Sr. Software Engineer
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Job description
As a Sr. 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 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. Core Requirements and Responsibilities: Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following: Innovates and crafts clean code Confidently work with customers to describe technical concepts and recommend appropriate solutions whether pure custom or a mix of custom and core Vertafore products Assist business analysts as needed with reviewing request information and documenting solution designs that align with customer expectations and business objectives/requirements Document, architect and develop forward thinking technical specifications and solutions based on provided business requirements and/or specifications Create advanced tables, views, stored procedures, indexes, constraints, cursors, user defined functions and triggers using T-SQL and SSMS Optimize query performance and tuning indexes using Query Analyzer and other tools Extract, transform and load (ETL) data Responsible for interface design, documentation and unit testing Develop automated solution deployments as appropriate Deploy developed solutions within non-production environments and assist with Vertafore production release deployments Working on/with small teams and completing tasks quickly with minimal supervision Leading junior developers and providing proactive feedback to senior leadership Mitigates the impact of technical decisions across the entire product Drives and manages design conversations for features considering business need Defines and creates artifacts/documents that are valuable to the team and external stakeholders Incorporate new approaches, languages, and technologies into the team Develops new features and supporting/bug fixing existing features Diagnosis and troubleshoots issues across the whole stack - OS, DB, applications, JavaScript, and network; Provides solutions for complex, ambiguous problems through multiple stacks and products Ensures quality of code within the team written or reviewed Contributes to defining and enforcing procedures, standards, and methodologies related to software development Is as a role model and mentors other team members technically and culturally Follows industry trends and the open-source community Interacts with customers to gather insights and translate technical concepts Other duties as assigned Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Advanced troubleshooting experience and resolving production issues, Vertafore is a drug free workplace and conducts preemployment drug and background screenings. The selected candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the job responsibilities, duties, skill, or working conditions. In addition, this document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship. Vertafore strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters, or other suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us. Qualifications Vertafore is a Flexible First working environment which allows team members to work from home as often as you'd like, while using our offices as a place for collaboration, community, and teambuilding. There are times you may be asked to come into an office and/or travel for specific meetings for a specific business purpose and this varies by job responsibilities.
Requirements
Excellent written and verbal communication skills (internal and external customers/partners) Ability to work within a team in a collaborative manner Willingness to learn new technologies and experiment with innovation Self-starter who is detail-oriented, quick-learner and deadline-driven Advanced communication and interpersonal skills, able to diffuse tension and drive productive conversations, internally and externally. Strategic problem solver with excellent analytical and critical thinking skills An innate curiosity about how things work; Proactively acquires new skills and learns new tools and technologies to troubleshoot complex issues. Comfortable and effective at making decisions across the product that help long-term maintainability, reuse, security. and performance Applies knowledge gained and is effective at knowledge-sharing and assisting other team members. Able to work with global, distributed teams In-tune with high performance and high availability design/programming Highly proficient with multiple database technologies Strong in both design and implementation at an enterprise level Communicate clearly to explain and defend design decisions Desire to collaborate with the business, designing pragmatic solutions Skills & Requirements Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in computer related field Minimum 5 years of professional experience with Java/.NET and common frameworks. Experience working in an Agile environment required 3+ years of experience in security best practices for software and data platforms required 3+ years of experience with Restful APIs required 3+ years of experience with design, architecture, and implementation at an enterprise level required Experience with Angular or similar technology preferred3+ years of experience with database technologies (e.g., Oracle, SQLServer, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, Cassandra, etc.) Experience with Identity and Access Management preferred Additional Requirements and Details: Travel required up to 10% of the time. WFH Flexible Occasional lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds. Frequent repetitive hand and arm movements required to operate a computer. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision (working on a computer, etc.).
Benefits & conditions
- $105,000-125,000 per year