Software Engineer II (Frontend)

Our Business

FISPAN is an Enterprise SaaS FinTech company that allows banks to deploy embedded financial products and services to create a seamless banking connection for their corporate clients. Our product aims to provide instant scale and reach for banks who want to remove friction and add value by enabling their commercial banking clients to access banking services through their preferred operational software. Founded in 2016 by renowned entrepreneur Lisa Shields, FISPAN is on a mission to create the best product in the FinTech industry and fundamentally change the way that companies bank. Being the market leader in ERP banking, we work with the world’s Tier 1 banks with assets exceeding up to $3T, including J.P. Morgan Chase. With our rapid growth, we are looking for dynamic and passionate individuals to join our high-performance team, in an inclusive culture, that rockets us to number 1 in our space. FISPAN recognizes that passionate, hard-working individuals with diverse backgrounds are what makes innovation happen.

We are looking for an experienced frontend engineer who loves technology, can take ownership of projects, is able to design and implement solutions to complex problems, feels proud of their craft, and is excited to be part of a team re-shaping the definition of corporate banking applications.

As a Software Engineer II at FISPAN, you will play a key role in implementing modern, scalable, production-ready frontend applications while working closely with cross-functional teams, including backend engineers and QA, in an Agile environment. You will contribute to the evolution of our platform and help deliver new, high-quality features for our clients.
For a look at our technology stack, check out the following link: https://stackshare.io/fispan/fispan.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement new functionality using modern JavaScript libraries like React, Redux, TypeScript, and RTK within a micro-frontend architecture.
• Improve automated testing suites by contributing to the full testing cycle, starting with unit tests in Jest, and integration and E2E tests with Playwright (TypeScript-based).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (including backend engineers, QA, and designers) to ensure seamless integration and delivery of new features.
• Design and develop clean, reusable, and maintainable code, while reducing UI complexity and enhancing performance.
• Identify and resolve bugs and issues related to user experience (UX) and UI flows in existing applications.
• Participate in design reviews and assess the feasibility of design mockups to ensure high-quality execution.
• Estimate timeframes for development tasks and manage your workload efficiently to meet project timelines.
• Take ownership of features from development to production, ensuring smooth deployment and monitoring post-release.
• Contribute to the team’s continuous improvement by sharing knowledge, reviewing code, and embracing best practices in development
  

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has past experience working with JavaScript frameworks like React and Redux (RTK)
  
• Has extensive experience with Typescript
  
• Has extensive experience with modern CSS / SCSS features and fundamentals (grid layouts, color spaces, container queries, etc.)
  
• Has experience writing and maintaining tests for UI projects with Jest & Playwright
  
• Has past experience working with NodeJS and microservice architecture
  
• Has some experience with SQL
  
• Can identify when something will lead to a subpar user experience
  
• Has a strong focus on writing clean, reusable, and maintainable code
  
• Has an ability to create consistent, responsive, and pixel-perfect user interfaces based on design mockups.
  
• Has a strong understanding of accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG 2.1) and the ability to implement them.
  
• Has experience with Styled Components for styling React components and implementing consistent design patterns across the platform.
  
• Has experience with source control (e.g., Git) and build systems like Webpack / Rollout.
  

Nice to Haves

• A previous, frontend-focused, full-time position
  
• Experience with Node.js and microservice architecture
  
• Previous experience or knowledge of functional programming
  
• Previous experience with Elasticsearch, MongoDB and PostgreSQL
  
• Previous experience with Kotlin or Java
  
• Previous experience with Svelte
  
• Previous experience with Ramda
  Any experience with ERP systems and Plugin Development.

Please include your personal portfolio, or examples of your previous work as part of your application. We’d love to see what you’ve built!

Why Work With Us?

• Experienced team

Our CEO’s previous venture, Hyperwallet, was purchased by Paypal and ranks as one of the largest Canadian acquisitions! All of our Co-Founders are seasoned professionals within their field. Join our team to build your network and engage in mentorship opportunities.

• Start-Up Environment

FISPAN’s start-up nature implies autonomy and leadership over projects. Our employees hold a higher level of responsibility and are presented with various hands-on opportunities from the get-go. We want our team to reach their full potential and career aspirations.

• Rich Culture

We understand that personal growth happens on multiple levels, which is why we encourage a work-life balance to have family time, explore new ideas and develop hobbies. At FISPAN, you can also expect various (virtual) company-wide events and clubs to drive engagement.

• Perks

Our prime downtown Vancouver office is close to a Skytrain, prestige shopping, and coastal views. FISPAN employees have access to our building fitness centre and amenities, fully stocked cupboards, weekly team lunches, and daily coffee runs. We also set our employees up for success by providing the most modern MacBook and Apple equipment.

Compensation and Benefits Package

FISPAN believes in an atmosphere and culture when innovation can flourish, collaboration and teamwork are valued and transparency is at the core of it all. We want our employees to see how the ideas they help generate today have an impact on how we do business tomorrow.With that, the hiring salary range for this position is $98,000-$115,000 annually; the base pay offered is based on comparable market data from companies of similar employee size, revenue and location.As part of our total rewards offering, permanent employees in this position may be eligible for our competitive semi-annual bonus program, subject to program eligibility requirements. 

At FISPAN, we reward employees for achieving their objectives, going beyond the requirements of their job, demonstrating leadership, fostering innovation and advancing the organization as a whole. We value talented people of all backgrounds and characteristics that share our vision of being the number one platform for the business banking ecosystem. 

Other components of our towards rewards offerings include support of career development, wellbeing, and personal growth. 

• Extended health and dental benefits
• Paid time off 
• Savings and retirement plan matching
• Parenthood top-up
• Mentorship programs, and leadership series (to name a few) 

Note: The incentive programs, benefits, and perks have certain eligibility requirements and may vary, only be partially or not at all available based on criteria such as location, employment status, etc. We’ll be happy to clarify eligibility for interviewing candidates. 

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

As FISPAN continues to grow, we are committed to celebrating diversity, endorsing equity, and encouraging inclusion. This starts in the recruitment process. All job postings are first evaluated in a gender decoding platform to ensure fair candidate pools. Human Resources and hiring managers also engage in blind-hiring and resume review practices to ensure we are being objective and mitigating any potential biases. FISPAN’S underrepresented groups stand at over 50% with an equal gender balance in our upper manager team, as well. Notably, this position is within the Product department which has our most underrepresented groups representation at over 50% of the department. We aim to make FISPAN the best place to start, explore, and grow a career for everyone.