Lead Developer, Front End

Every day, ePayPolicy helps over 7,500 insurance companies speed up incoming and outgoing payments. By helping them move from manual, outdated forms of payment collection to modern payment tools, we help their companies work faster and more efficiently. (Check out our almost 5-star customer reviews.)

How do we do it? With powerful payment tools that just work. Our secure, online ACH and credit card payment page is the core product for many of our companies. But we also provide an integrated suite of helpful features for insurance companies of all sizes, including point-of-sale financing, payables network tools and check reconciliation, all within a single dashboard.

Our expert, live support team helps deliver exceptional care every day, with an industry-leading 97% customer retention rate. Our customers love us. We love them.

Founded in 2014, our growing team is based in Austin, TX, and has clients in all 50 US states. We’ve grown over 300% in the last three years - with big plans for the future.

We are seeking an experienced technical leader to join our team as a Front End Lead Developer to evolve our product suite and user experience by designing and developing scalable and maintainable solutions for complex financial systems. As a Front End Lead Developer at ePayPolicy, you will join a highly collaborative and entrepreneurial team where you will play a pivotal role in leading developers in delivering secure, performant code. You’ll pair with members of the Engineering, Product, and QA teams on a daily basis, gathering requirements, defining technical specifications, and planning software projects that enable us to exceed our users' needs by iterating on our current products and delivering new, cutting edge SaaS solutions to our customers. 

What you will do: 

• Lead a team of developers, providing technical guidance, mentoring, and support throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, define technical specifications, and plan software projects.

• Design and architect scalable solutions using Microsoft technologies.

• Establish and enforce coding standards, development methodologies and best practices for the engineering team. 

• Conduct code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards and identify areas for improvement. 

• Remain hands-on in your contributions by developing high-quality, clean, and efficient code.

• Troubleshoot complex technical issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement effective solutions.

• Stay up-to-date with the latest Microsoft technologies, tools, and frameworks, and proactively suggest their adoption where applicable.

What you bring: 

• Minimum of 12 years of experience in front-end software development and design

• At least two years of Payment Processing, InsurTech, and Premium Financing software experience.

• Strong proficiency in web development technologies such as HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and modern front-end frameworks (vite and React in particular).

• Ownership of the front-end strategy, and ability to maintain front-end code consistency across several development teams.

• Solid understanding of software development methodologies, design patterns, and best practices leveraging things like dependency injection, RESTful APIs, MVC, and Entity Framework to name a few. 

• Excellent leadership and people management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate team members towards achieving technical excellence. 

• Proven experience managing several complex projects running concurrently.

• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities, with a focus on delivering practical and effective solutions.

• Front-end subject matter expert. Ability to identify and suggest opportunities for architectural improvements (such as upgrading Webpack to vite).

Why ePayPolicy

• Competitive salary

• Comprehensive benefits package with employer-paid basic life and disability premiums

• 401K

• Unlimited PTO

• Company-sponsored quarterly “ePayItForward” initiatives 

• Supportive and inclusive company culture with a focus on work/life balance

• Fully-stocked kitchen

• Lunch stipend when working onsite

• Open communication (We won’t box you in! If you have a cool idea for a product improvement or a suggestion on how to improve the customer experience, let’s talk about it. We value everyone’s ideas and opinions.)

• Huge opportunity for growth

We operate on a hybrid schedule for in-office employees. Standard schedules are three days per week in the office, however, the cadence and days are determined by each team and manager. 

ePayPolicy Hiring Practice

We value diversity at ePayPolicy. The company will hire, recruit, and promote without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, pregnancy or maternity, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law. We understand the importance of creating a safe and comfortable work environment and encourage individualism and authenticity in every member of our team.