Senior Product Engineer

Senior Product Engineer Front End

Location: New York NY
Employment Type: Full-time
Focus: React TypeScript Frontend Architecture Insurtech

About Our Client

Our client is a claims intelligence startup using data to fight fraud across the property and casualty insurance ecosystem.

Their platform connects insights across employers insurers and contractors to uncover fraud networks that cost Americans billions of dollars each year slow commercial development and erode trust across blue-collar industries.

Backed by Mosaic GP Altai Ventures Remarkable Ventures and other leading investors our client has raised $5.8M in seed funding and is building technology for one of the most overlooked and costly problems in insurance.

About the Role

Our client is hiring a Senior Product Engineer Front End to become the companys first frontend-focused engineering hire.

Today the frontend is being supported by a third-party vendor. This person will take ownership of the frontend strategy manage the vendor relationship and lead a major revamp of the current V1 product so it can scale for enterprise customers.

This is a high-ownership role for someone who can build polished React applications define frontend architecture create scalable component systems and help turn complex insurance workflows into clean intuitive product experiences.

What Youll Do

• Architect and ship React-based applications that power the companys insurance technology platform

• Lead the frontend revamp from V1 product to enterprise-ready platform

• Manage and collaborate with the current third-party frontend vendor

• Transform Figma designs and product requirements into clean functional production-ready code

• Build responsive layouts interactive data tables charts dashboards and reporting tools for complex insurance workflows

• Create shared component systems and define frontend architectural standards

• Document component APIs frontend conventions and development guidelines for the engineering team

• Work cross-functionally with product design backend engineering and leadership to shape feature scope and technical approach

• Ensure applications are fast accessible responsive and consistent across browsers and devices

• Collaborate with backend engineers on API design data modeling and async data patterns

• Review code improve team practices and raise the quality bar for frontend development

What Were Looking For

• 3 years of experience building production frontend applications

• Expert-level React TypeScript and modern JavaScript experience

• Strong experience turning design specs into accurate polished UI implementations

• Hands-on experience with Tailwind CSS or comparable utility-based styling approaches

• Deep understanding of responsive layouts and mobile-first development

• Production experience managing application state using Redux Zustand or similar tools

• Working knowledge of modern frontend build systems

• Practical experience writing automated frontend tests

• Strong understanding of frontend performance best practices

• Comfort working with REST APIs and async data patterns

• Ability to operate with high ownership in an early-stage startup environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with micro-frontends or module federation

• Experience building or maintaining design systems

• Experience using Storybook

• Full-stack capabilities or backend exposure

• Prior experience in insurance technology financial services claims risk or compliance software

• Strong design instincts or proficiency with additional design tools

Why This Opportunity

• Be the first frontend-focused engineering hire at a seed-stage startup

• Own the frontend architecture standards and product experience from the ground up

• Lead a meaningful rebuild of a V1 product into an enterprise-ready platform

• Work on a real-world problem with massive financial and social impact

• Build tools that help uncover fraud networks across insurance employers and contractors

• Partner closely with leadership backend engineering design and external vendors

• Join a venture-backed company solving a large overlooked problem in property and casualty insurance

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a product-minded frontend engineer who loves ownership clean UI and building scalable frontend systems. They can translate complex workflows into simple product experiences work effectively with vendors and internal teams and are excited to define the frontend foundation for a fast-growing insurtech platform.

Required Experience:

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