Software Engineer II

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Salary: $75,000 - $95,000 / year + Bonus

Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solutions 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 Insur Tech 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.

As a Software Engineer II, you will be working within an energetic agile team implementing solutions that support a wide range of customers. You will develop high quality web‑based applications for new and existing features. You will also have the opportunity to bring your creative ideas to the table to deliver better solutions to our users.

We’re looking for someone who loves technology, has a passion for software, is hungry to learn, and is driven to contribute to a world‑class team of engineers.

• Contributes independently to multiple functional and technical areas within a product
• Responsible for developing new features and supporting/bug fixing existing features
• Unit and integration testing
• Creates artifacts/documents that are valuable to the team
• Debugging issues across the whole stack – OS, DB, applications, JavaScript, and network
• Share what they know by mentoring other team members
• Writes well‑designed, testable code
• Develops new features and supporting/bug fixing in existing and new features for a wide range of products
• Troubleshoots issues across the whole stack – OS, DB, applications, JavaScript, and network
• Participates in code reviews, both of your own code and as a reviewer.
• Provides feedback and suggestions for process and product improvement.
• Conducts technical research on new technology for possible new aspects of a product or components needing redesign or updating.
• Prepares product documentation, support materials, and internal documentation.
• Mentors and inspires others to raise the bar for everyone around them
• Shares what they know; prepares internal technical training and information sessions
• Follows industry trends and the open‑source community
• Other duties as assigned

• Adheres to quality/technical team standards
• Diagnose issues and provide solutions for multiple functional and technical areas within a product
• Can independently frame problems and perform relevant research
• Collaborate with peers, designing pragmatic solutions
• Operate best in a fast‑paced, flexible work environment
• Prepare technical training and information sessions for other staff
• Enjoy solving problems through the entire application stack
• Effective communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Problem solver with strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Curiosity about how things work; proactively acquires new skills and learns new tools and technologies to troubleshoot issues.
• A team player and excellent collaborator
• Cares about quality and knows what it means to ship high‑quality code; able to define and adhere to quality/technical team standards
• Proficient with relevant tools and technologies to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or related technical field) or equivalent practical experience
• 2-3 years of professional experience with Java/.NET and common frameworks
• Experience with JavaScript;
  React.js or similar
• Experience working in an Agile environment (required)
• Experience working with relational and No
  
  SQL databases
• Experience with RESTful web services
• Experience in security best practices for software and data platforms
• Interest and capability in learning other programming languages as needed.

• Travel required up to 10% of the time.
• Located and working from an office location.
• Occasional lifting and/or moving up…