Full Stack Engineer
2 days ago
Halifax NS, Halifax County, NS; Nova Scotia, Canada
Arrivals + Departures
Full-time
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Arrivals + Departures (A+D) is a national and proudly independent full-service creative and media agency, employing 80+ people with offices in Toronto and Halifax. We are committed to building an environment where everyone feels included, valued, and heard. Diversity and inclusion are an important part of our everyday work, and it is our belief that they enable us to reach our goal of seeing the world differently. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communications and/or people with intersectional identities. As a Full Stack Developer, you’ll work alongside our tech lead, UX/UI designers, project managers and data team to take projects from discovery through launch and ongoing support. You’re as comfortable building a polished, accessible front end as you are designing content models, integrating APIs and managing deployments and you enjoy the variety that comes with agency work.
Build and maintain responsive, accessible websites and web applications on both traditional CMS platforms (WordPress, Drupal) and headless stacks (Contentful, Next.js, Vercel)
Design content models and editorial workflows that make sites easy for clients to manage and scale
Integrate third‑party platforms through REST and GraphQL APIs, search, personalization, CRM, donation, forms and analytics tools
Build to WCAG 2.1 AA and AODA accessibility standards, and deliver bilingual (English/French) sites
Own performance, technical SEO and Core Web Vitals on the sites you build
Implement analytics and tracking (GA4, Google Tag Manager) in partnership with our data team
Manage code in Git, take part in peer code reviews, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and staging/preview environments
Scope and estimate development work, contribute to technical sections of proposals and RFP responses, and recommend the right stack for each client
Explain technical decisions clearly to clients and non‑technical teammates, and document your work so others can pick it up
Use AI‑assisted development tools responsibly to work smarter, and help shape how our team uses them
Strong experience with React and Next.js
~ Solid PHP skills and hands‑on experience building custom WordPress and/or Drupal sites (themes, plugins/modules, Twig)
~ Comfortable with Node.js, REST/GraphQL APIs and relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
~ Working knowledge of cloud hosting and deployment (Vercel, AWS), DNS and SSL, and web security best practices (OWASP)
~ Practical understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG, AODA) and accessibility testing tools
~ Experience writing automated tests (unit, integration, end‑to‑end) and working in an Agile environment
~ A solid grasp of UX principles and the ability to collaborate closely with designers working in Figma
~ Donation, CRM or marketing automation platform integrations
Please note this is a six month contract position.