At TrueMotion we’re motivated by three things: working with great people who make it fun to be at work every day, solving hard problems, and making driving safer and more affordable for everyone. Our patented technology precisely determines driver risk via data from drivers' smartphones. Leading insurance companies are able to leverage this data to draw insights that can be used to help people become safer drivers and also save money on their car insurance.

About the role

The Front End Engineer will design, develop and maintain an Angular JavaScript- based user interface hosted in an AWS environment, that helps customers visualize and make use of the large amounts of IoT data uploaded by smartphone applications. Self sustaining scrum teams deliver code to production without external dependencies, using continuous delivery. The ideal candidate will also have experience working with backend technologies, such as Python, SQL and NoQSL, and can demonstrate the ability to write scalable, maintainable, testable and secure products.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, validate, maintain, release, and operate TrueMotion frontend application
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensures the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
• Participate in code reviews
• Takes initiative to request/obtain necessary training required to complete assigned tasks
• Participates in SCRUM team planning, and technical meetings

Desired skills

• 3+ years in frontend engineering experience (Angular / Javascript preferred)
• Good understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3, server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks
• Experience with JavaScript build and test automation technologies (e.g. Webpack, Karma, Jasmine, and Protractor).
• Basic understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
• Basic knowledge of image editing tools
• Good understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Design and document systems, including writing and reviewing code.
• Collaborative work ethic

Pluses

• Understanding of AWS services.
• Coding skills in at least one backend programming language. Python is preferred.
• Experience with Linux, nginx, SQL, NoSQL solutions

About Us:

At TrueMotion we’re motivated by three things: working with great people who make it fun to come to work every day, solving hard problems, and making driving safer and more affordable. If you’re a positive, organized self starter, then TrueMotion may be for you! Our patented technology precisely determines driver risk via data from a driver's smartphone. Insurance companies draw insights from this data, which is then used to help people become safer drivers and save money on car insurance.

TrueMotion is backed by General Catalyst, Bain Capital Ventures and Lakestar. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Note: local candidates are highly preferred for this role. We are also unable to provide visa sponsorships at this time.