About the position
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will shape and improve the experience of key Vertafore customers. You will work cross-functionally across Vertafore, including Customer Support, Account Management, Product Management and Product Development to help guide customers and also contribute to the future growth of your team. You will work with a fast-paced, skilled team of business analysts, conversion engineers, developers and quality assurance engineers across multiple high-profile projects with development responsibility of assigned projects. Much of your success in this role will be dependent upon timely, clear, concise and effective verbal and written communication along with the development of solutions that fully meet customer expectations with no/minimal defects or rework. Although not a primary duty compared to developing and supporting code, a software engineer at Vertafore also works directly with customers as part of a cross-functional team, which means you need to be a proactive self-starter, able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment and be service-focused to help nurture the customer experience. Additionally, you're a mentor and consultant, as well as a customer champion within Vertafore.
Responsibilities
- Innovates and crafts clean code
- Helps lead and mitigates the impact of technical decisions across the entire product
- Coordinates with Experience Design and software development teams across the department in designing and implementing pragmatic and best-fit solutions
- Takes ownership of vision and development of technologies, infrastructure, and common components across our tech stack
- Mentors other developers and teams
- Fosters and develops a community of practice across the entire development organization
- Evaluates and recommends tools, technologies and processes ensuring highest quality product platform
- Provides support for existing products and developing new products
- Contributes to defining and enforcing procedures, standards, and methodologies related to software development
- Troubleshoot code problems quickly and efficiently
- Interacts with customers to gather insights and translate technical concepts
- Acts as a role model and mentors other team members technically and culturally
- Leads, joins in, and shepherds teams through implementation goals including fostering best practices in creation of code
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of professional experience with Java/.NET and common frameworks
- Experience working in an Agile environment required
- Degree in computer science, engineering or related field required
- 5+ years of experience in security best practices for software and data platforms required
- 5+ years of experience with Restful APIs required
- 5+ years of experience with design, architecture, and implementation at an enterprise level required
- Experience with Angular or similar technology required
- 5+ years of experience with database technologies (e.g., Oracle, SQLServer, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, etc.)
Benefits
- Medical, vision & dental plans
- PPO & high-deductible options
- Health Savings Account & Flexible Spending Accounts Options
- Life, AD&D (Basic & Supplemental), and Disability
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan & Employer Match
- Supplemental Plans - Pet insurance, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident Insurance
- Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Education & Legal Assistance
- Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Referral, Internal Recognition, and Wellness
- Commuter Benefits (Denver)
