Front-End Engineer

About VoPay

Headquartered in Vancouver, BC, VoPay was established to help businesses navigate the complexities of payments and financial services. VoPay provides secure, data-driven API payment infrastructure and embedded solutions to software platforms and enterprises across North America. At the heart of VoPay's offering is a multi-tenancy architecture fused with a comprehensive payment engine, epitomizing the concept of Fintech-as-a-Service.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Front-End Engineer to take ownership of building and optimizing user-facing features of our platform. This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about creating seamless, intuitive, and high-performance user experiences, while also contributing to the evolution of our front-end architecture, frameworks, and best practices as we continue to scale.

Key Responsibilities:
Product Development

• Create and iterate on customer-facing payment applications and internal admin dashboards using React, TypeScript, and SCSS;
• Rapidly prototype and ship new features in a fast-paced fintech environment where speed and quality both matter;
• Work with UX/UI designer to implement production-ready interfaces;
• Ensure payment flows are intuitive, secure, and work flawlessly across different devices and browsers;
• Integrate with REST APIs to display real-time payment data, transaction histories, and customer information;
• Collaborate with the marketing team to implement new pages and features on our marketing website.

Code Quality & Collaboration

• Participate in code reviews via Bitbucket pull requests, sharing knowledge with the team;
• Balance moving fast with writing clean code—knowing when to ship quickly and when to refactor;
• Debug production issues and implement fixes swiftly to minimize downtime;
• Collaborate daily with designers, back-end developers, and product managers in our office environment.

Growth & Ownership

• Take ownership of features from concept through deployment, making technical decisions along the way;
• Help establish front-end patterns and conventions as we scale our applications;
• Mentor team members and share knowledge about best practices, patterns, etc;
• Contribute to technical discussions about architecture, tooling, and how to maintain velocity without sacrificing quality.

Skills & Qualifications
Core Technical Skills

• 7+ years building production web applications with modern frameworks (ideally React/TypeScript)
• Strong CSS skills—you can translate complex Figma designs and animations into responsive, polished interfaces using SCSS
• Solid experience in managing complex application state
• Comfortable with modern tooling: Vite, Git workflows, and working in a Bitbucket/Jira environment.

Diverse Experience & Adaptability

• Worked at multiple companies to gain exposure to different perspectives, practices;
• Brings fresh perspectives from previous roles and can discern what works well versus what doesn't;
• Adapts quickly to new codebases and workflows—you've done it before and know how to ramp up efficiently;
• Can compare and contrast different approaches to solving problems (state management, testing strategies, component architecture, etc.);
• Attention to detail and precision—small bugs in payment flows have big consequences;
• Understanding of form validation, error handling, and creating trustworthy user experiences;
• Thrives in a fast-paced, high-velocity environment where priorities can shift quickly;
• Comfortable making pragmatic technical decisions under time pressure;
• Strong communication skills for daily in-person collaboration;
• Self-directed and able to take ambiguous requirements and turn them into working features.
• Enjoys the energy of an in-office startup environment (5 days/week in office).

Nice to Have

• Experience writing end-to-end tests (Cypress experience is a plus);
• Understanding of web security fundamentals;
• Experience with component libraries or design systems;
• Familiarity with AWS services or deployment pipelines;
• Familiarity with MySQL or relational databases;
• Interest in financial technology and making complex processes simple for users;
• Fintech-relevant experience.

What We Offer

High-impact work: As part of a small, agile team, every member plays a key role in driving our success.

Opportunity to shape the future of our front-end – Help define our front-end practices and architecture as we scale, including the introduction of new technologies, frameworks, and processes.

Collaborative environment – Work closely with cross-functional teammates in a supportive setting, with shared ownership rather than siloed responsibilities.

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