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Kin Insurance·United States, United States·onsite

Engineering Lead, Front-End Focused

$140,000 - $190,000 Posted 2 months ago
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Ruby on RailsReactVue.jsAngularTypeScriptJavaScript

About the role

What you'll do

  • Lead and scale a full-stack engineering team focused on front-end and back-end development within the Claims Engineering organization.
  • Drive the technical roadmap in partnership with Product, ensuring high-quality, timely delivery and system reliability.
  • Architect and implement scalable, high-availability web applications using JavaScript/TypeScript and modern frameworks (Angular, React, or Vue).
  • Serve as a hands-on player-coach, mentoring engineers, leading code reviews, and elevating engineering standards.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, PMO, and stakeholders to translate complex requirements into technical solutions.

What you should know

  • This role requires a hands-on leadership style balancing technical expertise with team mentorship and operational excellence.
  • Candidates should be comfortable working in a fast-paced, iterative startup environment with evolving priorities.
  • Strong communication skills are essential to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
  • The position offers career growth and development opportunities with support for professional learning and internal mobility.
  • Applicants must be able to work full-time onsite or in approved states in the US or Ontario, Canada, with no visa sponsorship currently available.

About the company

  • Kin is a remote-first, mission-driven company focused on simplifying and improving homeowners insurance with technology and data.
  • Founded in 2016, Kin is recognized for fast growth and strong customer satisfaction, with accolades like Forbes Fintech 50 and Great Places to Work.
  • The company values ownership, teamwork, and continuous improvement, fostering a culture of high performance and low drama.
  • Kin emphasizes lean operations and innovation, reinvesting savings to deliver better products and pricing to customers.
  • Kin has a distributed workforce across more than 35 states with offices in Chicago and St. Petersburg for collaboration.

Key required skills

JavaScriptTypeScriptReactAngularVueRuby on RailsNode.jsAPIsRelational databasesNoSQL databases

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