About the role
<div class="content-intro"><h1>About Us</h1> <p>Herald is transforming how commercial insurance gets sold. We combine modern API infrastructure with industry-specific AI that can read emails, extract data, generate quotes, and guide brokers through submission workflows end-to-end. The result: faster placement, cleaner operations, and meaningful revenue growth. The market is huge, the need is obvious, and the product we’re building doesn’t exist yet. If you want to help shape the operating system for modern insurance, we’d love to work with you.</p> <p>We’re a team of insurtech veterans with experience at<a href="https://www.at-bay.com/"> At-Bay</a>,<a href="https://www.kin.com/"> Kin</a>,&nbsp; and<a href="https://insurify.com/"> Insurify</a>. We’ve raised our Series A funding from top-tier VCs (<a href="https://lsvp.com/">Lightspeed</a>, <a href="https://www.brewerlane.com/">Brewer Lane, </a><a href="https://afore.vc/">&nbsp;Afore</a>,<a href="https://underscore.vc/"> Underscore</a>) along with a panel of insurtech founders (<a href="http://at-bay.com/">At-Bay</a>,<a href="https://marblepay.com/"> Marble</a>), insurance executives (<a href="https://crcgroup.com/">CRC</a>), and early employees of other successful API infrastructure companies (<a href="http://plaid.com/">Plaid</a>,<a href="https://alloy.co/"> Alloy</a>).</p></div><h2><strong>The Role</strong></h2> <p>We are seeking a highly skilled <strong>Frontend Engineer</strong> to join our team and take ownership of building our application from the ground up. This role requires a strong foundation in modern frontend development, architectural decision-making, and hands-on coding expertise to establish scalable, maintainable solutions.</p> <h2><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></h2> <ul> <li><strong>Project Ownership</strong>: Lead the development of a new web application from scratch, setting up the architecture, tooling, and best practices.</li> <li><strong>Architecture &amp; Design</strong>: Define and implement frontend architecture, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.</li> <li><strong>Feature Development</strong>: Build robust, user-friendly, and responsive interfaces using React, TypeScript, and modern libraries.</li> <li><strong>Collaboration</strong>: Work closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to deliver seamless user experiences.</li> <li><strong>Quality &amp; Testing</strong>: Establish automated testing strategies