Sr. Full-Stack Developer

At Nelson, we’ve been shaping the future of education for children and youth across Canada for over 110 years.  As the country’s largest K-12 education content provider, we remain dedicated to our legacy of looking forward, paving the way in creating boundless, accessible, and engaging learning experiences for all. 

Our innovative solutions, including Edwin, our digital learning platform, provides curriculum-aligned content that support diverse learning styles while fostering critical thinking, creativity, and lifelong learning. We listen intently to the unique needs of educators, students, and administrators everywhere, and continuously evolve what we do and build to improve their lives daily. 

When we’re searching for individuals to join our team, we look for bold, innovative team players with a passion for education and making a positive difference in our communities. If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you! Apply to join our team today. Let’s Create Possible, one learner at a time. 

About This Role  

The Sr. Full-Stack Developer (“Developer III”), reporting to the Engineering Manager, plays a key role in developing and enhancing the front-end of various internal and public-facing web applications. In addition, this role is responsible for designing and developing supporting services, such as user authentication, APIs, and analytics systems. As an integral member of our Development team, the Sr. Full-Stack Developer also helps diagnose and resolve issues in the production environment. 

 Key Accountabilities  

• Design client-side and service-side architecture. 
• Design and develop new features and functionality for web applications using technologies such as Golang, gRPC, messages, caching, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, Tailwind, and one or more JavaScript frameworks such as React, or NextJS. 
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management and design, to understand requirements and develop solutions. 
• Troubleshoot and debug issues as needed. 
• Write automated tests to ensure code quality and reliability. 
• Continuously improve the development process, implementing and maintaining best practices. 
• Participate in code reviews and maintain the quality of the front-end and UI of all internal tools. 
• Implement dependency injection to decouple component creation from business logic, enhancing modularity and testability. 
• Use the strategy pattern and factory patterns to encapsulate algorithms and object creation processes, making the system easier to understand and modify. 
• Create security and data protection settings. 
• Write technical documentation. 
• Stay current with new and evolving web technologies and techniques, especially in the areas of React, NextJS, RSCs, CSS, and all things front end. 
• Actively participate in the SCRUM process.  Our process involves minimally necessary meetings and ceremonies.  It’s based on an evolving process directed by the principle of “keep what works and change what doesn’t.” 

Requirements

Must-have

• 5-8 years of experience as a Sr. Full-stack Developer. 
• Expertise in JavaScript, including modern standards. 
• Strong experience with and understanding of React, Virtual DOM, SSR, client-side rendering, hydration, etc. 
• Strong knowledge of HTML5 specifications, web standards, CSS3, responsive design, and SASS modular design. 
• Strong experience with database systems such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB. 
• Familiarity managing docker containers, and hosting services in Kubernetes using Node.js and Golang. 
• Familiarity with dependency injection or equivalent patterns to increase modularity and testability. 
• Ability to apply strategy and factory patterns to streamline algorithms, simplifying system modifications, and enhancing clarity. 
• BSc. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a similar field. 
• Results-driven and can work independently with minimal supervision. 
• Strong communication and documentation skills. 
• Strong capacity to handle details; follow through and manage multiple priorities. 

Nice-to-have

• Experience with Next.js and RSCs. 
• Familiarity with evolving AI technologies like LLMs and RAG. 
• Familiarity with Tailwind and SCSS. 
• Familiarity with HTMX. 
• Familiarity with nvim. 
• Familiarity with .proto files, code generation, and gRPC microservices. 
• Familiarity with testing frameworks such as Storybook and Playwright. 
• Familiarity with GNU/Linux or BSD operating systems and shells including ls, ln, cp, mv, cat, grep, chmod, chown, find, sed, and awk commands. 
• Interest or experience in other languages being considered for future use such as Zig, Rust, and Gleam. 

Benefits

What We Offer 

At Nelson, we believe in taking care of our people.  Your well-being, growth, and work-life balance matter to us, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you—professionally and personally. 

Health & Wellness 

• Flexible and customizable health, dental, and paramedical plans for employees and their families 
• Health Spending Account (HSA) for medical, hospital, or dental costs not covered by insurance 
• Personal Spending Account (PSA) for wellness expenses, including fitness and health related products 
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing confidential support spanning from mental health services to financial counselling, and many things in-between 

Financial & Professional Wellbeing 

• Pension plan with company matching contributions 
• Registered Retirement Pension Plan to help secure your future 
• Annual educational reimbursement for professional development 
• Access to LinkedIn Learning for continuous skill growth 

Flexibility & Time Off 

• Hybrid work model with remote and in-office options 
• Flexible work hours (divisional dependent) 
• Generous paid time off policies, including vacation time, sick leave, parental leave top-up, personal days, and more 
• Annual paid volunteer day to support causes you care about 
• Holiday closure from Christmas to New Year’s 
• Summer Fridays 

Don’t have 100% of the above qualifications? Do you still think Nelson is a great fit for you? We encourage you to apply anyway!  

Our EDI Statement 

Nelson teaches the world by learning from everyone in it.   

We are committed to fostering an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace environment. This is an integral part of our company’s culture and mission that aligns with our four key pillars of Employee Diversity, Developing Authentic and Accurate Content, Amplifying External Voices, and Supporting the Local Community and Beyond. 

We believe in the power of education and our ability to impact social change.  Truth, honesty, integrity, and respect guide our decisions and actions in the development of learning solutions that empower success for all educators and learners.   

We value a respectful, inclusive, and safe workplace that nurtures belonging and represents many different cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and opinions.  Everyone is free to be who they are.   

We foster and continue to build relationships that are equitable, diverse, and inclusive with existing and future partners in education. 

We commit to holding ourselves accountable by creating measurable short and long-term goals that place equity, diversity, and inclusion at the core of what we do in our resources, the workplace, the educational community, and in the larger society.   

We strive to build an inclusive world for everyone.  We are stronger together. 

Our Commitment 

Nelson is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Inclusion, Equity and Diversity. As part of this commitment, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, colour, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status.  
 
Should you require any accommodation during our recruitment and selection process, please reach out to peopleandengagement@nelson.com.