Insured Connect is the creator of ‘NIC’, the life insurance industry’s most innovative in force data and policy service platform. We have established partnerships with most Life Insurance and Annuity Carriers, who provide in force data feeds to power the NIC Platform.Reporting to the Director of Technology and Innovation, a Junior Front End Developer works with internal and external resources to ensure that our product is developed and designed to the development standards and technology stack defined by company leadership. Senior Developers will provide mentorship to Intermediate and Junior Developers in order to assist them in developing their skills and growth within Insured Connect. Responsibilities & Duties•Write, update, test, document, and maintain front end application code.•Collaborate with NIC software developers, business sponsors, and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain the NIC Platform in conjunction with the IC Software Development Life Cycle.•Collaborate with developers, business analysts and other team members in order to produce an integrated end-to-end solution.•Work within the frameworks of the IC Information Security Policy to ensure all code written is compliant with the IC Information Security documentation.•Participate in two regularly scheduled checkpoints per week with the full technical team.•Assess opportunities for application and process improvements, document, and share with team members and affected parties.•Support deployment of releases as needed.•Meet a minimum of once weekly with technical and business resources to discuss priorities and status of currently assigned work items.•Maintain technical competency in all skills required to execute the role of a front end developer. QualificationsMinimum Qualifications:•BS Degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical work experience.•Deep knowledge of AngularJS practices and commonly used modules.•Creating self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components.•Ensuring a clear dependency chain, in regard to the app logic as well as the file system.•Thorough understanding of the responsibilities of the platform, database, API, caching layer, proxies, and other web services used in the system.•Experience working with high volumes of data in relational and non-relational database environments.•Experience with all levels of operation available to the front-end, such as from creating XHRs in vanilla JS to using a custom wrapper around $resource.•Experience with building scalable applications, including building the infrastructure for serving the front-end app and assets.•Experience working with modularized code•Experience preparing and executing Unit TestsPreferred Qualifications:•Experience working in small team environments•Experience documenting technical solutions, interaction flows, and functional designs based on high-level business requirements•Experience identifying security vulnerabilities in UI design and implementation•Work experience across the entire technical landscape; development, database and infrastructure•Experience with Spring Frameworks•Experience working with data processing technologies such as Spark and Hadoop•Experience with microservices/API architecture•Experience with the AWS stack•Experience with NextJS/vueJS IC is poised to revolutionize the life insurance industry with its pioneering platform. Our platform will be the industry’s first and only single, shared solution that digitizes in force policy service for ALL Carriers, Distributors, Agents and Policy Owners. We are growing fast and are assembling a team of top performers to transform our potential into reality. If you are up for a big challenge in a fast-paced environment where you have the opportunity to change an industry, we encourage you to apply. Apply by sending your resume and a cover letter to michael.morris@ins-connect.com.