Front End Web Developer

Anywhere
Full-time

Salary Range: $120-$170K

Are you ready to wake up and be inspired to go to work every single day?
We are building a modern insurance experience: A company, culture and philosophy that challenges the boundaries of a traditional insurance organization. Founded and led by industry veterans, Vault is changing the game in personal insurance and looking for colleagues that are ready to help us set a new standard.
Our team is highly motivated, collaborative, and fiercely committed to doing things differently. We care deeply about each other and the work that we do.
What we do: We provide Property & Casualty solutions to the high net worth segment of the personal insurance market. Insurance can be fun! Join our team and discover the world of High Net-Worth Insurance!!!
Vault might be a great fit for you if:
∙ You care intensely about being part of a strong culture with organizational values that live at every level.
∙ You constantly innovate and you understand that no matter what your role is, your contribution is critical to our agent and client experience.
∙ You pay attention to the details because they matter.
∙ You love taking on difficult challenges and finding creative solutions.
∙ You are motivated and driven to deliver exceptional service.
∙ You are passionate about shaping the direction of a young company.
Does this sound like you? If yes, learn more about the role below and apply today. We look forward to meeting you.
Role Responsibilities
Working closely with the Software Development Director, the Web Development Technical Lead oversees one or more software development teams within a product.
They are responsible for developing, testing, and maintaining modern web applications according to business needs and understanding how web applications play their part in a wider API-driven enterprise software platform.
They contribute to software tooling and processes within their teams that produce high-quality software product and service.
They understand the importance of mentorship in their team, inspiring and leading team members to do their best work.
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
∙ Build front-end applications with best-in-class UI architecture and performance with an emphasis on application security, resilience, and extensibility.
∙ Be the technology thought leader in the usage of web and mobile technologies and the deployment and maintenance of solutions via the web.
∙ Ensure all application solutioning maintains application security, data security, and data integrity.
∙ Ensure adherence to continuous improvement practices within the development teams as required to meet quality and time to market imperatives.
∙ Establish hiring/contracting bar for developers on, near, and offshore.
∙ Expertise in the operation of a solid and secure Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipeline with appropriate segregation of duties.
∙ Participate in interviewing and provide input into hiring decisions.
∙ Participate in identifying, evaluating and selecting new and emerging technologies that can be assimilated within the company and significantly improve competitiveness. ∙ Ensure appropriate controls are in place to meet or exceed regulatory, compliance, and security requirements.
Job Requirements
∙ Expert level knowledge of modern web frameworks and languages, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Bootstrap, jQuery, React, Angular and Nodejs.
∙ Development experience or knowledge of Java/Spring Boot is highly regarded, as is developing for cloud environments in GCP and/or AWS and will be the source of data over public and private APIs
∙ Deep technical understanding of cloud-native development, programming languages, algorithms, and optimization, in relation to modern web and SPAs
∙ Highly experienced in the architecture and development of UI that communicate securely over Restful Open APIs via JSON and other data formats.
∙ Exceptionally strong leadership and mentoring skills to manage development teams mixed with on-premises, near-shore, and off-shore resources across multiple time zones. ∙ Experience and understanding of developing software within an Agile methodology and experience with DevOps practices.
∙ Knowledge of git-based development, software versioning
∙ Experience of TDD, unit and integration testing and developing to coding standards that produce high quality and robust code that contributes to a high-quality software platform in a regulatory controlled environment.
∙ Significant experience with development tooling, such as IDEs, CI/CD pipelines, and general agile methodology facilitation tools (Jira, Confluence).
∙ Demonstrated ability to take ownership and make technical decisions on software development projects.
∙ An entrepreneurial attitude and full understanding of what it takes to operate in a very dynamic, fast-paced and results oriented environment.

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