Intermediate Front-End Vue Developer (12 - Month Contract)

Riva International, Inc.

10h•Onsite

About The Position

Riva is seeking an intermediate experienced Web Developer with expertise in the Vue JavaScript framework to build, scale, and maintain highly responsive, visually polished, user-centric UIs that interact with a Node JS backend. This is a full-time contract position for a fixed term of up to 12 months to backfill a team vacancy for maternity leave. You’ll work closely with developers, product owners, and platform teams to design and build front-end views for web applications that meet the product coding and design standards. The results of your efforts will directly impact our products and our customers – some of the top companies worldwide. We are especially interested in innovative and creative candidates with strong Bootstrap and Vue 3 skills. If you thrive in a collaborative team environment, enjoy solving problems, and are a self-starter who needs little guidance then this position might be for you.

Requirements

3+ years of professional front-end web application development experience in a production environment.
Some post-secondary education in computer science or software engineering, or equivalent work experience.
Communicates fluently in written and spoken English.
Work in an Agile (Scrum) team environment.
Communicate technical solutions and the rationale behind decisions so that a non-technical person can understand.
Proficient with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ES6+, and Bootstrap 5.
Solid understanding of OOD, OOP, and design patterns.
Knowledge of web performance optimization techniques (lazy loading, code splitting, asset compression).
Strong proficiency in Vue 3, including experience building greenfield Vue 3 applications using the Composition API and Vite.
Advanced knowledge of CSS3, modern layouts (Flexbox, Grid), and extensive experience styling with Bootstrap.
Experience with front-end testing frameworks such as Vitest, Jest, and Vue Test Utils.
A working understanding of web service technologies (REST, SOAP, Web Sockets, OData) and experience in testing them effectively.
A working understanding of authentication and authorization protocols (OAuth 2.0, JWT, and Microsoft Graph).
Experience using various data transformations (XML, XSLT, JSON).
Proficiency with modern build tooling (Vite, Webpack, npm/yarn), version control systems (Git/GitHub), and CI/CD pipelines (GuitHub Actions).
Proficient with programming tools like Visual Studio Code, Sonar Lint, ES Lint, SonarQube, and AI code generation tools (CoPilot, Kiro, Claude).

Nice To Haves

Experience with preprocessors like SASS/SCSS is highly preferred.
TypeScript
C#
Microsoft .NET 8
Node JS backend development
Office plugin development (Outlook COM add-in, OfficeJS API).
SQL and NoSQL databases
PowerShell scripting
Splunk/log analysis
IaC/DevOps/GitOps familiarity

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain robust, responsive, and scalable front-end features in Vue.js applications using reusable and maintainable UI components.
Utilize Vue 3 core concepts efficiently, including Bootstrap Vue for component libraries, Pinia/Vuex for state management, and Vue Router.
Integrate front-end applications with backend APIs.
Handle form validation, loading states, and error handling.
Translate complex Figma designs into high-quality, pixel-perfect, and semantic HTML/CSS.
Build responsive, mobile-first web interfaces leveraging Bootstrap alongside custom CSS.
Ensure cross-browser compatibility, optimal performance, and adherence to accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1).
Maintain and contribute to our internal UI component library to ensure visual consistency across platforms.
Write clean, well-documented code, participating actively in peer code reviews to maintain high engineering standards.
Work within existing legacy code while contributing to newer front-end patterns.
Write and maintain unit tests using Jest and Vue Test Utils.
Collaborate closely with team members, the product owner, and stakeholders to define feature requirements and API contracts.
Identify, debug, and resolve performance bottlenecks and frontend bugs independently.
Participate in hotfixes, bug investigation, and production support when needed.