Staff Engineer - UI Platform

The Role

Rakuten Kobo is looking for a Staff Software Engineer, Front-End, to join our awesome development team that owns the front-end web platform and in-house design system. The team is responsible for enabling and empowering the delivery of delightful, performant, and accessible user experiences. This is a remote position based in Toronto, Canada.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll be a technical leader and mentor to the team. You’ll work closely with cross-functional stakeholders and senior leadership to drive decision making and alignment. Our engineers are enthusiastic and operate across the development spectrum, including front-end architecture, design system, back-end integrations, infrastructure, and deployment pipelines. We take full responsibility for our work, from driving requirements gathering and solutioning, to implementation and testing, through to releasing and monitoring. Rakuten Kobo is looking for an engineer who shares these passions, takes prid...