Company Introduction
QRA is building the foundation for humans to guide autonomous product development. We specialize in intent-driven development. Our mission is to enable humans to define, refine, and develop their intent when building the world’s complex cyber-physical systems. Our team of missionaries believes in our mission, cares for each other, and strives to exemplify our core values of Tenacity, Agency, and Openness. If you are looking for a place where you can grow, where you are encouraged and helped to develop your skillset and your career, apply today!
We are looking for a Front-End Software Engineer to help us better design, integrate and implement new systems. Our customers span the Medical Device, Automotive, Energy, and Semiconductor industries. They build complex systems that are almost always a blend of software and hardware.
We are looking for a Front-End Software Engineer to join QRA’s engineering team. Our Front-End Engineer will ship user-focused interfaces and work closely with our Product and Design teams all while collaborating with many other functional teams across QRA.
QRA’s Engineers have the ability to influence our product roadmap. This is an excellent opportunity to join a team where you can learn from our experienced engineers and other co-workers.
As a Front-End Software Engineer at QRA, you will:
· Ship production-grade code
· Grow and maintain QRA’s technical excellence by ensuring the practices that are used are best for the team and product.
· Contribute to QRA’s culture.
· Work on technically challenging projects to deliver impactful apps on desktops and browsers.
· Use Typescript and React to build refined interfaces that weave elegantly into users' workflows.
· Collaborate with internal engine and platform teams to offer product offerings to our customers.
· Simplify the complexity of system engineer’s work in building planes, bridges, and nuclear plants.
QRA is Looking for Someone Who?
· Represents our Core Values – tenacity, agency and openness
· Has the ability to collaborate across all teams of the organization
· Has solid software engineering fundamentals, including knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
· Has intermediate to advanced knowledge of JavaScript (and/or TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
· Has experience with ReactJS, AngularJS, or a similar framework.
· Isn’t afraid to take the initiative concerning infrastructure challenges.
· Knows modern web client development and testing tools.
· Has a good understanding and practical knowledge of continuous integration and delivery methods.
· Has functional programming experience.
· Nice to have, experience running experiments or A/B tests to test any product hypotheses.
Benefits
(Work) Life of a QRexian
We are a young and growing tech startup. Our team is located primarily in Halifax, Canada, but we have teammates throughout Canada, in South America, and in India. We are an eclectic bunch, and we value diversity of lifestyle, of activities, of background, and of modes of thinking. We are an empowered team, and we treat people as adults. We do not micromanage. We offer a full suite of benefits and an open vacation policy; we make sure people get the time off they need, when they need it, and for whatever reason they need it. The First Friday of every month we gather at a local (to Halifax) craft brewery to enjoy each other’s company, and to refresh our palate with beverages and pizza. We hold several companywide social events throughout the year with the highlight being our annual St. QRex Day celebration – A QRA specific summer holiday that is becoming the stuff of epic legend. To get your name engraved on the St. QRex Cup is to be immortalised forever in QRexian lore. Come find out for yourself!
Thank you for reading to the end. If you are serious about the position and are eager to join, please tell us why you are interested and why you believe yourself to be the person we are looking for. We look forward to meeting you.
QRA Corp is an equal opportunity employer
We are dedicated to building an inclusive community with a shared purpose and are committed to a barrier-free recruitment and selection process. We especially welcome applications from Indigenous peoples, members of racialized communities, persons with disabilities, women, and persons who identify as 2SLGBTQ+. We also encourage applications from people with disabilities, and accommodations will be available on request from candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process. All information regarding accommodations will be kept confidential.
If you are interested, forward your Cover Letter and Resume to careers@qracorp.com. QRA will only accept applications that have a Cover Letter and Resume.