 yearly training stipend.
Growth. You’ll have a huge opportunity to build a career for yourself and gain the type of experience you’re looking for, whether that’s as an individual contributor or as a people leader.
Currently, Forma.ai does not use artificial intelligence as part of our recruitment process, specifically but not limited to the screening, filtering and shortlisting of applicants.
Forma is a proud equal opportunity employer that is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment. Every effort to accommodate candidates for accessibility will be made upon request. Information received related to accommodations will be addressed confidentially. We know that applying to a new role takes a lot of effort. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. There are many paths to a successful career and we’re looking forward to reading yours.
We thank all candidates for their interest however only qualified applicants will be shortlisted.
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