Newfront is hiring a Software Engineer- Onboarding & Marketing Platform

Insurance is a trillion dollar market that is fundamental to society, yet it has not modernized — until now. Newfront is building the modern insurance experience. We've completely reimagined how people create, understand, select, transact, and use insurance. Our approach starts and ends with the client, not the product, empowering people during moments that truly matter. Our unique approach recognizes both the vast potential of technology and the fundamental role of insurance experts. We're a technology-driven company with DE&I in our DNA and strong values; we fundamentally believe people matter most. Our mission is to define the future of the insurance industry, while instilling a high-performance culture that embraces our Work, Love, Play ethos every single day. We value balanced lives and are passionate about creating a wellness culture that results in healthier, happier, and more productive employees — and ultimately, more successful clients. We're hunting for a software engineer to join the Onboarding and Marketplace team – the group responsible for building the core systems that power the insurance marketing process. From submission intake and appetite matching to carrier marketing and quote tracking, this team owns the tooling and automation that connect clients with the right coverage options. You'll help design and scale systems that support high-leverage workflows used by brokers, account managers, and clients — ensuring that marketing, quoting, and binding insurance is as efficient, transparent, and user-friendly as possible. This work is central to how we deliver value and differentiate ourselves in a competitive industry. It is a high-impact org and owns multiple domains such as: • Core insurance data platform to power all insurance products, operations and intelligence • Admin ecosystem to empower insurance professionals to service and market insurance • Client facing ecosystem to empower clients to understand, manage and use their insurance and manage their risks • Emerging AI / LLM powered applications to supercharge both clients and admin to automate insurance operations and usage This position is a salary, exempt, and full-time position. This is a Hybrid role (within the USA) with the option to work from any of Newfront's office locations. #LI-Remote **What You'll Be Responsible For**: • Be a crucial contributor within the team, working through ambiguity, concept validation and implementing a best-in-class solution. The team owns a large scope including but not limited to core insurance data foundation, end to end insurance servicing experience, and admin servicing tooling ecosystem. You will be participating in major initiatives across all domains. • Identify areas of improvement and drive foundation opportunities on the web and backend • Collaborate with cross-functional design, product, and data science teams to design and deliver high-quality products and influence outcomes • Follow data-driven approaches to iterate product features • Help cultivate innovation and growth by contributing to cross-collaboration and execution of projects across multiple teams • In the AI domain, implement the rapid prototyping of software applications applying AI / ML technologies. Serve as the software generalist and participate in development process from ML model design and implementation to backend and frontend development **Qualifications**: • BS, MS or PhD in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience • 2+ years of professional experience on software engineering and web application development at scale is required • Experience designing, building large systems at enterprise • Strong programming and data engineering in one or more backend server languages (Java/Python/Ruby/Go/TypeScript/etc.) • Experience with web development best practices such as container, docker, continuous integration and continuous deployment • Proficiency with RDBMS such as MySQL/PostgreSQL • Ability to effectively communicate with non-technical stakeholders • Ability to take a thoughtful, pragmatic, and efficient approach to problem-solving • Passion to up-level yourself and those around you through curiosity, mentorship, and fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment **Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**: • Experience using TypeScript on the backend is preferred • Experience with JavaScript backend frameworks such as Express/Node.js/Nest.js is preferred • Experience with data pipeline and data driven analytics • Experience with any of these DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Authorization, Authentication, Search Infrastructure (Elastic Search) • Experience with deploying or leveraging ML model and LLM to power business. Having decent understanding of ML essentials and having a background to work and speak the same language with data scientists • Experience with state-of-the-art LLMs techniques, models and vendors • Experience with LLM and other related frameworks like Langchain, LLamaIndex • Strong experience with popular AI/ML libraries and frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn) The pay range for this position in California, Washington, Colorado and New York at commencement of employment is expected to be between $128,300 and $200,500/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, the employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors. **At Newfront, we are committed to hiring diverse talent and supporting an inclusive workplace environment. If you are excited about a role at Newfront but feel you're missing a few of the qualifications, we still encourage you to apply and tell us about yourself. You may just be the next Newfront team member that we are looking for!** Newfront is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Diversity is in our DNA and we believe that creating an inclusive workplace elevates the value we are able to bring to our customers and employees alike. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other applicable status protected by state or local law. If you require reasonable accommodations throughout the application or interview process, please contact us at [email protected]. For information regarding how Newfront collects and uses personal information, please review our Privacy Policy. Compensation Range: $128.3K - $200.5K