Location Note: This a hybrid role for our Wakefield, MA office (In-office one day per week, plus additional in-person trainings and workshops as needed)
The Purpose of Your Role:
The Frontend Software Engineer is part of the development team, which has the responsibility for building, maintaining, enhancing and integrating home built custom applications using different technology stacks and connected systems. A frontend engineer at Sentinel learns and conducts requirement analysis, documents technical specifications, test plans, writes, reviews, debugs code and performs releases. This role handles makes software design decisions together with higher staff and will own the frontend stack within Sentinel.
What you'll bring to Sentinel:
- Comprehend the need to build secure, maintainable and testable software systems.
- Growth mindset and willingness to learn.
- Programming expertise in building performant and maintainable frontend solutions in a distributed system.
- Programming knowledge with Typescript, ReactJs
- Knowledge how AI can help us build better applications
What you’ll be responsible for:
- Work with Business Analysts and peers to build software you are proud of.
- Develop frontend related features or components for applications and demo them to stakeholders.
- Help converting legacy applications into web-based applications that follow our CI.
- Build secure and well-defined internal and external applications that communicate securely through our API’s.
- Contribute to tools and processes to strengthen our development.
We are looking for smart and innovative thinkers to drive our business and clients forward—someone with self-motivation, drive, determination, and the strength of character to challenge the status quo. We strive to surround ourselves with team members who are proud of their work and look for people who are willing to embrace change.
What you need to have:
Preferred qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- Experience with AWS.
- Proficiency in various protocols, standards and data formats (including REST, JSON, OpenAPI, JWT ).
- Ability to work in a hybrid work environment (1 day in the office).
- Authorized to work in the US without current or future sponsorship.
- Salary Range: $95,000-$105,000
Nice to haves:
- Experience with git, build pipelines, auth, frontend testing
What you’ll be part of:
Joining our company means becoming part of something special. We're driven by a mission to excel in our industry and within our team, supported by people who truly care about our organization.
Sentinel was recently recognized by The Boston Globe as a Top Place to Work in 2020 and 2023. In 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, Sentinel earned a Top Workplace USA Award from Energage.
At Sentinel, we welcome people from diverse experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives – and we wouldn’t have it any other way. So even if you don’t meet every single requirement, please consider applying if you like what you see. Our priority is to find talented individuals who enrich our team culture, contribute with enthusiasm, and are passionate about what they do.
Sentinel is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to our team. If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.
Some of our Benefits:
PTO (vacation, sick, personal time bank)
FTO (Flexible time off for vacation, sick and personal time) after 2 years of service
12 Paid Holidays (10 stated and 2 floating holidays)
2 Community Volunteer Days
5 Summer Half Days
Medical, Dental, Vision
Life Insurance
LTD & STD
Retirement Plan with 4% Employer Match
Parental Leave
See What We Stand For: https://www.sentinelgroup.com/About-Us/Join-Our-Team
Who we are:
Sentinel Group proudly serves nearly 5,000 clients throughout the U.S. For 35+ years, we’ve remained devoted to positively impacting the lives of our people, our clients and our communities. With a 9-year average associate tenure among our 265 professionals, our team’s commitment to excellent service has positioned Sentinel as the only provider who makes benefits EASY: easy for your people; easy for your business; and easy for you.
Our ultimate goal is to help companies and their employees prepare for their future health, wealth and retirement needs. Whether it’s through retirement plans, group health insurance, reimbursement accounts or financial planning, we engineer simple solutions and continuously strive to make them better. Our in-house experts – and their commitment to excellence – define who we are.
Sentinel is also one of the largest employee benefits firms in Massachusetts (Boston Business Journal) and was named a 2022 Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year in the Mentorship category (PLANADVISER Magazine).
Sentinel Group Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA Office
100 Quannapowitt Parkway, Wakefield, MA, United States, 01880
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