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Senior Frontend Developer, L3

Robots & Pencils is a digital innovation firm that helps clients use mobile, web, and AI technologies to transform their organizations. They focus on developing consumer applications, enterprise software, and education platforms by blending technology with a human-first approach.

Robots & Pencils

Employee count: 51-200

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Robots Pencils is seeking a Senior Frontend Developer (Level 3) to join our engineering team and build high-impact, user-facing applications that leverage the latest AI and web technologies.

This role is hands-on and outcome-oriented, requiring close collaboration with clients and cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deliver modern, performant web applications. You will play a key role across the full product lifecycle, from concept to production, ensuring solutions are elegant, maintainable, and aligned with business goals.

The ideal candidate combines deep front-end development expertise with a pragmatic, customer-focused mindset and a passion for leveraging emerging AI development tools and frameworks to accelerate quality delivery.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and build modern, responsive, and accessible frontend applications using TypeScript and JavaScript frameworks such as React or Next.js
  • Collaborate closely with backend and AI engineers to define interfaces, data flows, and integration patterns
  • Partner with designers to translate UX/UI specifications into interactive, production-ready components
  • Develop clean, maintainable, and testable code with attention to scalability and performance
  • Utilize modern developer tools and workflows, including GitHub Copilot, OpenAI Codex, and other AI-assisted coding tools
  • Embed within cross-functional teams to deliver solutions from ideation to deployment and ongoing optimization
  • Participate in client workshops and technical discussions to shape solutions and guide best practices
  • Contribute to architectural and technical design decisions, ensuring consistency and alignment with broader system goals
  • Collaborate on deployment strategies, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure, and monitoring
  • Mentor junior developers and contribute to team-wide technical excellence and process improvement

Required Skills and Qualifications

  • 5 or more years of professional experience in software development, with a focus on frontend web applications
  • Strong proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, React, and related modern web frameworks
  • Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Understanding of API integration patterns, authentication, and REST/GraphQL data handling
  • Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or OpenAI Codex
  • Familiarity with modern development environments such as VS Code, Cursor, or Zed
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, operate independently, and deliver high-quality outcomes in dynamic environments
  • Collaborative approach with a focus on helping clients and team members succeed

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience building applications that integrate with large language models or AI APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock)
  • Familiarity with AI frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, or Hugging Face
  • Understanding of natural language understanding (NLU) or chatbot architectures
  • Experience developing evaluation frameworks or infrastructure for AI/ML systems
  • Knowledge of deployment and infrastructure technologies such as Kubernetes, Terraform, or serverless environments
  • Background in consulting, client delivery, or forward-deployed engineering roles

Personal Competencies

  • Technical leadership – demonstrates ownership and guides decisions that improve system quality and team outcomes
  • Collaboration – works effectively within cross-functional teams and client environments
  • Adaptability – thrives in evolving projects and adopts new tools and technologies quickly
  • Problem solving – applies creativity and sound reasoning to overcome complex challenges
  • Communication – conveys ideas clearly and builds shared understanding among team members
  • Accountability – delivers on commitments and takes responsibility for end-to-end outcomes
  • Continuous improvement – embraces learning and experimentation to drive technical and process advancement.

Why Join Robots Pencils?
We don’t just ship apps; we create human-centered, digital-first products that matter. As a Senior Android App Developer, you’ll join a team that values deep craft, cross-functional collaboration, and a relentless focus on quality. You’ll work on impactful projects that push the boundaries of mobile technology while influencing development culture and best practices across the organization.

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At Robots & Pencils, we are at the forefront of digital innovation, revolutionizing how businesses leverage technology to achieve transformative growth. Since our inception in 2009, we've embraced the then-contrarian view that mobile would be more impactful than the internet itself. This foresight has positioned us as a leader in a world of unprecedented technological acceleration. Our core philosophy blends the sciences with the humanities—the 'Robots' with the 'Pencils'—fusing deep platform expertise with a human-first approach to design and strategy. We empower our clients by developing consumer applications, transformative enterprise software, and pioneering education platforms. Our expertise extends to operationalizing frontier technologies like machine learning, bots, and conversational user interfaces, enabling organizations to gain early and distinct advantages to future-proof their operations.

Our approach is centered on creating a company designed to attract and retain exceptional talent, amassing a team of hyper-skilled individuals who are passionate about solving complex challenges and creating previously inconceivable products. We partner with clients, from startups to global enterprises, to unlock unknown potential through data intelligence and industry experience. We craft user interactions that delight and inspire, always prioritizing the human experience. Our industry-leading, in-house talent meticulously crafts each line of code, delivering on the boldest ideas. We've developed our own groundbreaking products, such as Missions (now Slack's Workflow Builder), and an AI-powered Q&A engine, showcasing our commitment to continuous innovation. By fostering a culture of ongoing experimentation through initiatives like our FunLabs, we ensure our team remains at the leading edge of technology, bringing that cutting-edge knowledge to elevate our clients' digital experiences and technological capabilities. We are dedicated to helping organizations navigate the complexities of the digital landscape, transforming their businesses and creating what's next.

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401K/RRSP matching

Provides 401K/RRSP matching.

Health & wellness events

Organizes health and wellness events.

R&P branded swag

Provides company branded merchandise.

Flexible work schedule

Prioritizes work-life balance with flexible hours.

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