Manager, Front-End Technologies

Location CA-ON-Ottawa
ID 2025-32848
Category
Engineering
Position Type
Full-Time
Remote
No

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About Kinaxis  

Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech, but it’s really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such, we’re serious about your career growth and professional development, because People matter at Kinaxis.  

 

In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, with a brand-new HQ based in Kanata North in Ottawa. As one of Canada’s Top Employers, we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today.   

 

At Kinaxis, we power the world’s supply chains to help preserve the planet’s resources and enrich the human experience. As a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management, we enable supply chain excellence for all industries, with more than 40,000 users in over 100 countries. We are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers. 

Location

 

our office in Ottawa, Canada 

About the team

Kinaxis is on the lookout for an engineering manager for the Frontend team. The team consists of collaborative, high-performing engineers with the mandate to build out a modern platform and web client. We build user-friendly features to help our users visualize their supply chains, empowering them to make informed decisions to resolve their challenges effectively. Performance is a top priority as we need to handle our customers’ large complex datasets efficiently. We have designed our code architecture to be robust and easily maintained, while supporting a large team of engineers. You will be working closely with the director of frontend technologies and other managers to execute and plan on our strategic roadmap to further position Kinaxis as a leader in supply chain management.

What you will do

  • Lead an engineering team dedicated to creating full stack solutions that will be used across our product
  • Guide your team to design, build and automate applications to meet the business roadmap for Maestro
  • Collaborate closely with other teams in frontend, product managers, UX designers
  • Assist in producing the detailed functional requirements and specifications for roadmap features
  • Ensure projects stay on track, meet quality standards, and align with business objectives
  • Promote software development best practices and participate in code reviews
  • Set challenging and achievable goals for team members and provide feedback on performance
  • Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the development team

Technologies we use

  • C#, .NET Core
  • Java, TypeScript, React
  • Junit, Jest, Playwright

What we are looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in building full stack applications for the web
  • 3+ years in leading an engineering team
  • Post secondary education in computer science or software engineering
  • Experience in automation of Enterprise grade web applications
  • Experience in building REST APIs
  • Worked previously with tools like – Jira, Jenkins, GIT, Bitbucket
  • Experience with a variety of web automation frameworks like Selenium, Playwright, Junit
  • Working knowledge of JavaScript and/or TypeScript (Typescript preferred)
  • Knowledge of security best practices in web development
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills

Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the world’s supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day—when we see store shelves stocked, when medications are available for our loved ones, and so much more. 

 

Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin, Yamaha, P&G, Honda, and more. 

 

Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we’re committed to net-zero operations strategy for the long term. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.

People matter at Kinaxis and these are some of the perks and benefits we created for our team:

 

  • Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the last Friday of every month)
  • Flexible work options
  • Physical and mental well-being programs
  • Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
  • Mentorship programs and training and career development
  • Recognition programs and referral rewards
  • Hackathons

 

Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates, including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to us at recruitmentprograms@kinaxis.com. Please note that this contact information is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used to inquire about application statuses.

Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description, to identify candidates whose education, experience and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.

 

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