Who we are:
Founded in 2013, Ignition is the leading revenue generation platform for accounting and professional services businesses to spark greater efficiency and profitability.
Ignition automates and optimizes proposals, billing, payments and workflows in a single platform that fits seamlessly into existing technology stacks.
With a vision to transform how professional services and their clients do business together, Ignition empowers 7,250+ businesses to reach their full revenue potential.
To date, Ignition customers have engaged over 1.7 million clients and generated US $8b in revenue via the platform.
Ignition’s global workforce spans Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the Philippines, US and the UK.
Company Values:
- We are better everyday
- We work without ego
- We are smarter together
- We hero our customer
Role Location: We are open to any candidates with the right work in Toronto, Canada.
Hybrid Work Environment: At Ignition, we’ve embraced hybrid working to allow for in-person connection, while also providing flexibility for our employees to do their best work. This role would require 1 day in office (currently Tuesdays). Our office is located at 100 University Avenue, which is conveniently located within the Financial District of Downtown Toronto, near Union Station and the TTC.
Job DescriptionThe purpose of this role is to contribute to the ongoing improvement and development of our software and processes using modern engineering practices with continuous deployment of high quality software code.
What your day to day will look like:
Building new, improving and maintaining existing frontend components
Conversion of wireframes and mock-ups into fully functioning app features
Implementing the structure and design of web app sections
Developing features to enhance the user experience
Automating tasks through appropriate tools and scripting
Supporting validation and verification testing
Delivery of cross-browser compatibility for the platform
Creation and maintenance of software documentation
Optimising web pages for maximum speed and scalability
Committing to support a safe, mindful, and productive team environment, maintaining open, honest, and respectful communication
Learn from others and mentor those around you to help them grow
Play an important role in shaping the technical direction of frontend development
How we do it:
Building high quality, clean, efficient, and reusable code for future use
Collaborating with internal teams including other developers, designers, product managers and client-facing employees
Communicating design ideas and approaches to enhancing the platform
Ensuring user experience determines design choices.
Collaborating with vendors to fix and improve products
Our stack:
Single page app: TypeScript, React, Chakra, React-hook-form.
Ruby/Rails, GraphQL, Postgres, Redis - managed by backend engineers
Testing is done with Jest and Cypress (frontend); Rspec (backend)
CI/CD using CircleCI and GitHub
How we work:
Distributed team
Continuous Delivery
Code Reviews
Sprints
Spark Projects
Retrospectives
Who you are:
Curiosity to develop knowledge of a variety of programming languages and frameworks.
Someone who can engage in robust and articulate dialogue while maintaining an open mind.
There’s an unshakeable desire to write testable and well tested code.
A skilful and dependable person who recognizes that there is always more to learn.
A sense of humour, and the ability to focus yet still have a laugh in high pressure situations.
A pragmatic, objective thinker who can weigh up options based on requirements, best fit and maturity of technology
What you need to succeed:
6+ years frontend development experience
Proficiency with TypeScript, React.js, HTML, CSS and modern JavaScript tooling
Experience with responsive and adaptive design
Good problem solving skills
Excellent verbal communication skills
Good interpersonal skills
Why join us:
Join our global SaaS scale-up company where we foster a collaborative, open, and transparent culture and work without ego. Our team comprises curious and intelligent colleagues who embrace challenges. Here's what we offer:
- Employee stock options from day one
- 20 days of accrued annual vacation plus 10 wellbeing days to prioritize yourself and your loved ones
- Additional paid day off to celebrate your birthday, along with 2 paid days off a year for volunteering
- Health, dental, and vision benefits starting immediately
- Annual education allowance reimbursement to support your professional development
- Employee recognition program
- Quarterly wellness allowance to invest in your personal wellness
- Paid subscriptions to Headspace and LifeWorks EAP & Wellbeing Platform
- Flexible working arrangements, supported by WFH reimbursement and technology allowance to ensure your safety while working from home
- Personal tax return assistance (since we're in the accounting business!)
- Paid parental leave
Experience comes in many forms, and skills are transferable, please consider applying, even if you don’t tick all the boxes.
Your recruiter will share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.
Ignition is an equal opportunity employer, providing fair consideration to all applicants regardless of background.
Ignition is committed to providing accommodations throughout the hiring process. If there’s a fit, we’ll work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For questions, requests, or alternate formats, contact us at [email protected].
