Principal Architect (SaaS/Microservices)

| Greater Denver Area | Hybrid
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As a Principal Architect you will provide technical direction and support for Vertafore's corporate vision with both a deep and broad specialization in multiple domain areas. You will help the CTO and Enterprise Architecture Team unify products and systems to a common platform, define standard principles and frameworks for consistency across Vertafore, and provide knowledge and support to the Vertafore development community to increase adoption of enterprise or domain-specific standards.

Your communication skills will help disseminate our technical vision, guidelines, and technologies to other architects and developments teams, Product Management, Operations teams, and Executives across Vertafore.

Principal Architects translate business requirements into implementable technology solutions that balance cost, speed of delivery, and value while leveraging existing technologies and standards whenever possible.

As a hands-on architect you will work with teams of engineers to transform the way our customers do business. The challenges you will face include designing our next generation of cloud based products, building micro service-based applications that can deliver flexible capabilities to different user bases, and providing technical leadership to teams to achieve Vertafore's product vision through active mentoring, technical decision-making, and driving and facilitating company-wide collaboration.

 

Core requirements and responsibilities:

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

  • Provide support in upgrading existing products and developing new products
  • Coordinate with software development teams in developing and implementing software applications
  • Mentor Sr. Software Engineers, Architects and Sr. Architects
  • Assist Managers in analyzing project requirements and project design
  • Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies and processes ensuring highest quality product platform
  • Collaborate with peer organizations to develop software applications 
  • Troubleshoot code level problems quickly and efficiently
  • Assist in development of design documents, white papers, training documents and software architectural documents

     

    Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) expertise with a DevOps and QOS mindset is critical to success in this role
  • Demonstrated architectural & implementation skill sets to deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot cloud solutions.
  • Deep understanding of micro-service-based architectures and building performing, scalable and durable solutions in cloud environments
  • Cloud Application Design patterns and frameworks (for e.g. service discovery, circuit breaker, and 12 factor)
  • Experience with various access control models and standards, including SSO and ID Federation
  • Polyglot programming skills
  • Expert-level Java required, JavaScript required, and Python and C# would be a plus
  • Proficient in NoSQL and Relational Databases. PostgreSQL experience desired
  • Demonstrable interest in emerging / nascent technologies
  • Highly proficient in communicating technical issues with developers, product owners, executives, and other stakeholders
  • Experience acting as a technical liaison between Product Management, Development, and Operations
  • Able to express complex concepts in plain language for greater understanding across teams / departments
  • Experience with producing System Architecture diagrams and supporting documentation
  • Broad knowledge and experience with DevOps-oriented processes and toolsets
  • Solid experience in the administration and performance tuning of application stacks
  • Extensive experience conducting code reviews
  • Able to plan, conduct, and report on architecture design reviews
  • Working knowledge in application, system, and network security
  • Experience in reporting and analytics architectures a plus
  • Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems (Kafka, Kinesis)

 

Qualifications:

  • 10+ years' experience designing and building software applications
  • Full stack development experience
  • Knowledge of SQL, web application development, security and open source technologies

     

    Additional Requirements and Details:

  • Travel required up to 10% of the time.
  • This position is located in an office setting
  • 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

 

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. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 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.

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Technology we use

  • Engineering
    • C#Languages
    • C++Languages
    • JavaLanguages
    • JavascriptLanguages
    • SqlLanguages
    • ReactLibraries
    • ASP.NETFrameworks
    • Microsoft SQL ServerDatabases
    • MySQLDatabases
    • OracleDatabases
    • AWS (Amazon Web Services)Services

Location

Great location in the heart of downtown Denver just a block away from the RTD lightrail.

What are Vertafore Perks + Benefits

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Vertafore offers employees 1 paid day to volunteer at the non-profit of their choice.
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Employee resource groups
Employee-led culture committees
Quarterly engagement surveys
Hybrid work model
President's club
Employee awards
Remote work program
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 team buildin
Diversity
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Vertafore employees can contribute up to $2750 annually to their FSA.
Disability insurance
Disability insurance covers 100% of annual salary for up to 90 days of disability.
Dental insurance
Our dental plan covers $1500 of expenses per person.
Vision insurance
The vision benefits plan covers 100% for annual eye exams with $175 for glasses or contact lenses.
Health insurance
Vertafore offers three different health plans to meet the needs of our employees.
Life insurance
Pet insurance
We offer a Pet Insurance plan through Nationwide.
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Vertafore's team fitness initiatives include in-office yoga, a partnership with Planet Fitness, and other recreational team sports.
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Vertafore provides employees with a 401(k) matching plan managed by [provider]. We match up to 50% of contributions up to 3% of an employee's annual gross pay.
Employee stock purchase plan
Performance bonus
Pay transparency
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Vertafore provides up to 6 weeks of parental leave for the primary caretaker. We also provide 6 weeks of leave for the secondary caretaker.
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
We reimburse up to $2,500 for eligible adoption expenses and 6 weeks of paid leave.
Company sponsored family events
Vertafore sponsors family oriented events semi-annually.
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Bereavement leave benefits
Company-wide vacation
Every year on the second Friday in April, our company shuts down for "Refresh & Recharge Day." It's a day to unplug and get back to what you love outside of work.
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Vertafore hosts company outings annually.
Free snacks and drinks
In various areas of the office, Vertafore provides weekly fresh fruit services, bagels and donuts on specified days, as well as snacks and drinks.
Some meals provided
We provide free breakfast on Mondays and Fridays.
Company-sponsored happy hours
Recreational clubs
Vertafore sponsors recreational clubs that include sports, board games, video games, book clubs, etc.
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Tuition reimbursement
Our tuition reimbursement plan offers an annual max of $5,250.
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Vertafore's mentorship framework is an independently led experience between a mentee and a mentor. Resources are ongoingly provided to start this relationship and keep it successful & valuable.
Online course subscriptions available
Personal development training

Additional Perks + Benefits

We felt like the stretch of no three day weekends from Feb - May was too long, so we added our own holiday! We celebrate Vertafore Rest and Recharge day in April, and the whole company has a long weekend.

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