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Job Summary
Job Summary
Full-time: 37.5 Hours per week Monday to Friday
Location: Ottawa Office (Up to 3 days per week) 70 Laurier Ave West Suite 310 Ottawa ON K1P 5V5 and Ottawa-based Home Office orremote if located outside of the National Capital Region.
Reporting To: Director of Technology
Salary Range: $
Type of Vacancy: New
We are looking for a UI/Frontend Developer to join the Larus team. You will design and build the interfaces through which military planners analysts and decision-makers make sense of complex high-stakes information interactive maps with NATO symbology AI-powered workflows rich text and code editors and collaborative scenario planning tools. This is not a dashboard role: you will build decision-support tools where clarity and responsiveness directly impact outcomes.
You will own features end-to-end from gathering requirements with domain experts through architecture and implementation to shipping tested code. We expect you to have opinions about how frontend applications should be structured and the experience to back them up. You will influence technical direction mentor junior developers and contribute to a codebase built on Feature-Sliced Design headless UI primitives and a custom design system.
Key Responsibilities
Qualifications
Some individuals are less likely to apply for a job unless they consider they are a perfect match. At Larus Technologies we welcome motivated individuals to our diverse and inclusive workplace. Thus if you are excited about this role but do not have every qualification we encourage you to apply anyway.
Expected qualifications include:
These are not required but will set you apart and open pathways to seniority:
About Larus
Larus Technologies Corporation ( ) is an Ottawa-based software product and research company capable of developing intelligent systems and engineering simulations primarily for business Defence and security applications. Larus core business areas include Data Analytics and Fusion Solutions including the Total::Insight Decision Support System and the Total::Perception Systems Simulation Engine Software Engineering Services primarily in the Public Security and Defence sectors; and Research and Engineering focusing on innovations in Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning and Data Science.
We invite enthusiastic and qualified applicants to submit their cover letter and resume through our JazzHR system.
We thank all applicants; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
At Larus we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Larus has an accommodation process and provides accommodation for applicants with disabilities. If you have specific ergonomic needs or require other accommodation because of a disability or a medical need please dont hesitate to contact Larus at emailprotected
Full-time: 37.5 Hours per week Monday to Friday
Location: Ottawa Office (Up to 3 days per week) 70 Laurier Ave West Suite 310 Ottawa ON K1P 5V5 and Ottawa-based Home Office orremote if located outside of the National Capital Region.
Reporting To: Director of Technology
Salary Range: $
Type of Vacancy: New
We are looking for a UI/Frontend Developer to join the Larus team. You will design and build the interfaces through which military planners analysts and decision-makers make sense of complex high-stakes information interactive maps with NATO symbology AI-powered workflows rich text and code editors and collaborative scenario planning tools. This is not a dashboard role: you will build decision-support tools where clarity and responsiveness directly impact outcomes.
You will own features end-to-end from gathering requirements with domain experts through architecture and implementation to shipping tested code. We expect you to have opinions about how frontend applications should be structured and the experience to back them up. You will influence technical direction mentor junior developers and contribute to a codebase built on Feature-Sliced Design headless UI primitives and a custom design system.
Key Responsibilities
- Gather requirements from subject matter experts (including defence and military specialists) design user flows and deliver working software;
- Architect and build complex interactive React/TypeScript applications geospatial interfaces editors data-dense views and AI-integrated workflows;
- Design and maintain frontend state effectively choosing the right patterns for client server and UI state;
- Build and extend a custom design system with headless primitives scoped styling and design tokens;
- Plan and conduct user studies (usability testing A/B experiments surveys) and use findings to iterate on designs;
- Write tests at every level unit integration and end-to-end; and participate in code reviews;
- Present designs and demos to stakeholders; and
- Collaborate across disciplines backend engineers data scientists and product managers within an agile process.
Qualifications
Some individuals are less likely to apply for a job unless they consider they are a perfect match. At Larus Technologies we welcome motivated individuals to our diverse and inclusive workplace. Thus if you are excited about this role but do not have every qualification we encourage you to apply anyway.
Expected qualifications include:
- University degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field or equivalent practical experience;
- Required to meet qualifications to obtain a Canadian Government security clearance (typically requires Canadian citizenship or permanent residency);
- At least 2 years of professional frontend development experience;
- Strong proficiency with React and TypeScript;
- Experience with modern state management (Zustand Redux Toolkit or similar) and server state patterns (TanStack Query SWR or equivalent);
- Experience with REST API integration and generated API clients;
- Experience writing unit integration and end-to-end tests (Vitest or Jest Testing Library Playwright or Cypress);
- Working knowledge of Git workflows and CI/CD pipelines;
- Strong communicator comfortable gathering requirements from domain experts and presenting to both technical and non-technical audiences; and
- Genuine interest in the product understanding what were building and why.
- GIS/geospatial interfaces- MapLibre GL Mapbox Leaflet or OpenLayers; GeoJSON and spatial analysis;
- Rich text editors (TipTap ProseMirror Slate) or code editors (CodeMirror);
- AI/ML-powered UX- Integrating LLM services building chat interfaces or designing human-in-the-loop features;
- User research- Planning usability studies A/B tests or surveys and translating findings into design improvements;
- Docker Azure DevOps or similar deployment and CI/CD platforms;
- Familiarity with Python for cross-team collaboration;
These are not required but will set you apart and open pathways to seniority:
- Frontend architecture - modular methodologies (Feature-Sliced Design or similar) clear module boundaries incremental migration planning;
- Design system ownership - design tokens accessible components visual consistency across themes and responsive layouts;
- UI/UX design and validation - wireframing and prototyping (Figma) designing and interpreting user studies accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA);
- Performance engineering - profiling React applications bundle analysis lazy loading code splitting;
- Technical communication - design diagrams architecture decision records documentation; and
- Security awareness - OWASP top 10 frontend vulnerabilities and secure development practices.
What You Can Expect
- A collaborative team working on problems that matter in the defence and security domain;
- A modern tech stack - React 19 TypeScript Zustand TanStack Query Vite MapLibre GL TipTap Playwright and a custom design system;
- A well-structured codebase following Feature-Sliced Design;
- Opportunities to shape architecture and technical direction; and
- Room to grow into more experienced roles
- Competitive compensation package; $
- Comprehensive Health and Dental insurance package;
- Competitive vacation and paid time off;
- Company-sponsored team-building events; and
- Learning and development opportunities.
About Larus
Larus Technologies Corporation ( ) is an Ottawa-based software product and research company capable of developing intelligent systems and engineering simulations primarily for business Defence and security applications. Larus core business areas include Data Analytics and Fusion Solutions including the Total::Insight Decision Support System and the Total::Perception Systems Simulation Engine Software Engineering Services primarily in the Public Security and Defence sectors; and Research and Engineering focusing on innovations in Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning and Data Science.
We invite enthusiastic and qualified applicants to submit their cover letter and resume through our JazzHR system.
We thank all applicants; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
At Larus we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Larus has an accommodation process and provides accommodation for applicants with disabilities. If you have specific ergonomic needs or require other accommodation because of a disability or a medical need please dont hesitate to contact Larus at emailprotected
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