IT Software Engineer/Sr (Front-End / React)

Erie Insurance; Erie (Erie County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Pension

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Career development

Job summary

Erie Insurance is seeking an IT Software Engineer/Sr Software Engineer with a strong front-end focus. You will design, develop, and maintain applications, delivering code within a collaborative, full-stack team using React and modern tooling.

The role emphasizes front-end development, API integration, and a culture of continuous learning, with opportunities for mentoring and career growth within Erie’s technology teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, MIS, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years in related IT/ software development roles.
• Experience front-end development with modern frameworks (React).
• Knowledge of API integration and backend services.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, and maintains software components.
• Provides technical leadership on small to moderate projects.
• Delivers code/configuration changes within an SDLC framework.
• Develops tools and applications with clean, efficient code.
• Communicates across teams and vendors.

Skills

Front-end React

API integration

CI/CD

DevOps practices

Mentoring

React tooling

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's in IT / MIS

Associate + 5 yrs exp

Tools

Mendix

ExStream

Job description

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IT Software Engineer/Sr (Front-End / React)

salary range is for this level and may vary based on actual level of role hired for

*This range represents a national range and the actual salary will depend on several factors including the scope and complexity of the role and the skills, education, training, credentials, location (State) based on ERIE's geographical differences, and experience of an applicant, as well as level of role for which the successful candidate is hired. Position may be eligible for an annual bonus payment.

At Erie Insurance, you’re not just part of a Fortune 500 company; you’re also a valued member of a diverse and inclusive team that includes more than 6,000 employees and over 13,000 independent agencies. Our Employees work in the Home Office complex located in Erie, PA, and in our Field Offices that span 12 states and the District of Columbia.
Benefits That Go Beyond The Basics

We strive to be Above all in Service® to our customers—and to our employees. That’s why Erie Insurance offers you an exceptional benefits package, including:

• Premier health, prescription, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependents.Coverage begins your first day of work.
• Low contributions to medical and prescription premiums.We currently pay up to 97% of employees’ monthly premium costs.
• Pension. We are among the 2% of Fortune 500 companies to offer a traditional pension plan. Full-time employees are vested after five years of services.
• 401(k) with up to 4% contribution match.The 401(k) is offered in addition to the pension.
• Paid time off.Paid vacation, personal days, sick days, bereavement days and parental leave.
• Career development.Including a tuition reimbursement program for higher education and industry designations.
  

Additional benefits that include company-paid basic life insurance; short-and long-term disability insurance; orthodontic coverage for children and adults; adoption assistance; fertility and infertility coverage; well-being programs; paid volunteer hours for service to your community; and dollar-for-dollar matching of your charitable gifts each year.

Position Summary

Designs, develops, and maintains computer software.

Provides technical leadership on small, moderately complex, low risk enhancement projects or support teams, with little supervision.

Delivers moderately complex code/configuration changes as part of a larger implementation under a moderate level of supervision in a primarily full-stack development environment including front-end, policy, integration, and cloud.

What You’ll Do

As an IT Software Engineer or IT Sr Software Engineersupporting the Erie Family Life Program, you will work on a team delivering projects that support new business and policy changes for our Term and Whole Life products. You will contribute to the design, development, integration, testing, and delivery of modern applications, with a strong focus on front-end development. The team works with technologies including Mendix, ExStream, APIs and integrations, and other modern development tools and frameworks.

Preferred Experience & Skills

• Front-end development experience using modern frameworks and technologies, such as React, Mendix, or similar platforms
• Experience developing and integrating APIs and backend services
• Knowledge of modern software architecture, design principles, and development patterns
• Experience establishing and maintaining unit and integration testing practices to support a healthy, high-quality codebase
• Understanding of Agile development practices and the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Ability to coach and mentor programmers, apprentices, and interns
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across technical and business teams
• Experience supporting transformation efforts or working on small- to medium-sized initiatives spanning multiple portfolios

Duties and Responsibilities

• Generates, reviews and debugs code/configurations that contribute to a larger product.
• Creates designs, unit tests, and code/configuration of that is reviewed and approved by a more senior engineer.
• Executes tasks in the software development life cycle
• Develops tools and applications by producing clean, efficient code
• Automates tasks through appropriate tools and scripting
• Performs validation and verification testing (unit and integration testing)
• Communicates and collaborates openly and effectively across teams and vendors within their area of focus (practice area).
• May perform as a technical lead on low complexity/isolated applications enhancements or a small, legacy production support team.
• May coach and mentor programmers, apprentices, and interns.

The first two duties listed are the functions identified as essential to the job. Essential functions are those job duties that must be performed in order for the job to be accomplished.

Regular and predictable attendance is an essential job function. For certain positions at ERIE, including leadership roles, regular and predictable onsite presence may also be an essential job function based on business and operational needs.

This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the incumbent. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instruction and to perform any other duties as requested by their supervisor, or as become clear.

Capabilities

• Self-Development
• Decision Quality
• Values Diversity
• Nimble Learning
• Customer Focus
• Ensures Accountability
• Coding And Converting
• Information Management Skills
• Job-Specific Knowledge
• Proofing Text And Numbers
• Using Tables And Graphs

Qualifications

Minimum Educational and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in IT, MIS, or related field and three years' related experience; or
• Associate's degree in technical field, plus five years' related experience; or
• High school diploma plus seven years' related experience

Additional Experience

• Possesses moderate acumen with continued growth in experience, breadth, and depth in one or more of the following practice areas:front-end, full-stack, back-end, mainframe, integration, document management, or data science, required.

Designations and/or Licenses

• Willingness to pursue a certification in one or more preferred technologies at ERIE required

Physical Requirements

• Lifting/Moving 0-20 lbs; Occasional (<20%)
• Lifting/Moving 20-50 lbs; Occasional (<20%)
• Ability to move over 50 lbs using lifting aide equipment; Rarely
• Driving; Occasional (<20%)
• Pushing/Pulling/moving objects, equipment with wheels; Rarely
• Manual Keying/Data Entry/inputting information/computer use; Frequent (50-80%)