High Salary: Software Engineer II, Frontend

Our partners integrate with XCover , our award-winning insurance distribution platform, to embed protection for millions of customers worldwide each year. Our team and products have been recognized sed with dozens of awards including by the Financial Times who ranked Cover Genius as the #1 fastest growing company in APAC in 2020. Our diverse team across 20+ countries and many language groups commits itself to diverse cultural programs, in particular “CG Gives” which makes social entrepreneurs out of us all and funds development initiatives in global communities.

Our People are Bold, Authentic, Purposeful and Inspired

Our People are not Perfect, Traditional, Complacent or Cautious

bAbout the Role

As a Software Engineer specializing in Frontend (React), you will serve as a technical discussion contributor on our Engineering team. You will be responsible for building and scaling high-performing web applications that are critical to our business. This role demands a deep understanding of the entire frontend ecosystem and a proven ability to solve complex technical challenges, ensuring exceptional user experiences and seamless product delivery.

You will lead technical discussions, mentor junior engineers, and be accountable for the performance, reliability, and security of our frontend applications. You will drive initiatives from conception to deployment, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver on ambitious product goals.

bKey Responsibilities

Lead the development of scalable and resilient frontend systems.

Design and implement frontend data capturing scripts and UI/UX experimentation software to enable data-driven product decisions.

Define and enforce best practices for integrating with GraphQL and RESTful APIs.

Own and manage the entire GitLab CI pipeline for frontend applications, ensuring robust, automated, and secure deployments.

Optimize application performance through advanced techniques, including leveraging edge computing platforms like Cloudflare for global scale and low latency.

Microservices and Serverless Architecture: Experience in building, deploying, and managing backend services using a microservices or serverless approach (e.g., AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions). This demonstrates a modern, scalable approach to backend development.

Knowledge of GCP Pub/Sub for asynchronous communication between services. This is crucial for building resilient, decoupled systems.

Manage security and access controls for platforms and services, including the configuration and oversight of service accounts.

Develop and maintain custom libraries and design systems for other engineering teams, promoting code reuse and consistency.

Actively contribute to open-source projects like Superset and JupyterHub, positioning us as a leader in the tech community.

Conduct rigorous code reviews, setting a high bar for code quality, test coverage, and security.

bSkills and Experience

To be successful in this role, you should have:

Ideally 3-5 years of professional experience as a frontend engineer, mostly focussing on React.

Expertise in HTML5 and CSS3, including modern layout techniques and pre-processors.

Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Firebase, including production-level deployments.

Proven ability to work with large-scale data warehouses like BigQuery and sufficient SQL skills.

Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.

Expertise in managing complex GitLab CI pipelines, with a focus on secure and automated infrastructure deployments.

Experience developing on AI low-code platforms like Dify or Appsmith AI.

Experience with session recording and analytics libraries like MS Clarity would be an advantage.

A track record of significant contributions to open-source projects.

bWhy Cover Genius?

Cover Genius not only cares about being the best in our industry, we care about our team. We’re a business that understands life can be fluid and so we flex to ensure we provide the environment to suit that. What does that mean?

- Flexible Work Environment – our teams are hybrid. We work from home on Wednesdays and Thursday and attend the office on Monday, Tuesday and Friday with flexibility around start/finish times. We also have the added bonus of a Wellness day a month.
- Employee Stock Options – we want our people to share in our success, we reward them with ownership for their contribution in creating a world-class company.
- Work with like-minded people who are passionate about both the work we're doing and giving back. Our CG Gives programs enables us to all become philanthropists through our peer recognition and rewards system.
- Social Initiatives – pictures speak a thousand words

Sound interesting? If you think you have the best composition of the above, send us your resume and let's chat

* Cover Genius promotes diversity and inclusivity. We don't tolerate discrimination, demeaning treatment of anyone, or harassment due to race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

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