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Front End Developer

Reinventing the way engineering teams design collaboratively.

CoLab Software

Employee count: 51-200

Canada only

About CoLab

At CoLab, we help mechanical engineering teams bring life-changing products to market years sooner.
CoLab is a cloud based platform purpose built for fast, effective design review. Using CoLab, multiple engineers, designers, and other stakeholders can review designs together and build off one another's feedback. Engineers at companies like Ford, Komatsu, and Johnson Controls use CoLab to review designs faster, prevent mistakes, and build the next generation of innovative products.

About the Role

As a Front-End Developer (Software Developer III) on our Build Reviews Team, you’ll bring modern, user-focused front-end skills to an evolving platform used by global engineering teams. You’ll work with designers, product managers, and back-end developers to build responsive, performant, and accessible UI experiences — helping CoLab users engage with complex data and workflows in simple, intuitive ways.

This is an intermediate role — ideal for someone who has real production experience in React and TypeScript, is confident navigating a modern front-end codebase, and is looking to grow through collaboration, ownership, and impact.

Our Ideal Candidate

You’ve worked in a front-end role at a SaaS company or on a product team, and you’re comfortable shipping features with real users and real deadlines. You write clean, maintainable code and enjoy working closely with design and product to bring thoughtful interactions to life.

Experience working on high-usage interfaces or data-rich applications is an asset. This role requires both technical confidence and curiosity — someone who wants to build an excellent UI, but is also motivated by learning how users work and how to make their experience better.

Success Will Be Measured By:

  • On-time delivery of user-facing features and enhancements
  • Code that’s scalable, accessible, and easy to maintain
  • Clear communication and collaboration across teams
  • Proactive ownership of tasks and awareness of broader technical context
  • Contributions to front-end best practices and continuous improvement

Job Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain UI features using React, TypeScript, and our internal component library
  • Work with product and design to translate user needs into front-end solutions
  • Develop, test, and ship changes regularly as part of sprint-based releases
  • Participate in code reviews and contribute to front-end architecture decisions
  • Advocate for performance, accessibility, and usability across the platform
  • Collaborate with back-end and infrastructure teams to integrate APIs and optimize workflows
  • Help maintain and improve our testing practices using tools like Cypress or Playwright
  • Share your knowledge and learn from others — mentorship is a two-way street

Qualifications

Required:

  • 3+ years of professional front-end development experience
  • Strong proficiency with React, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS
  • Experience integrating APIs and working within a modern front-end toolchain (e.g. Vite, Webpack, npm, ESLint)
  • Familiarity with Git workflow (pull requests, branches, code reviews)
  • Experience writing automated tests (unit, integration, and E2E)
  • Understanding of front-end performance principles and accessibility best practices
  • Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset

Nice-to-Have:

  • Experience with design systems and scalable component libraries
  • Familiarity with GraphQL
  • Experience working closely with product designers

Extra Details

  • Compensation: This is a full-time, permanent position with an attractive compensation package that includes a stock options package.
  • Benefits: This role offers an extended health and benefits package that includes unlimited paid vacation and RRSP matching.
  • Remote/Hybrid Work: Our main office is located in St. John’s, NL, where we offer hybrid and remote opportunities. This role has the flexibility to work from anywhere within Canada.

Equity Note

Frequently cited statistics show that people who identify with historically marginalized groups are likely to apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. We encourage you to help us break that statistic and apply even if you don’t meet every single qualification — your potential is what matters most to us.

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About CoLab Software

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Reinventing the way engineering teams design collaboratively. Our mission is to build the future — faster.

Our founders are mechanical engineers who've worked on innovative technology ranging from advanced medical devices and electric cars to breakthrough Hyperloop pod design and billion-dollar energy projects. But across the industry, no matter what tech they worked on, one thing was always the same: every team was stuck using archaic processes for working together—and it was slowing them down.

So, instead of wishing and waiting for a better way, Adam and Jeremy parked their design careers... and started building the tools engineers deserve.

Culture and values

Kindness and Respect Come First

  • We treat one another with respect.

  • We are kind to ourselves and others even when times are tough.

  • We seek to understand, and are transparent when we need help.

  • We have hard conversations and openly provide constructive feedback.

Ownership mentality

  • We take responsibility for outcomes and not just outputs: “It’s up to me to close the loop, not just check the box.”

  • We don’t give up the first time we hit a roadblock. We set clear goals and we stay focused on them until we succeed.

  • We take initiative, both within and outside our direct area of responsibility.

  • We operate with a healthy dose of paranoia: never panicked, but always trying to see around corners and anticipate challenges before they derail a product launch, customer onboarding, or sales opportunity

Better Everyday

  • We’re hungry, eager to solve tough problems, succeed in challenging roles, and work with people that push us to be our best

  • We make the best decisions we can, knowing no decision is still a decision and forward motion is better. We know that every step forward, big or small, builds momentum.

  • We strive for excellence in everything we do — we never settle.

  • We measure our progress — what’s visible can be improved.

One Team, One Mission

  • We always act in the best interest of our customers and CoLab.

  • We are the teammate we want to work with — we get what we give.

  • We are disciplined. We don’t get distracted by shiny objects.

What we look for in candidates

  • Grit: The average person would think that every job at CoLab is too hard. But if you love a challenge and seek excellence in everything you do, you will thrive here.

  • Business and technical acumen: CoLab is a complex product with lots of use cases. Our messaging is nuanced. We’re creating a new category of software, and nobody has a budget for it - yet. We’ll train you on how to overcome all of these obstacles, but you must come willing and able to learn.

  • Coachable team players: We’re looking for people that care about the success of the team as much or more than their individual success. Succeeding at CoLab requires a growth mindset and the ability to gracefully respond to constructive feedback.

  • Confidence, with low ego: You can hold your own in a conversation with a customer or a vendor. You can clearly communicate feedback to anyone at any level of the company – and you treat each of them with respect.

Employee benefits

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Healthcare benefits

Health and dental insurance (covered at 100% for the employee)

Retirement benefits

Generous 401(k) and RRSP matching to help you invest in your future.

Equity benefits

Competitive compensation package that includes a stock options package.

Unlimited time off

Take as much time off as you want as long as it doesn't interfere with your ability to do your work.

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