Senior Front End Engineer

CSC Generation is the AI-native holding company re-engineering omnichannel retail. We acquire iconic brands and transform them with Genesis, our operating platform combining a Data Fabric, Automation Engine, proprietary tools, and shared services to modernize operations, elevate customer experience, and expand margins. With $1B+ in revenue across 13 brands, our portfolio includes Sur La Table, Backcountry, One Kings Lane, and others that serve as real-world innovation labs. Reports to: Chief Technology Officer Location: Costa Rica (Remote); Toronto, Ontario (Hybrid/Remote)

About the Role

• As Senior Front End Engineer, you will work across the full front-end stack, partnering with product, design, and back-end engineers to deliver features that reach millions of customers.

  At the 6–12 month mark, success looks like having shipped meaningful improvements to core user experiences, established yourself as a technical leader through code reviews and mentorship, and actively integrated AI-driven tooling into your development workflow.

  This is a lean team. You will own a lot, move fast, and make decisions with full end-to-end responsibility.

What You'll Do

• Develop well-designed, testable, and scalable web applications using React, TypeScript, and modern frameworks.
• Explore and integrate AI tools to streamline development and improve user engagement.
• Deliver new features and optimize existing experiences at speed and scale within an agile workflow.
• Participate in code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and mentor junior engineers.
• Write and maintain unit tests and automated test suites to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Partner closely with product, design, and back-end engineering to ship cohesive end-to-end features.
• Stay current with the latest trends in front-end engineering, design patterns, and AI-driven development.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years building complex, high-performing web applications.
• Deep expertise in React and JavaScript ES6/TypeScript.
• Solid understanding of web performance, accessibility, and security best practices.
• Proven track record of writing clean, maintainable, and testable code.
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills.
• Excellent collaboration and communication abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• UX/UI design sensibilities and experience collaborating closely with design teams.
• Functional programming experience.
• Hands-on exposure to AI development tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot, or similar.

Why Join

• The people who do best here are builders. They take ownership, move fast, and want to see the direct impact of their work.

• Cross-Functional Impact: Your work touches every brand in the portfolio — front-end improvements you ship reach millions of customers across 13 properties.
• AI-First Skill Building: Get hands-on with advanced AI tools, from automation to prompt engineering, building a modern tech stack that sets you apart in any industry.
• End-to-End Ownership: Own features from concept through production with the autonomy to make technical decisions and drive architectural direction.
• Competitive Benefits (Costa Rica): We offer an attractive benefits package including primarily remote work, private medical and life insurance, additional paid time off, monthly allowances and reimbursements, employee discounts, and opportunities for professional growth.
• Competitive Benefits (Canada): Paid time off policies, RRSP match, medical, dental, and vision coverage, a variety of supplemental benefit options, and employee discounts across our portfolio of brands.

Interview Process

• • Recruiter Screen - A 30-minute conversation with our recruiting team to align on the role, your background, and what you are looking for.
  • Technical Challenge - A short AI or product-building challenge so we can understand how you approach problems and execution.
  • Leadership Interviews - Deep-dive interviews with CSC engineering and product leadership focused on your experience, technical approach, and operational thinking.
  • In-Person Interview - Meet with an engineer on the team in Costa Rica.
  • Reference Checks - We will connect with a few of your professional references as we finalize the process. Conducted in parallel with the final stages where possible.
  • Offer - We move quickly for the right candidate.

  Interview process is subject to change. Any updates will be communicated promptly and clearly.