Frontend Engineer, Underwriting

coalition; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first organization

WeWork access

Home office stipend

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Job summary

Coalition is seeking a Frontend Engineer to join the Underwriting Workbench team, building the platform used by underwriters to make informed risk decisions at scale. You will collaborate with Product, Design, and backend engineers to turn complex workflows into fast, clear, and trustworthy experiences, including interfaces for AI-assisted underwriting.

Responsibilities include building the core Workbench, keeping the data-heavy UI fast and reliable, and designing interfaces for AI-assisted

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software development experience with a CS degree or equivalent.
• Hands-on web UI experience with modern TypeScript, React, HTML and CSS.
• Experience integrating frontend with REST APIs and collaborating with backend engineers.
• Comfort managing complex application state (tables, filters, saved views, optimistic updates).
• Familiarity with Git and Agile software development practices.

Responsibilities

• Build and continuously improve the core Workbench experience used by underwriters and adjacent teams.
• Keep a data-heavy application fast, responsive, and reliable as usage and complexity grow.
• Design and ship interfaces for AI-assisted workflows that feel clear, useful, and trustworthy to daily users.
• Partner with Product Management and Design to shape requirements and translate user research into product improvements.
• Raise technical quality through code reviews, testing, reusable components, and contributions to the technical roadmap.
• Diagnose frontend performance and reliability issues using profiling and observability tools.

Skills

TypeScript

React

HTML/CSS

REST APIs

Git

Agile

State management

Product judgment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Next.js

Material UI

SQL

Python

VS Code

Job description

Role overview

The Frontend Engineer joins an Underwriting Workbench team building the platform used by underwriters to make informed risk decisions at scale. The role partners closely with Product, Design, engineering peers, and the underwriters themselves to turn complex workflows into fast, clear, and trustworthy experiences, including interfaces for AI-assisted underwriting.

Responsibilities

• Build and continuously improve the core Workbench experience used by underwriters and adjacent teams.
• Keep a data-heavy application fast, responsive, and reliable as usage and complexity grow.
• Design and ship interfaces for AI-assisted workflows that feel clear, useful, and trustworthy to daily users.
• Partner with Product Management and Design to shape requirements and translate user research into meaningful product improvements.
• Raise technical quality through code reviews, testing, reusable components, and contributions to the technical roadmap.
• Diagnose frontend performance and reliability issues using profiling and observability tools.

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional software development experience, with a degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on experience building web-based user interfaces with modern TypeScript, React, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience integrating frontend applications with REST APIs and collaborating effectively with backend engineers.
• Comfort managing complex application state, including tables, filters, saved views, optimistic updates, and synchronized workflows.
• Familiarity with Git or comparable source-control tools and agile software development practices.
• Strong product judgment and a practical approach to making progress through ambiguity.

Nice to have

• Experience building internal tools used by daily power users.
• Experience designing or building REST APIs with a server-side language such as Python.
• Familiarity with relational databases and SQL, Next.js, or Material UI.
• Experience with rich-text editors, virtualized tables, real-time collaborative interfaces, cybersecurity, or insurtech.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote-first organization with compensation benchmarks set across Canadian geographic markets; base salary range disclosed in the original listing for specific provinces and other locations.
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage; flexible PTO; annual home office stipend and access to WeWork.
• Mental and physical health wellness programs and competitive compensation with advancement opportunity.