Sr. Software Engineer - AMS360

$80,000 - $150,000 / year

Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solution are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business, boost their productivity and efficiencies, and lower costs while strengthening relationships.

Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product innovation, technology partnerships, and focusing on customer success.

Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better.

We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with 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, you're a mentor and consultant, as well as a customer champion within Vertafore.

You must have exceptional communication, organizational and time management skills.

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.

Core Requirements and Responsibilities:

Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following:

· Confidently working 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

· Assist business analysts as needed with training, informing and managing customers during the implementation process

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

· Test, verify and support customer implementation projects in partnership with quality assurance engineers

· Develop automated solution deployments as appropriate

· Deploy developed solutions within non-production environments and assist Vertafore data center resources with production deployments

· Working on/with small teams and completing tasks quickly with minimal supervision

· Leading junior developers and providing proactive feedback to senior leadership 

Skills & Requirements

Qualifications:

· Creating advanced tables, views, stored procedures, indexes, constraints, cursors, user defined functions and triggers using T-SQL and SSMS

· Optimizing query performance and tuning indexes using Query Analyzer and other tools

· Extracting, transforming and loading (ETL) data to/from MS SQL Server

· Coding, interface design, documentation and unit testing

· Experience in C# .Net, XML/XSLT, JavaScript and ideally jQuery

· Experience with MVC, AngularJS and/or other model-view-controller type patterns

· Experience developing web, thick client and console applications, with mobile applications a plus

· Knowledge of Windows Services

· Knowledge of SOA and experience consuming and developing SOAP or RESTful (OData) web services

· Experience with Visual Studio 2010 or higher, including TFS source control

· Client-side and server-side debugging/tracing, such as using Visual Studio, Fiddler, Wireshark, etc.

· Batch file and/or PowerShell experience

· Bachelor's degree in computer related field

· 5+ years real-world software development experience

· Experience with Agile development methodologies

· Advanced troubleshooting experience and resolving production issues

· 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

· Experience with work performed by Consultants, Business Analysts, Software/Solution Architects, Quality Assurance Engineers and/or Project Managers

THE VERTAFORE STORY

Over the past 50 years, Vertafore has advanced the entire insurance distribution channel with the best software solutions in the industry. Today, we're proud to say hundreds of thousands of Vertafore users rely on our solutions to write business faster, reduce costs, and fuel growth by increasing collaboration and streamlining processes. Vertafore leads the industry with secure, cloud-based mobile products that provide superior reporting and analytics, delivering actionable insight- right when customers need it most. We partner with other leading technology companies to deliver comprehensive solutions to improve the way our customers do business and serve their customers.

The Vertafore Way

Insurance is about relationships, and technology should make those relationships stronger. That's why, at Vertafore, it's our mission to transform the way the industry operates by putting people at the heart of insurance technology. By focusing on our customers, becoming better every day, and delivering results you can see, we provide the level of trust and security that insurance is all about.

· Bias to Action: We're united by an innate drive to take action and make a difference in the technology and insurance spaces.

· Win Together: We work together as one team, showing empathy and respect along the way.

· Show Up Curious: We work to challenge one another to push boundaries and think beyond the box.

· Say It, Do It: We honor every one of our commitments because integrity is important to us.

· Customer Success is Our Success: We cultivate authentic relationships and follow up by actively listening to their needs.

· We Love Insurance: We appreciate the impact insurance has on the world.

Is this role not an exact fit for you? Keep an eye on our Careers Page for other positions!

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.

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.