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    "description": "<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold\">Senior Frontend Engineer </span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold\">About ANVIL</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">ANVIL is a trusted partner in the defence industry, delivering cutting-edge solutions that enhance military capabilities and operational effectiveness. We extend our expertise to public safety, law enforcement, and national security organizations, accelerating mission-critical decision-making through analytical tools, automations, and game-changing machine learning capabilities. ANVIL helps organizations discover, manage, enrich, fuse, and exploit the information available to them in support of Information Dominance and Decision Advantage.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Job Type: </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Full Time Remote (Hybrid option available for those in the Ottawa area - 55 Murray Street Office)</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Total Compensation: </span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">CAD $125,000.00 - $165,000.00 base salary - Placement within range based on experience and qualifications</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Vacancy Status: </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">This posting is for an existing vacancy at ANVIL. We are actively hiring for this role</span><br></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold\">Role (Description)</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">As a </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Senior Frontend Engineer</span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining sophisticated user interfaces that power our analytical tools and data visualization platforms. You will architect scalable frontend applications, optimize performance for large datasets, and ensure our user interfaces deliver exceptional experiences for mission-critical workflows.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Furthermore, you will use your knowledge of industry best practices to provide strategic guidance to engineering leadership on how to most effectively design frontend architectures that scale with our growing customer base and evolving product requirements.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">We value people who have an ingrained sense of accountability to the team around them. As an ideal candidate you are not only technically qualified, but you demonstrate a strong work ethic and take pride in your craft. You also collaborate and communicate effectively with the other talented and motivated members of our organization.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Experience</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">7+ years</span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\"> of professional experience building production React applications, including technical leadership on at least one of them</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Experience architecting and scaling frontend applications, including the foundational decisions about module boundaries, state management, rendering strategy, and data flow</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Experience establishing frontend engineering standards on a team, such as coding patterns, component library design, review practices, or testing strategies</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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Our workplace is not just a job; it's a community of like-minded people working together to make a positive impact on the world we live in.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Compensation &amp; Benefits</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Competitive salaries</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Flexible health benefits package through Equitable</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Industry-leading employer retirement contributions match</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Work Environment</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Hybrid work model combining remote flexibility with meaningful in-person collaboration</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Modern office in the historic Carriageway building in beautiful downtown Ottawa</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Access to downtown amenities, transit, and Ottawa's vibrant cultural scene</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">What You'll Experience</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Work alongside dedicated professionals who value excellence and collaboration</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Contribute to building the team behind technologies with real-world security impact</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Ground-floor opportunity to shape people operations as ANVIL scales</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Join a culture where your expertise and ideas matter</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Application Process</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">To apply for this role, please submit your CV and cover letter. 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