Sr. Software Engineer (VueDjangoPostgres)

$85000 - $135000

The insurance industry runs on Vertafore. We equip agencies MGAs and carriers with the core digital systems specialized AI and data-driven foundation to eliminate distribution drag across the insurance lifecycle spanning sales servicing and back-office operations.

Underpinned by unmatched speed and performance power we are the trusted backbone thats taking the insurance industry from friction to flow with Distribution Velocity speed performance and trust - to drive growth at scale.

With over 95% of the top agencies and insurers and 50% of industry compliance transactions running through Vertafore we lead at the intersection of innovation and trust giving insurance professionals the confidence to transform and win in the AI era.

Our reach is global with headquarters in Denver Colorado and offices across the U.S. Canada and India.

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 youre 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:

Comfortable working on full-stack web application developing features spanning both frontend and backend

Innovates and crafts clean code

Document architect and develop forward thinking technical specifications and solutions based on provided business requirements and/or specifications

Responsible for interface design documentation and unit testing

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

Design build test and support AI-enabled product features using Python-based agent and orchestration frameworks.

Develops new features and supporting/bug fixing existing features

Diagnosis and troubleshoots issues across the whole stack

Ensures quality of code within the team written and assists in code reviews

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

Helping our customer facing team with technical issues that our customers may be facing

Willing to learn the technical complexities that come with a highly regulated industry such as insurance

Use AI-assisted development tools thoughtfully to improve engineering productivity while maintaining responsibility for code quality security and correctness.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

Advanced troubleshooting experience and resolving production issues

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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.

Strategic problem solver with excellent analytical and critical thinking skills

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

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

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in computer related field

Minimum 6 years of professional experience with python web frameworks Django or similar technology

5 years of experience with Restful APIs required

4 years of experience with Vue 3 or similar reactive JS framework

Experience working with Docker and Docker Compose

Experience working in an Agile environment required

Experience integrating large language models or generative AI capabilities into a production software application

3 years of experience in security best practices for software and data platforms required

3 years of experience with design architecture and implementation at an enterprise level required

3 years of experience with database technologies (e.g. Oracle SQLServer PostgreSQL etc.)

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.).

Frequent sitting and/or standing.

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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.

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Required Experience:

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