Senior Frontend Engineer

📋 Description

• • Join Kota Technologies Limited as a Senior Frontend Engineer and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our core customer-facing product. This is a unique opportunity to work on the heart of Kota – the application that empowers employers to offer and manage essential insurance and retirement benefits, and enables employees to access these vital services. You will be instrumental in building and refining the user interfaces that thousands rely on daily, making a tangible impact on how companies provide for their workforce.
• • As a Senior Frontend Engineer on the Customer Platform team, you will be at the forefront of developing polished, reliable, and responsive user interfaces. Your primary tools will include modern frameworks such as Remix and React Router, alongside other cutting-edge technologies. The emphasis is on creating a seamless and intuitive experience for both employers and employees interacting with our health, pension, and insurance services. This role is designed for an individual who thrives on attention to detail, possesses a passion for crafting exceptional developer and user experiences, and is adept at writing clean, modern frontend code without compromising on speed or quality.
• • You will be responsible for the end-to-end development lifecycle of features within the customer platform. This includes collaborating closely with talented designers and product managers to translate complex requirements into elegant and user-friendly interfaces. Your contributions will directly influence the architecture, performance, and long-term maintainability of our frontend codebase. We encourage you to take ownership of your work, from initial concept and development through to deployment, performance monitoring, and ongoing support.
• • A key aspect of this role is the opportunity to own the core product. Unlike roles focused on internal tooling or platform-as-a-service offerings, you will be directly building the application that our customers interact with daily. This means your work will have immediate visibility and impact, allowing you to see the direct results of your efforts in making insurance and benefits more accessible and delightful.
• • We foster a culture of shipping fast and shipping right. As part of a small, high-ownership team, you will experience a dynamic environment where clean code, rapid execution, and smart decision-making are paramount. You will have the autonomy to move quickly, unburdened by excessive red tape, while maintaining a high standard of quality. This balance between speed and precision is crucial to our success.
• • You will leverage a modern and sharp technology stack, including Remix, React Router, TailwindCSS, .NET 8, PostgreSQL, Vercel, and AWS. We are committed to using technologies that enhance productivity and avoid unnecessary complexity, ensuring a streamlined development process and a robust final product.
• • Our craft-driven culture permeates every aspect of our work. From the user experience to the developer experience, we obsess over the details. You will collaborate with a team of skilled designers and engineers who share a commitment to excellence and take pride in shipping high-quality products. This environment encourages continuous learning and improvement, pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the benefits platform space.
• • Autonomy and trust are cornerstones of our philosophy. We hire exceptional individuals and empower them with the freedom and responsibility to excel. From day one, you will have significant ownership and the space to do your best work, contributing meaningfully to our mission.
• • The impact of your work will be global. Thousands of individuals will access crucial benefits through the platform you help build and maintain. Your role is vital in making insurance and retirement benefits more accessible and user-friendly for this generation of employees.
• • Key responsibilities include building and maintaining both employer and employee-facing UIs within the core Kota platform. You will actively participate in technical planning sessions, conduct thorough code reviews, and contribute to debugging production issues. Furthermore, you will be instrumental in shaping the frontend architecture, optimizing performance, and ensuring the maintainability of our codebase for future scalability. Building reusable components and establishing consistent patterns will be essential for efficient product development and long-term success. Ensuring a top-notch user experience – characterized by speed, intuitiveness, and accessibility – is a core objective. You will own your code from development through to production, taking responsibility for its performance, error handling, and observability.
• • This role is ideal for a Senior Frontend Engineer who is passionate about building impactful products, enjoys working in a fast-paced and collaborative environment, and is eager to contribute to a company revolutionizing the benefits landscape. You will be a key player in defining the user experience of a product that is fundamentally changing how people access essential financial and insurance services.