Staff Software Engineer (Front End) - IntelliScript (Remote)

 What We Do

Milliman IntelliScript is a group of a few hundred experts in fields ranging from actuarial science to information technology to clinical practice. Together, we develop and deploy category-defining, data-driven, software-as-a-service (SaaS) products for a broad spectrum of insurance, health IT and life sciences clients. We are a business unit within Milliman, Inc., a respected consultancy with offices around the world.

Candidates who have their pick of jobs are drawn to IntelliScript’s entrepreneurial and collaborative culture of innovation, excellence, exceptional customer service, balance, and transparency. Every single person has a voice in our company, and we challenge each other to push the outer limits of our full, diverse potential. And, we’ve shown sustained growth that ensures you’ll have room to grow your skillset, responsibilities, and career.

Our team is smart, down-to-earth, and ready to listen to your best ideas. We reward excellence and offer competitive compensation and benefits. Visit our LinkedIn page for a closer look at our company, and learn more about our cultural values here.

Milliman invests in skills training and career development and gives all employees access to a variety of learning and mentoring opportunities. Our growing number of Milliman Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are employee-led communities that influence policy decisions, develop future leaders, and amplify the voices of their constituents. We encourage our employees to give back to their varied professions, including leadership in professional organizations. Please visit our website to learn more about Milliman’s commitments to our people, diversity and inclusion, social impact, and sustainability.

 What this position entails

IntelliScript’s Information Technology has been a key part of our success and is critical to our future. In this position, you will have responsibility for shaping the ongoing development and enhancement of IntelliScript’s industry-leading software.  You will work closely with the development team on front-end technological research and architecture decisions. This role is expected to analyze and provide recommendations to help guide UI development practices and procedures, as well as help define standards and provide guidance on new UI development. This role will have a focus on our OneRecord product’s web app design and development, console front end design and development, and other design projects.

 What you will be doing

• Design, develop, maintain and improve software and other technical solutions that solve business challenges 
• Mentoring team members on software engineering best practices
• Focus on overall product quality 
• Develop and maintain unit and integration tests 
• Responsibly self-manage workload given project priorities, deadlines and deliverables 
• Help the team achieve sprint goals through independent work and collaboration
• Participate in code reviews to promote quality and best practices
• Support code deployments

 What we need

• 10+ years of relevant experience
• In-depth front end development and user experience design expertise
• Strong experience with React, Next.js, JavaScript, CS Modules, Headless APIs, and State Management
• Understanding of DevOps principles 
• Understanding of Agile practices (e.g. Scrum) 
• Experience with full software development lifecycle 
• Excellent technical design, problem solving, and debugging skills 
• Experience with writing testable code, unit tests, integration tests, etc.
• Excellent collaborative skills, work well independently and as a team member 
• Proven analytical skills to interpret and implement business and functional requirements 
• Understanding of the value of test automation and a desire to incorporate it in development practice 

 What you bring to the table

• Proactive and positive approach to solving problems, and correcting issues 
• Facilitate collaboration among team members 
• Demonstrated “let’s find a way to do it” attitude – no task is too big or too small, always willing to pitch in and help someone else 
• Excellent communication skills 
• Detail oriented 
• Welcomes increased responsibility over time 
• Loves to learn, takes every opportunity they’re given to develop knowledge and skills 
• Adapts to an established process, able to move projects along in a timeframe <