Principal Frontend Engineer (React)

Denver, CO - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 135000 - 165000

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

$135000 - $165000 / year Bonus

Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solutions are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business boost their productivity and efficiencies and lower costs while strengthening relationships.

Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product innovation technology partnerships and focusing on customer success.

Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create think and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better.

We are headquartered in Denver Colorado with offices across the U.S. Canada and India.

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a Principal Software Engineer you will play a strategic leadership role in the architecture and development of modern high-impact web applications. You will work hands-on withcutting-edgefront-end technologiesespecially React 19while mentoring teams defining technical direction and driving engineering excellence across the organization.

You will lead the delivery of scalable resilient and high-performance systems shape our design system andcomponentarchitecture and evolve our platform capabilities to support a diverse ecosystem of applications. You will also champion innovation strong engineering culture and continuous learning.

If you thrive on solving complex UI engineering challenges love React and enjoy mentoring and influencing large-scale technical direction this role is for you.

CoreRequirements andResponsibilities:

Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following:

Design develop andmaintainhigh-performance React 19 applications using moderncomponentpatterns concurrent features and optimized rendering flows.
Innovates and crafts clean code

Helps lead and mitigates the impact of technical decisions across the entire product

Coordinates with Experience Design and software development teams across the department in designing and implementing pragmatic and best-fit solutions

Takesownership ofvisionand development of technologies infrastructure and common components across our tech stack.
- Build andoptimizerich UI experiences using:
- React 19 concurrent features
- TypeScript
Define and evolve design-system-driven component architecture
Drive front-end performance optimization including React Compiler
Mentorsother developers and teams

Fosters and develops a community of practice across the entire development organization

Evaluates and recommends tools technologies and processes ensuring highest quality product platform

Providessupport for existing products and developing new products

Contributes to defining and enforcing procedures standards and methodologies related to software development

Troubleshoot code problems quickly and efficiently.

Interacts with customers to gather insights and translate technical concepts

Is as a role model and mentors other team members technically and culturally

Lead join in and shepherd teams throughimplementationgoals including fostering best practices in creation of code

Other duties as assigned

KnowledgeSkillsand Abilities:

510 years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on frontend development using React or similar frameworks TypeScript Web APIs and modern application architectures.
Advanced communication and interpersonal skills able to diffuse tension and drive productive conversation internally and externally.

Strategic problem solver analytical with critical thinking skills

An innatecuriosityabout how things work; Proactivelyacquiresnew skills and learns new tools and technologies to troubleshootcomplexissues.

Able to define communicate and ensureadherenceto quality/technical team standards

Comfortable and effective at making decisions across the product thathelplong-term maintainability reuse and security. and performance

Must be able to work with global distributed teams

In-tune with high performance and high availability design/programming

Highlyproficientwith multiple databasetechnologies

Strong in both design and implementation at an enterprise level

Must be able to work with and help non-development departments communicate with development depart

Communicate clearly to explain and defend design decisions

Mentor lead and direct multiple teams in implementation best practices

lead collaboration with the business designing pragmatic solutions

Qualifications:

Experience or exposure to Backend for Frontend (BFF) architectures.
Experience migrating legacy UI frameworks (AngularExtJS WinForms) to modern React
Experience working in an Agile environmentrequired

Degree in computer science engineering or related fieldrequired

5 years of experience in security best practices for software and data platformsrequired

5 years of experience with Restful APIsrequired

5 years of experience with design architecture and implementation at an enterprise levelrequired

Experiencewith Angular or similar technologyrequired

5 years of experience with database technologies (e.g. OracleSQLServer PostgreSQL Cassandra etc.)

Have experience working in an Agile environment

Have degree in Computer Science or similar valuable experience

Additional Requirements and Details:

Travel required up to 10% of the time.

WFH Flexible

Occasional lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds.

Frequent repetitive hand and arm movementsrequiredtooperatea computer.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision (working on a computer etc.).

Frequent sitting and/or standing.

THE VERTAFORE STORY

Over the past 50 years Vertafore has advanced the entire insurance distribution channel with the best software solutions in the industry. Today were proud to say hundreds of thousands of Vertafore users rely on our solutions to write business faster reduce costs and fuel growth by increasing collaboration and streamlining processes. Vertafore leads the industry with secure cloud-based mobile products that provide superior reporting and analytics delivering actionable insight right when customers need it most. We partner with other leading technology companies to deliver comprehensive solutions to improve the way our customers do business and serve their customers.

The Vertafore Way

Insurance is about relationships and technology should make those relationships stronger. Thats why at Vertafore its our mission to transform the way the industry operates by putting people at the heart of insurance technology. By focusing on our customers becoming better every day and delivering results you can see we provide the level oftrustandsecuritythat insurance is all about.

Bias to Action: Were united by an innate drive to take action and make a difference in the technology and insurance spaces.

Win Together: We work together as one team showing empathy and respect along the way.

Show Up Curious: We work to challenge one another to push boundaries and think beyond the box.

Say It Do It: We honor every one of our commitments because integrity is important to us.

Customer Success is Our Success: We cultivate authentic relationships and follow up by actively listening to their needs.

We Love Insurance: We appreciate the impact insurance has on the world.

Is this role not an exact fit for you Keep an eye on our Careers Page for other positions!

Vertafore is a drug free workplace and conducts preemployment drug and background screenings.

The selected candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the job responsibilities duties skill or working addition this document does not create an employment contract implied or otherwise other than an at will relationship.

Vertafore strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race color religion sex gender identity pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship age marital status physical disability mental disability medical condition sexual orientation genetic information or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.

We do not accept resumes from agencies headhunters or other suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us.

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$135000 - $165000 / year BonusVertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solutions are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business boost their productivity and efficiencies and lower...