Frontend Engineer, Underwriting

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and enhance the fundamental Workbench experience for underwriters and related teams.

• Maintain a data-intensive application that is swift, responsive, and dependable as usage increases.

• Design clear, functional, and trustworthy interfaces for workflows assisted by AI.

• Collaborate with Product Management and Design to define requirements and address user challenges.

• Engage directly with underwriters to gain insights into their workflows and translate these insights into product enhancements.

• Elevate technical quality through code reviews, testing, reusable components, and contributions to the technical roadmap.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of two years of professional software development experience.

• A degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience in creating web-based user interfaces using modern TypeScript, React, HTML, and CSS.

• Proficiency in integrating frontend applications with REST APIs and collaborating effectively with backend engineers.

• Ability to manage complex application states, including tables, filters, saved views, optimistic updates, and synchronized workflows.

• Experience in diagnosing frontend performance and reliability issues utilizing Chrome DevTools, Sentry, or Datadog.

• Familiarity with Git or similar source-control tools and agile software development methodologies.

• Experience in building internal tools utilized by daily power users (bonus).

• Background in designing or developing REST APIs using a server-side language such as Python (bonus).

• Knowledge of relational databases and SQL (bonus).

• Familiarity with Next.js, Material UI, or a comparable component library (bonus).

• Experience with rich-text editors, virtualized tables, real-time collaborative interfaces, cybersecurity, or insurtech (bonus).

🏝️ Benefits

• Complete medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• 401(k) retirement plan featuring a competitive employer match.

• Flexible paid time off (PTO).

• Up to 14 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents and 8 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents.

• Annual home office stipend along with access to WeWork.

• Mental & physical health wellness programs including One Medical, Headspace, Wellhub, and more!

• Competitive salary with opportunities for career advancement.

• Remote-first work culture.