Intermediate JavaScript Developer

About Later

The world’s favorite Instagram marketing platform.

Visually plan your social posts, publish automatically, and get tailored insights to help you reach more people.

Position

Later is looking for a full time Javascript Developer to join their engineering team. In this role you will be responsible for developing and delivering reliable, scalable front end applications. Our applications are used by thousands of people every day, what you do will directly impact the user experience and interface.

This role is tailor made for someone who has a strong interest in writing tested, idiomatic and documented Javascript with a strong understanding of user experience and user interface. Working closely with both the Product and Engineering teams, the Javascript Developer will create and document solutions, feasibility of implementation and estimations for requests.

The role requires someone who is detail oriented, possesses excellent time management skills and can juggle multiple projects at once. We are looking for someone with strong technical skills, an excellent communicator with a desire to work in a fast-paced environment and who has the ability to prioritize work to ensure that deadlines are met.

Your qualification

• Significant experience with client-side Javascript including ES6+ / HTML5 / CSS / JSON
• Significant experience with EmberJS or other client-side frameworks (Angular, React, Vue)
• Knowledge of API design, event-handling in the browser and modern asynchronous programming
• Experience with Mocha, QUnit or other Javascript testing frameworks
• Write clean, maintainable, testable code
• A desire to mentor junior developers
• Ability to perform code reviews, create detailed plans and willingness to work collaboratively with a development team 
• Excellent technical, troubleshooting and analytical skills 
• Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience required
• 3+ years of development experience
• Entrepreneurial by nature, you excel in a fast-paced, agile environment where critical thinking and strong problem solving skills are a given
• Tech startup industry is where you want to be. You thrive on the cutting edge and get excited to learn more, push boundaries and innovate every day
• Bonus: Knowledge of Ruby on Rails (it’s our backend)
• Bonus: An avid Instagrammer who loves photos and pictures

What we offer

• A generous Education & Conference Budget
• Health Savings Plan
• Flexible Hours & Work Schedule
• Technology Bonus
• Annual Company Retreat
• Vacation & Sick Days
• Bright, spacious, and modern office, 5 rooftop patios with amazing city views

Product and Development roles are based out of our Vancouver headquarters. If you are not located in Vancouver, but interested in relocating for the role let us know!