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Founded in 2017, Coalition combines cybersecurity and insurance to help organizations prevent digital risk before it strikes. Coalition’s Active Insurance policies combine traditional coverage with a digital risk assessment and monitoring technology to help small and medium-sized businesses protect themselves in today’s hyper-connected world.

The team at Coalition is made up of cybersecurity and technology experts, as well insurance industry veterans. Our secret sauce is bringing this expertise together to create a world-class organization with a massive technological advantage. Coalition is also backed by leading global insurers like Allianz, Arch Insurance, Lloyd’s of London, Swiss Re and Zurich North America. Today, Coalition is one of the world’s largest commercial insurtech serving over 160,000 customers.

In June 2022, Coalition closed an additional $250 million in Series F Funding to accelerate its rapid growth at a time when many other companies struggled to find funding. This latest funding validated that Coalition is building a long-term business that can deliver profitable growth with a clear strategic advantage.

Coalition has experienced tremendous growth by helping organizations of all sizes solve real-world problems and by remaining true to our founding values of character, humility, responsibility, purpose, authenticity and inclusion. We are proud to have been named among Inc.’s Best Workplaces of 2021 and one of Fast Company’s most innovative companies for 2022.

Principal Frontend Engineers at Coalition focus on driving amazing user experiences for internal and external customers. You will work closely with design/product/engineering/business stakeholders to enable the team to deliver and operate quality user experiences across the web. In addition to contributing to our user experiences, you’ll also help shape how we build them, operate them, and work together as teams through your contributions both to our cultural and technical ideals and mentorship of engineers at all levels.

The Cyber Experience platform currently leverages React, JS, GraphQL to create fluid experiences for our customers. We prefer to use the right tool for the job and make pragmatic decisions about how to scale and decouple systems as we continue to grow. We’re looking for someone who can navigate an environment with many moving pieces and systems to help the team understand how they fit into the broader puzzle.

1. Help define and teach excellence standards for building and operating frontend web applications
2. Build out high quality user experiences within software applications and components
3. Work with cross functional stakeholders including product, design, sales, and others to help break down business requirements into actionable plans
4. Collaborate with SRE to develop and deliver applications in a repeatable, stable, and joyful software development lifecycle
5. Develop test cases and uphold standards of engineering excellence
6. Drive and/or collaborate on Architectural Decision Records
7. Mentor all levels of engineers
8. Make Coalition a better place by taking on the unseen, unforeseen, and important items that come up along the way

1. Computer Science or Engineering degree, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent work experience
2. It’s not the years, it’s the miles but we’d expect you’d like have at least 12 years of hands-on software development experience building SPAs, components, and interactive experiences
3. Experience building React-based applications using TypeScript
4. Analyzing software errors with tools like Sentry, DataDog, Jaeger/Zipkin, GreyLog, or App Dynamics
5. Use of source control (git, svn, perforce)
6. Proficiency managing agile software development practices at scale
7. Working with an agile team using collaborative development tools (Atlassian Suite, GitHub, GitLab)

1. Experience with multiple transport formats (JSON/REST, graphQL, Protobufs/gRPC)
2. Monorepo development experience
3. Prior fintech or insuretech experience

We’re a highly fulfilling, mission-driven team who is committed to building a more diverse and inclusive culture. We want to work with people of all different backgrounds and paths in life, and we trust our team members to take responsibility, share ownership and put in the work, no matter how small the task. We are always looking for collaborative, inquisitive and dedicated individuals to join #OurCoalition and help us on our mission to solve digital risk.

Check out our featured press releases! (Links work on our site) Coalition Closes $250 Million in Series F Funding, Valuing the Cyber Insurance Provider at $5 Billion Coalition Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2022 Coalition Launches Active Insurance, Reaches $650M Run Rate GWP Coalition launches tech-powered executive risks products with personalized risk assessment for all US small-businesses

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Coalition's very foundation is built on respecting and encouraging diversity and inclusion across the organization. We respect and encourage diversityCoalition is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.