Frontend/UI Developer
About the job
- A university degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Ability to meet the qualifications to obtain a Canadian Government security clearance, typically requiring 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 such as Zustand or Redux Toolkit and server-state patterns such as TanStack Query or SWR.
- Experience integrating REST APIs and using generated API clients.
- Experience writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests using tools such as Vitest, Jest, Testing Library, Playwright, or Cypress.
- Working knowledge of Git workflows and continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.
- Strong communication skills for gathering requirements from domain experts and presenting to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Working knowledge of GIS and geospatial interfaces, including MapLibre GL, Mapbox, Leaflet, or OpenLayers, GeoJSON, and spatial analysis.
- Working knowledge of rich text editors such as TipTap, ProseMirror, or Slate, or code editors such as CodeMirror.
- Working knowledge of artificial intelligence and machine-learning-powered user experiences, including integrating large language model services, building chat interfaces, or designing human-in-the-loop features.
- Working knowledge of user research, including planning usability studies, A/B tests, or surveys and translating findings into design improvements.
- Working knowledge of Docker, Azure DevOps, or similar deployment and continuous integration and continuous delivery platforms.
- Familiarity with Python for cross-team collaboration.
- Genuine interest in the product and understanding of what the organization is building and why.
- Gather requirements from subject matter experts, including defence and military specialists, design user flows, and deliver working software.
- Architect and build complex, interactive React and TypeScript applications, geospatial interfaces, editors, data-dense views, and artificial-intelligence-integrated workflows.
- Design and maintain frontend state, selecting appropriate patterns for client, server, and user-interface state.
- Build and extend a custom design system with headless primitives, scoped styling, and design tokens.
- Plan and conduct user studies, including usability testing, A/B experiments, and surveys, and use findings to iterate on designs.
- Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests and participate in code reviews.
- Present designs and demonstrations to stakeholders.
- Collaborate across disciplines with backend engineers, data scientists, and product managers within an agile process.
- Experience with frontend architecture using modular methodologies such as Feature-Sliced Design, clear module boundaries, and incremental migration planning.
- Experience owning design systems, including design tokens, accessible components, visual consistency across themes, and responsive layouts.
- Experience with UI/UX design and validation, including wireframing and prototyping in Figma, designing and interpreting user studies, and accessibility standards such as WCAG 2.1 AA.
- Experience with performance engineering, including profiling React applications, bundle analysis, lazy loading, and code splitting.
- Experience producing technical communication artifacts such as design diagrams, architecture decision records, and documentation.
- Security awareness of the OWASP Top 10 frontend vulnerabilities and secure development practices.
About the company
Larus Technologies creates AI-powered software for defense, security, and enterprise, licensing software and offering integration services. Its products Total::Insight, Total::Perception, and Total::Vision fuse data, model scenarios, and analyze video to support decision-making, with Insight used by the Royal Canadian Navy. The company aligns with the Joint Director of Laboratories information fusion approach and works closely with clients’ engineering teams to tailor solutions, while also pursuing commercial markets with a SaaS initiative. Its goal is to expand AI-enabled decision support across defense and industry, deepen maritime surveillance capabilities, and grow its SaaS and services while maintaining strong government partnerships.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Grant
Total Funding
$800K
Headquarters
Ottawa, Canada
Founded
1995
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- March 2026 MAABI funding expands Larus inside Canadian defence procurement and exercise cycles.
- July 2026 rebrand and IPv4 leasing launch open recurring revenue beyond lumpy government contracts.
- The Royal Canadian Navy's $2.5 million surveillance contract supports follow-on maritime renewals and references.
What critics are saying
- LARUS's 2026 pivot into IPv4 leasing dilutes focus and confuses defence buyers.
- The $8.3 million MAABI contract depends on Canadian Army trials in 2026; failure hurts credibility.
- AFRINIC and registry disputes threaten IPv4 continuity economics, undermining the new leasing platform.
What makes Larus Technologies unique
- Larus fused AI for defence and commercial analytics before 2007 under CTO Rami Abielmona.
- The Canadian Armed Forces' MAABI award, announced March 24, 2026, validates mission-critical credibility.
- LARUS now pairs defence decision intelligence with first-party IPv4 leasing and continuity infrastructure.
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3%LARUS has launched a first-party IPv4 leasing platform built around what it describes as a court-ordered shareholder-position continuity structure. The UK-based company aims to address registry-layer instability, audit uncertainty and policy shifts affecting operators across the global Regional Internet Registry environment. The platform operates through a dual structure: Cloud Innovation maintains the registry-side shareholder-position framework, whilst LARUS handles commercial leasing, routing coordination and customer operations. Customers lease directly from the platform rather than through intermediary brokers. LARUS states its architecture is supported by a court-ordered statutory shareholder-position framework under Mauritius company law. The Supreme Court of Mauritius ordered Cloud Innovation's entry into AFRINIC's statutory register framework. The platform targets hosting providers, cloud operators, ISPs and enterprise network operators seeking long-term IPv4 continuity arrangements.
Larus Technologies has been awarded an $8.3 million contract by Canada's Department of National Defence to advance AI-powered tactical intelligence through its MAABI platform. The solution uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate analysis of complex data sets and generate predictive insights for military planning. MAABI supports Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace and Operational Planning Process by analysing sensor inputs, maps and geospatial intelligence to identify patterns in adversary movements. The system suggests courses of action based on real-time intelligence and evaluates them through automated wargaming simulations. The contract falls under the IDEaS programme, part of Canada's effort to accelerate innovation in strategic sectors. Larus has already conducted experimental training exercises and will customise the software for Canadian Armed Forces operators before testing in upcoming military exercises.
OTTAWA, ON-December 10, 2024, Larus Technologies today announces the appointment of Alex Hayman as Vice President, Business Development.
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