Intermediate Frontend Engineer

Hiive is redefining how private companies and their shareholders access liquidity. Through its institutional-grade platform, Hiive brings together buyers, sellers, and issuers to facilitate secondary transactions in venture-backed, pre-IPO companies, introducing efficiency, transparency, and standardization to an otherwise opaque asset class.

Recognized as one of Canada’s fastest-growing companies and backed by leading U.S. investors, Hiive is profitable, well-capitalized, and building a high-performance team to meet growing demand and pursue new market opportunities.

Interested in learning more about life at Hiive? Check out our careers page https://www.hiive.com/careers to see how you can grow with us!

As an Intermediate Frontend Engineer, you will be a hands-on contributor within a product pod, building client-facing product experiences on our main platform.

This team's recent projects have included rebuilding detailed pricing graphs, adding dynamic content pages with new API development, and optimizing our email notifications.

You will collaborate with technical leaders to deliver new features. You will work closely with your colleagues to refactor and improve the codebase; create a beautiful, functional, and delightful user experience; and build an excellent and supportive engineering culture.

In this role, your responsibilities will include

• Hands-on development of mobile-responsive user interfaces with React and TypeScript.
• Own all aspects of frontend development, including styling, performance, responsiveness, and building reusable components.
• Collaborate closely with a small team, including directly with the founders, to build both the product and the company.
• Adapt quickly to a fast-moving environment and shifting priorities.

Required Experience

• 3+ years building interfaces with React.
• Previous experience working in Typescript.
• Experience with component libraries (such as Chakra UI).
• Working with authenticated backend APIs.
• Translating design mockups (e.g. Figma) into implementation.
• Working closely with product designers on feedback for UI/UX changes.

Preferable Experience

• Experience working with GraphQL APIs and Apollo Client is a nice-to-have.
• Experience with backend languages like Elixir highly preferred.

Compensation, Benefits & Perks

• Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience and contribution.
• Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing company through our employee stock option plan.
• Comprehensive 100% employer-paid health & dental premiums and a Health/Personal Spending Account for Canadian employees. (An employer-subsidized benefits program is available for US-based team members).
• If you are based in Vancouver, enjoy a dedicated desk in our Vancouver, BC HQ, in the heart of downtown, with a fridge stocked with healthy snacks and drinks, an onsite gym, and a gorgeous rooftop amenity.
• Enjoy a $20-per-day commuter benefit for every day you work in our Vancouver HQ.
• An engaging social calendar, including bi-weekly catered lunches, bi-weekly “Friday bar,” team workouts, annual summer party, and holiday party, two “onsite” all-team retreats each year, semi-annual team-building events, and Hiive Women’s Network events.
• Significant opportunities for growth into team leadership and management roles.
• Entrepreneurial culture and a small and dynamic team.
• Sponsorship, immigration, and relocation for exceptional candidates.

Hiive is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all individuals have an opportunity to succeed.