Sr. Front End Engineer

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey empowers our members to achieve their best health. For over 90 years, we have been New Jersey's health solutions leader driving innovations that improve health care quality, affordability, and member experience. Our members are our neighbors, our friends, and our families. It is this understanding that drives us to better serve and care for the 3.5 million people who place their trust in us. We pride ourselves on our best-in-class employees and strive to maintain an innovative and inclusive environment that allows them to thrive. When our employees bring their best and succeed, the Company succeeds.

Responsibilities:

• Develop modern, responsive, and accessible front-end applications using React, React Native, Typescript, and Next.js.

• Collaborate with UX/UI designers and Product Managers to implement pixel-perfect experiences.

• Build and maintain reusable components, design systems, and front-end libraries.

• Ensure cross-browser compatibility, performance, and accessibility compliance.

• Integrate with RESTful and GraphQL APIs, and contribute to system architecture planning.

• Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to maintain code quality and reliability.

• Mentor junior engineers and participate in code reviews and agile ceremonies.

• Use GitHub, Jira, and Confluence to manage workflows and documentation.

• Contribute to experimentation and innovation in applying AI to front-end development.

Education/Experience:

• High School Diploma/GED required.

• Bachelor degree preferred or relevant experience in lieu of degree.

• 10+ years of front-end engineering experience, including React and JavaScript frameworks.

• Experience building SaaS platforms or consumer-facing web applications.

• Strong understanding of HTML5, CSS3, accessibility (WCAG), and responsive design.

• Familiarity with front-end tooling such as Webpack, Babel, ESLint, and testing libraries.

• Experience integrating with RESTful APIs and working in microservices environments.

• Commitment to clean, scalable code and attention to performance optimization.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, startup environment with cross-functional collaboration.

• Desire to learn and master a variety of AI tools to increase speed for coding, UX personalization, and QA.

Salary Range:

This compensation range is specific to the job level and takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to: education, experience, licensure, certifications, geographic location, and internal equity. This range has been created in good faith based on information known to Horizon at the time of posting. Compensation decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each case. Horizon also provides a comprehensive compensation and benefits package which includes:

• Comprehensive health benefits (Medical/Dental/Vision)

• Retirement Plans

• Generous PTO

• Incentive Plans

• Wellness Programs

• Paid Volunteer Time Off

• Tuition Reimbursement

Disclaimer:
This job summary has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by colleagues within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of colleagues assigned to this job.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability and any other protected class as required by federal, state or local law. Horizon will consider reasonable accommodation requests as part of the recruiting and hiring process.