Kin Insurance · 1 day ago
Engineering Lead, Front-End Focused
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $190K/yrKin Insurance is redesigning insurance to be smarter, faster, and centered on the customer. They are seeking a passionate engineering lead to guide a team of software engineers in full-stack product development, focusing on performance, scalability, and maintainability.
Financial ServicesInsuranceInsurTechProperty Insurance
Responsibilities
Serve as a hands-on engineering leader and a technical expert
Nurture and mentor a small team of top engineering talent
Work with product management to develop and maintain a roadmap for your team
Drive your team to innovate and deliver roadmap features with agility and high quality
Writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code in Javascript/Typescript and familiarity with JS frameworks/libraries (Angular, React or Vue)
Experience with backend development (Ruby/Rails, Node.js, or similar) and a strong understanding of full-stack architecture, APIs, and data flow between frontend and backend systems
Leading pair programming sessions and providing mentorship to more junior team members
Driving and fostering design or architectural tasks
Participating in daily stands and weekly retros
Collaborating with cross-functional team members, including Product and PMO
Execute consistently, rapidly, and effectively to take ideas from concept to production and scale
Maintain high availability of products and quick response to any production incidents
Represent your team and product line in cross-functional discussions
Qualification
Required
Leadership experience in software development & strong computer science fundamentals
Serves as the go-to person for key projects, proactively identifying and mitigating risks to ensure successful delivery
Experience leading a small team of engineers in a player coach role
Strong design and architecture exposure in building large scale software solutions using cloud technologies
Experience in designing, implementing and maintaining high performance, high availability (24x7), large-scale web based software applications using modern programming languages
Experience with Ruby and Rails is nice to have
Experience designing accessible web applications with CSS and semantic HTML
Experience with Relational and No-SQL databases, message queues/brokers
Exposure to BI & big data technologies including Looker, BigTable is nice to have
Strong communication skills and ability to grasp and convey complex product requirements or technical concepts
Ability to work in a fast paced, iterative development environment
Excellent command of software development life cycle activities including analysis, design, development, unit and system testing, production deployment and post-production support
Knowledge of the Insurance Industry & Products is a big plus
Preferred
Experience with Ruby and Rails is nice to have
Exposure to BI & big data technologies including Looker, BigTable is nice to have
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Short and Long Term Disability Insurance options
Employee Assistance Program
Accident insurance
Hospital indemnity
Critical illness
Legal assistance
Pet insurance
401K with company match of up to 4% of eligible earnings
Flexible PTO for exempt employees (employees typically take 15-20 days annually), along with 8 company-observed holidays
A paid parental leave program that provides 100% salary continuation of up to 14 weeks for birthing parents and 8 weeks for non birthing parents
Continuing education and professional development opportunities
Company
Kin Insurance
Kin Insurance is a direct-to-consumer digital insurance provider that enhances convenience and customization in coverage options.
Founded in 2016
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Kin Insurance has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (2)
2024 (1)
2023 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$753.16MKey Investors
Runway Growth CapitalWellington ManagementActivate Capital Partners
2025-10-09Debt Financing· $45M
2025-09-09Series E· $50M
2025-03-25Debt Financing· $200M
Leadership Team
Sean Harper
CEO and Co Founder
Alex Mitchell
Senior Director of Product Management
Recent News
2025-10-23
2025-10-21
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