We are seeking an experienced software engineering professional to fulfill a technical leadership role. This position will contribute to and drive technical innovation, partner with cross-team peers, influence and contribute to solution design and software delivery in a multi-cloud environment.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Develop highly available, reliable and scalable modern SaaS Cloud-Based solutions
Build, test and deliver micro-service / micro-frontend-oriented systems with quality and security best practices using DevOps, TDD, and Platform Engineering techniques.
Partner, review and provide feedback on customer-focused software designs and architecture using modern software design modeling tools
Plan and complete complex critical priorities as a member of an Agile team
Participate in and/or lead domain-driven software design and code reviews sessions
Contribute and improve coding and delivery practices using modern version control and analytic tools
Develop and deliver self-healing systems using modern observability tools
Contribute to modernization of systems using containerization and orchestration technologies
Partner and contribute to the continued improvement of CI/CD build and delivery systems
Contribute to the evaluation and adoption of new innovative technologies and practices
Foster a team focus on improving team SDLC efficiencies and quality practices
Self-educate and improve team agile practices using Vertex’s existing Agile SAFE method
Drive Build-Run team improvements in MTTD and MTTR for internal and external clients.
Participate and improve team practices for Incident Management and On-Call procedures
Participate and drive demonstration of product features to program stakeholders
Influence team peers and mentor junior team members

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Candidate must be proficient in the following:

Technical

Build and delivery of applications and systems on top of AWS, Azure or GCP
Software design patterns with variety OOP and functional programming languages.
Design and deliver application enabled enterprise event-driven systems
Apply Enterprise messaging technologies like Pulsar, SNS/SQS, ASB, and/or others
Application frameworks such as Java Spring Boot, .NET Core, MVC, etc
Object-Relational Mapping frameworks like Hibernate, EF, or similar at scale
Design Open API contract-first RESTful services versioned and deprecated at scale
Distributed Web Apps using JavaScript and CSS technologies like (React/Redux, Angular)
Relational scalable storage using Postgres, MSQL, w/ TSQL query optimizations
Non-Relational database technologies and cloud storage like AWS S3
Scaling application optimization for Network, Memory and IO performance concerns
Observability and monitoring with Open Telemetry, Datadog, CloudWatch or similar
Implement application and system metrics like KPIs, SLIs and SLO
Containerization and Orchestration with IaC using Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Helm, TF
CI powered Performance, E2E, Functional and Unit testing using TDD and BDD methods
Test automation technologies such as Junit, Spock, Cypress, Groovy, Python, Selenium
Source security and analysis technologies like SonarQube, Dependabot, Snyk
CD experience using GitHub Actions, Terraform, Go, PowerShell and/or Python
Exposure to AI automation pair programing with GitHub Copilot or similar
Security experience with OpenID, OAuth, Rapid7, Cobalt

Interpersonal

Must be results oriented, customer focused, acting with urgency and purpose.
Ability to make data-driven decisions guided by commitment to customer outcomes
Strong time management and cross-team partnership ensuring alignment in commitments
Adaptive verbal and listening skills being clear and concise while practicing empathy to create an environment which fosters trust in which to provide meaningful feedback
Strong written and presentational skills with the ability to represent various viewpoints.
Passionate hunger for learning and applying emerging technologies
Proven ability to root cause system issues and create/own remediation plans

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

B.S. in Computer Science or Software Engineering, or equivalent education and experience
6-8 years of experience in application development
Or equivalent combination of education and/or experience

Other Qualifications

The Winning Way behaviors that all Vertex employees need in order to meet the expectations of each other, our customers, and our partners.

Communicate with Clarity - Be clear, concise and actionable. Be relentlessly constructive. Seek and provide meaningful feedback.
Act with Urgency - Adopt an agile mentality - frequent iterations, improved speed, resilience. 80/20 rule – better is the enemy of done. Don’t spend hours when minutes are enough.
Work with Purpose - Exhibit a “We Can” mindset. Results outweigh effort. Everyone understands how their role contributes. Set aside personal objectives for team results.
Drive to Decision - Cut the swirl with defined deadlines and decision points. Be clear on individual accountability and decision authority. Guided by a commitment to and accountability for customer outcomes.