Senior Web Developer I at Relay in Toronto, ON

Relay is a digital banking platform that gives self-made business owners the tools and know-how to be great with money—bringing clarity, confidence, and control to every dollar earned, so they can turn hard work into lasting success. We do this by replacing financial guesswork with real visibility, transforming cash flow from a constant source of stress into a clear signal owners can use to run stronger, more resilient businesses.

Web Development builds and runs relayfi.com — the pages, components, content platform, and infrastructure that turn organic search, AI-driven discovery, and paid traffic into new Relay accounts. We're a small team with a big impact, moving fast while holding a high bar for performance, accessibility, and SEO.

We're looking for a Senior Web Developer to lead complex web projects, shape technical decisions, and help scale the platform behind Relay's growth. You'll work in a modern Next.js codebase with React, TypeScript, Tailwind, and Contentful, tackling architectural challenges that directly impact site performance, scalability, and discoverability. You'll own projects from technical planning through launch, mentor other developers, and partner closely with teams across the company.

This is an ideal role for a front-end developer who thrives on ownership, enjoys solving complex technical problems, and wants to make a measurable impact. Your technical judgment will carry weight here, and you'll have the autonomy to challenge assumptions, influence priorities, and shape how we build.

Want to see what we're building? Check out relayfi.com and Telegraph, the design system our engineers use across Relay.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Project Ownership: Lead complex, multi-part projects end-to-end — define scope, set milestones, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and deliver high-quality work on time. Own what happens after launch by measuring performance, identifying opportunities, and iterating on improvements

• Technical Architecture: Define the technical approach for features and projects, making thoughtful decisions around server/client boundaries, caching, revalidation, and CDN behaviour. Balance performance, scalability, and technical debt while proactively simplifying systems, improving maintainability, and addressing root causes

• Performance, Accessibility & Technical SEO: Proactively improve site performance, accessibility, security, and technical SEO, including structured data, metadata, and semantic markup that improve discoverability across search engines and AI platforms

• Content Platform Development: Build and optimize integrations between the headless CMS and front end, developing scalable content models and tools that empower non-technical teams to manage and publish content independently

• AI-Driven Development: Build and integrate AI workflows and agents that improve development efficiency, from automated code reviews and performance monitoring to design-to-component generation. Establish testing and review guardrails to maintain quality and help the team adopt AI effectively

• Measurement & Experimentation: Build and maintain analytics, event tracking, attribution, feature flags, and A/B testing infrastructure to support conversion optimization. Own integrations between the website, marketing tools, and CRM systems, including forms and lead routing

• Code Quality & Testing: Set a high bar for maintainable, performant, and well-documented code. Define testing strategies across unit, integration, and end-to-end tests, ensuring quality and reliability are built into every project

• Cross-Functional Leadership & Mentorship: Serve as a trusted technical partner to Marketing, Design, Product, and external agencies, translating business needs into technical solutions and driving alignment on priorities and tradeoffs. Mentor developers through pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing, while helping cross-functional partners navigate technical decisions

Who You Are

• You have 4+ years of front-end development experience, ideally in a high-growth B2B SaaS or fintech environment, with a proven ability to work independently and deliver high-quality solutions

• You're strong in React, Next.js, and Node, and you write TypeScript by default. Our repo is fully typed in strict mode with type checking enforced in CI, so strong TypeScript proficiency is essential

• You're skilled in modern front-end architecture, with a strong understanding of server/client boundaries, caching, revalidation, and CDN behaviour. You think in systems, designing scalable solutions while anticipating downstream impacts

• You're proficient in Tailwind and experienced working with design systems, reusable components, and headless CMS platforms. You understand content modelling and integrations, with experience in Contentful and GraphQL being valuable but not required

• You have a strong understanding of web performance, accessibility, and technical SEO, including Core Web Vitals (LCP and CLS), image optimization, bundle analysis, WCAG 2.1 AA, semantic HTML, metadata, structured data, sitemaps, and heading hierarchy

• You actively use AI tools and workflows to improve development efficiency, with the judgment to evaluate outputs, manage risks, and maintain code quality

• You have strong project management and communication skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, manage competing priorities, and translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders

• You're a proactive problem-solver who thinks beyond individual tasks, understands customer needs, challenges assumptions, anticipates downstream impacts, and adapts quickly to new technologies and feedback

Bonus Points

• You've built analytics, experimentation, and marketing integrations using tools like Segment, GTM, Statsig, and HubSpot

• You've worked with AWS Amplify Hosting or similar CI/CD platforms and built end-to-end tests using Playwright or equivalent tools

• You've built animations using GSAP or Framer Motion and have experience with SCSS

The Interview Process

• Stage 1: A 30-minute Google Meet video call with a member of the Talent team

• Stage 2: A 45-minute Google Meet video call with our Director, Web

• Stage 3: A take-home technical challenge, followed by a 60-minute Google Meet video call review with the Web team

• Stage 4: A 60-minute live front-end exercise with the Web team

• Stage 5: A 45-minute in-person interview with a member of the Leadership team

Our Compensation Approach

We believe Relayers should feel rewarded for the impact they have on our mission and growth. Compensation follows impact. As impact increases, compensation grows, and we do not limit compensation changes to a once-a-year review cycle.

The annual salary range for this role is $107,100 CAD to $130,900 CAD.

For candidates who demonstrate full readiness for the defined scope of the role, the typical starting salary is $119,000 CAD. Offers below this point reflect candidates we believe can grow into the full scope of the role with support and development. Offers above this point reflect impact that meaningfully exceeds the role’s defined expectations or an expanded scope from day one.

We encourage you to have a conversation with your recruiter and ask questions about compensation throughout the hiring process. For more information on our compensation philosophy and perks and benefits, visit our Candidate Hub.

Why Relay Might Be the Perfect Fit For You

• You push relentlessly for reinvention: You're always asking "how can this be better?" -- in your work, in your craft, in yourself. Comfort is a signal to push harder, not coast. You'd rather build something better than defend something familiar.

• You crave autonomy: We trust our team with big challenges and the freedom to solve them. If you’re someone who takes initiative, is comfortable taking risks, and seeks input when needed, you’ll find the freedom here empowering.

• You own your work: You take pride in your work, follow through on commitments, and feel a deep sense of responsibility for outcomes, not just tasks.

• You build with AI, not just use it: You're actively embedding AI into how you work, pushing what's possible, and bringing your team along with you.

• You care about impact, not noise: You care deeply about the substance of your work. You measure success by results, not recognition, and you let your work speak for itself.

• You’re energized by complexity and ambiguity: You enjoy tackling problems that don’t come with a playbook. You’re comfortable building from scratch, iterating as you go, and collaborating to shape the best path forward.

• You seek out feedback: You see directness as respect, not criticism. You actively seek input, sit with hard truths, and use feedback as fuel for improvement.

• Small businesses are why we're here: Relay exists to help them thrive -- and that mission has to resonate with you.

Join Us

We're looking for people who are relentless, curious, and care deeply about the work. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't perfectly match the job description -- your perspective and drive matter more. We welcome diverse backgrounds and people who think critically, challenge the status quo, and want to help small businesses thrive.

If you require accommodations at any stage of the hiring process, please reach out to your Talent Partner.

Disclaimer: For compliance reasons, all offers of employment at Relay are conditional upon a successful background check and employment verification through Certn.

Important Notice: Relay’s recruitment team only contacts candidates and corresponds from official corporate email addresses ending in @relayfi.com. We will never ask for sensitive personal data (such as bank account details, credit card numbers, or social security/insurance numbers) during the initial application or interview stages.