Frontend Team Lead

Our Business

FISPAN is an Enterprise SaaS FinTech start-up that allows for banks to deploy embedded financial products and services to create a seamless banking connection for their corporate clients. Our product aims to provide instant scale and reach for banks who want to remove friction and add value by enabling their commercial banking clients to access banking services through their preferred operational software. Founded in 2016 by respected and renowned entrepreneur Lisa Shields, FISPAN is on a mission to create the best product in the FinTech industry, and fundamentally change the way that companies bank. Being the market leader in ERP-banking, we work with the world's Tier 1 banks with assets exceeding up to $3T, including J.P. Morgan Chase.

With our rapid growth and global expansion, we are looking for dynamic and passionate individuals to join our team and inclusive culture. FISPAN recognizes that the differences in each of us is what makes FISPAN a different kind of business. Being a Vancouver based start-up, our modern and scenic office is located in downtown's historic Marine Building. The interview process for this position will be entirely remote, and we are open to remote work options.

Position

We are looking for an experienced frontend engineer who loves technology, can take ownership of the projects, is able to design and implement solutions to complex problems, feels proud of their craft and is excited to be part of a team re-shaping the definition of corporate banking applications. You would be joining a team of business integration engineers who build FISPAN's accounting software integrations and plugins.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement enhancements to our Plugins and User interfaces in Javascript, keeping in mind usability, performance and KPIs.
• Expertise in creating frontend UIs with React or Svelte
• Extensive experience with modern CSS / SCSS features and fundamentals (grid layouts, color spaces, container queries, etc.)
• Experience with modern bundlers (webpack, vite)
• Experience writing and maintaining unit-tests for UI projects (jest, vitest)
• Experience writing and maintaining Playwright test suites for UI testing
• Passion for technology and readiness to adapt to the changing technology landscape.
• Experience working with accessibility standards (WCAG2.1/ADA) is an asset
• Familiarity with Backend technologies such as Java, Kotlin is an asset.
• Involved in personnel decisions, mostly regarding hiring and performance management.
• Provides leadership, coaching, and/or mentoring to team members.
• Provides status updates to stakeholders

If you feel you'd be a great fit, let us know why and include some examples of your craft (GitHub links are the best). Here is some info on our tech stack.

Why Work With Us?

• Experienced team

Our CEO's previous venture, Hyperwallet, was purchased by Paypal and ranks as one of the largest Canadian acquisitions! All of our Co-Founders are seasoned professionals within their field. Join our team to build your network and engage in mentorship opportunities.

• Start-Up Environment

FISPAN's start-up nature implies autonomy and leadership over projects. Our employees hold a higher level of responsibility and are presented with various hands-on opportunities from the get-go. We want our team to reach their full potential and career aspirations.

• Rich Culture

We understand that personal growth happens on multiple levels, which is why we encourage a work-life balance to have family time, explore new ideas and develop hobbies. At FISPAN, you can also expect various (virtual) company-wide events and clubs to drive engagement.

• Perks

Our prime downtown Vancouver office is close to a Skytrain, prestige shopping, and coastal views. FISPAN employees have access to our building fitness center and amenities, fully stocked cupboards, weekly team lunches, and daily coffee runs. We also set our employees up for success by providing the most modern MacBook and Apple equipment.

Compensation and Benefits Package

FISPAN believes in an atmosphere and culture when innovation can flourish, collaboration and teamwork are valued and transparency is at the core of it all. We want our employees to see how the ideas they help generate today have an impact on how we do business tomorrow.With that, the hiring salary range for this position is $119,000 - $145,000 annually; the base pay offered is based on comparable market data from companies of similar employee size, revenue and location.As part of our total rewards offering, permanent employees in this position may be eligible for our competitive semi-annual bonus program, subject to program eligibility requirements.

At FISPAN, we reward employees for achieving their objectives, going beyond the requirements of their job, demonstrating leadership, fostering innovation and advancing the organization as a whole. We value talented people of all backgrounds and characteristics that share our vision of being the number one platform for the business banking ecosystem.

Other components of our towards rewards offerings include support of career development, wellbeing, and personal growth.

• Extended health and dental benefits
• Paid time off
• Savings and retirement plan matching
• Parenthood top-up
• Mentorship programs, and leadership series (to name a few)

Note: The incentive programs, benefits, and perks have certain eligibility requirements and may vary, only be partially or not at all available based on criteria such as location, employment status, etc. We'll be happy to clarify eligibility for interviewing candidates.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

As FISPAN continues to grow, we are committed to celebrating diversity, endorsing equity, and encouraging inclusion because it makes sense for our business and creates a culture of diverse ideas that results in a high performance culture. This starts in the recruitment process by providing the most diverse candidate pool to our leaders as we can. From there leaders decide on the best candidate for the job based on their merits.