Senior Software Developer (6-month fixed-term contract)

About Orium

Orium builds smart, modern commerce solutions that help enterprise brands move faster and stay ahead.

By bringing together AI, data, and composable systems, we create experiences designed for collaboration between people and intelligent agents— helping our clients work more efficiently, adapt quickly, and gain a long-term competitive edge.

With more composable launches than any firm in the Americas and deep expertise across commerce architecture, we partner with leading technology providers to deliver scalable solutions that evolve with our clients and accelerate time to value.

We blend systems thinking, data-driven design, and intelligent delivery, embedding AI and agents into our own teams to move faster, reduce friction, and co-create with greater precision. The result: adaptive, cross-channel experiences that keep our clients ahead of what’s next.

About the Opportunity

Are you passionate about tackling complex technical challenges and building solutions that genuinely move the needle? As a Senior Software Developer at Orium, you'll collaborate with high-profile enterprise clients to shape digital experiences that reach thousands of users daily. Leveraging composable commerce architecture, modern frameworks, and an evolving suite of AI-accelerated development tools, you’ll help lead the next generation of eCommerce experiences.

Reporting to the Manager of Software Development, you’ll play a key role in levelling up our development practices, mentoring teammates, and shaping the future of how Orium builds software. This is a role for a builder, a collaborator, and someone energized by combining technical mastery with emerging AI capabilities to deliver standout work.

Contract Details: This role will begin as a 6-month fixed-term agreement, with the possibility of converting to a full-time, permanent position based on performance, business needs, and mutual fit.

Responsibilities

• Support and mentor developers in designing and implementing project work, ensuring high-quality deliverables.
• Collaborate with designers and Product Managers to estimate, prioritize, and plan work within an Agile framework.
• Maintain transparency by proactively updating stakeholders on progress, risks, and technical decision-making.
• Create clear and maintainable documentation and diagrams that communicate complex solutions to clients and teammates.
• Engage directly with clients to understand requirements, provide updates, and address questions with clarity and professionalism.
• Write clean, efficient, well-documented code following industry best practices.
• Participate in code reviews to uphold high-quality, scalable, and consistent codebases.
• Leverage modern AI-powered and agentic developer tools (e.g., Claude Code, Devin, GitHub Copilot, Codex) to improve velocity, quality, and creativity in problem-solving.
• Evaluate when and how to apply AI-assisted development responsibly, balancing efficiency with sound engineering judgment.
• Explore opportunities to integrate automation and AI into workflows (e.g., test generation, scaffolding, documentation, debugging assistance, architecture exploration).
• Contribute to shaping Orium’s internal adoption of AI for software development and share learnings with the team.

Skills and Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience as a full-stack JavaScript developer, with expertise in both front-end and back-end development.
• Experience working with eCommerce or retail POS/OMS systems.
• Strong proficiency in modern web technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React.js, GraphQL, Next.js, Node.js, Chakra UI, React Query, TypeScript.
• Understanding of responsive design and the nuances of mobile vs. desktop interactions.
• Excellent interpersonal and client-facing communication skills.
• Experience with modern digital and AI-assisted development tools, with an openness to using agentic coding tools to boost development efficiency.
• Strong critical thinking around the role of AI in development, understanding both the opportunities and limitations as part of the engineering process.
• A mindset of continuous learning, experimentation, and curiosity.
• An asset if you are bilingual in English and Spanish

Is the Role a Fit for You?

You’ll thrive as a Senior Developer at Orium if:

• You love building. The idea of taking something from concept to functional reality energizes you.
• You crave new challenges and embrace the unknown with curiosity and a can-do attitude.
• You value knowledge-sharing and being part of a team that co-owns outcomes, not lone-wolf heroics.
• You’re excited to use AI-powered tools thoughtfully and strategically to enhance execution, collaboration, and decision-making.
• You naturally spot opportunities to automate, streamline, or improve workflows using modern tooling.

Compensation and Hiring Transparency

• Expected Compensation (Canada): $100,000–$130,000 CAD annualized base salary. Orium lists this range in good faith, reflecting expected compensation for this role in the specified locations as of this posting. Final offers consider education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, location, internal equity, and business needs. This range does not include benefits.
• Use of AI in Hiring: To keep the process efficient and focused on human connection, we use AI-enabled and automated tools for tasks like candidate communications and scheduling, interview note-taking, and summarizing feedback for hiring teams. Our recruiters and hiring managers review all information, and humans make every hiring decision.
• Vacancy Status: This posting is for an existing vacancy we are actively hiring for.

Performance and Growth Expectations

We emphasize accountability for outcomes, but autonomy in activities. Your work will be measured across a number of data points (peer, leader project team feedback) and will also be measured on the basis of client and user satisfaction. Your growth path is in your hands— you’ll have ongoing meetings with your leader to help determine your path, but your progress will be based on what you hope to achieve and how you choose to access the resources available to you.

Committed to an Inclusive Workplace

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment as we build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live, including those with disabilities. We are dedicated to providing accommodations in all parts of the hiring process in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. If you require any accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.

Committed to Social and Environmental Stewardship

Orium is committed to promoting and working towards a more socially and environmentally sustainable future. All employees are expected to make decisions and take actions in relation to their role and work that follow through on this commitment.