Software Engineer (frontend)

What makes us Qlik?

A Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for 14 years in a row, Qlik transforms complex data landscapes into actionable insights, driving strategic business outcomes. Serving over 40,000 global customers, our portfolio leverages pervasive data quality and advanced AI/ML capabilities that lead to better decisions, faster.

We excel in integration and governance solutions that work with diverse data sources, and our real-time analytics uncover hidden patterns, empowering teams to address complex challenges and seize new opportunities.

We were also recognized as one of National Capital Region's 2024 Top Employers in Canada, read on to see why!

The Software Engineer (Frontend) Role

Join us at Qlik as a Frontend Software Engineer and become a driving force in crafting user interfaces that serve as the critical first touchpoint for our users. As an integral part of our team, you’ll be at the forefront of developing and maintaining platform-level UI components that intuitively combine our product’s capabilities and are reused across the organization. Your work will shape how users first experience and continuously interact with our product.

What makes this role interesting?

Design and Develop High-Impact UIs: Be a key player in designing, developing, and maintaining user interfaces that set the tone for our users’ entire experience with our product.

Collaborate Across Teams: Work with a diverse team of software engineers and domain experts to create user-friendly solutions that address complex challenges.

User-Centric Design: Engage directly with users to gather feedback and iterate on UI designs. Your ability to empathize with users and translate their needs into intuitive interfaces will be key.

Platform-Level Components: Develop reusable UI components that other teams can integrate into their products, ensuring a consistent and cohesive user experience across the platform.

Here’s how you’ll be making an impact:

Passionate Team Collaboration: Join a passionate development team focused on enabling our customers to get the most out of their data, engaging in challenging software development projects and next-generation technologies.

Collaborate with Product Design: Work closely with product design teams to design and deliver critical functionalities that support our evolving product vision.

Evaluate New Technologies: Apply your expertise to identify and evaluate new technologies, ensuring the performance, maintainability, and reliability of our software systems.

Embrace Best Practices: Implement software engineering best practices, from CI/CD and automation to monitoring and security.

As part of our team, you will:

• Build innovative User Interfaces using modern client technologies.
• Prepare development plans for major feature deliveries.
• Coordinate and collaborate with other front end/back-end developers on features.
• Provide PR reviews and mentorship to other junior developers.
• Have end-to-end ownership of our features – you will be involved in design, development, testing and deploying to production cloud.

You will be successful if you have:

• A passion for creating beautiful high-performance Web UIs.
• A reputation for consistently delivering elegant, efficient and reusable JavaScript code.
• An obsession with testing, testability and code quality.
• Passionate problem-solving mindset.
• Proven sense of ownership with a desire to learn and grow.
• Strong communication skills for collaborating with design teams and fellow developers.

We’re looking for a teammate with:

• A degree in Computer Science or a related field, with 5+ years of experience in similar roles, building production-quality software in large-scale data and distributed environments.
• Experienced with React, Typescript, or any modern JS framework.
• Strong proficiency with Typescript / JavaScript, HTML, CSS and API Design.
• Strength in developing responsive front ends, design patterns with performance and scalability in mind.
• Knowledgeable in containerization and orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes) and Cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Knowledgeable in unittest frameworks such as Jest and Vitest and E2E testing with Playwright.

The location for this role is:

Ottawa, ON Canada

Apply now and help change how the world transforms complex data landscapes into actionable insights and turns complex data challenges into new opportunities!

More about Qlik and who we are:

Find out more about life at Qlik on social: Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and X/Twitter, and to see all other opportunities to join us and our values, check out our Careers Page.

What else do we offer?

• National Capital Region's 2024 Top Employers in Canada: https://reviews.canadastop100.com/top-employer-qliktech
• Genuine career progression pathways and mentoring programs
• Culture of innovation, technology, collaboration, and openness
• Flexible, diverse, and international work environment

Giving back is a huge part of our culture. Alongside an extra “change the world” day plus another for personal development, we also highly encourage participation in our Corporate Responsibility Employee Programs

The anticipated base salary range for this role is $135,000 - $155,000 CDN per year. Final compensation offered by Qlik will be based on factors such as the candidate’s location, job-related skills, education, experience, and other business and organizational needs. Qlik offers a comprehensive benefits package, eligibility requirements for benefits will be controlled by applicable Qlik plan documents and policies.

If you need assistance applying for a role due to a disability, please submit your request via email to accessibilityta @ qlik.com. Any information you provide will be treated according to Qlik’s Recruitment Privacy Notice. Qlik may only respond to emails related to accommodation requests.

Qlik is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Qlik via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Qlik. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Qlik as a result of the referral or through other means.