Front End Developer

PLATO is Canada's only Indigenous-led, Indigenous-staffed software testing services firm. We insist on working with quality people who share our passion for quality testing and have built a team of people who also believe quality is the most important deliverable.

We are committed to building strong communities - PLATO trains and employs members of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities across the country and strives to build a network of 1000 Indigenous software testers across Canada. PLATO has offices on or near Indigenous communities across Canada in Ottawa, Fredericton, Sault Ste Marie, Regina, Calgary, and Vancouver.

We are seeking a skilled Front-End Developer with expertise in Salesforce Lightning Web Components (LWC) to join our agile team. You will be responsible for translating Figma designs into high-quality, performant components and collaborating closely with developers, designers, and stakeholders to deliver exceptional user experiences.

Responsibilities

• Requirement Analysis: Understand business requirements captured in Figma and translate them into technical specifications.
• Component Design: Design custom LWCs based on Figma designs to meet specific functionality and UI requirements.
• Development: Write code for custom LWCs using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS in Visual Studio Code.
• Integration: Integrate LWCs with Salesforce data and services using Apex controllers and APIs.
• Testing: Perform unit and integration testing to ensure components work as expected.
• Debugging: Identify and fix bugs or issues in LWCs.
• Optimization: Optimize LWC performance for better user experience.
• Documentation: Create and maintain documentation for developed components.
• Version Control: Use Git to manage code changes.
• Collaboration: Work closely with other developers, designers, and stakeholders to ensure requirements are met.
• Scrum Participation: Participate in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and refinement meetings.
• Deployment: Deploy LWCs to different environments using Salesforce DX.
• Maintenance: Provide ongoing support and enhancements for LWCs.

Qualifications
Mandatory Skills

• Minimum of 5+ years of Front End Development experience
• JavaScript
• Web Standards
• HTML5
• Salesforce Lightning Web Components (LWC)
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Apex, Salesforce APIs, and integration best practices.
• Familiarity with Figma for translating UI designs into code.
• Knowledge of Git and version control workflows.
• Understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Salesforce certifications (Platform Developer I or II).

About PLATO
Who We Are
PLATO is a software testing and technology services company trusted by clients around the world.

In addition to providing our clients the highest quality software testing services, PLATO is creating careers in technology for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people from coast to coast to coast through our innovative train-and-employ model. Since 1997, we have been helping organizations all over the world reach their quality objectives by delivering scalable, proven, quality-centric managed services. Companies such as Apple, Suncor, TD Bank, Medavie, BCLC, LinkedIn, Boeing, and many others have gained considerable advantage from our Quality Assurance (QA), Testing, and eLearning expertise and experience.

We deliver specialized QA services to our clients with the goal of helping them increase profitability, boost customer satisfaction, manage development cycles and implement quality-centric solutions. We develop innovative approaches and solutions, designed to generate increased efficiencies, competitive advantage, and market share for our clients.