Principal Software Engineer (Java & AWS)

$135,000 - $165,000 base + bonus / year 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 that’s 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.  JOB DESCRIPTION  As a Principal 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, architects, 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.   We’re looking for a seasoned Java engineer with deep experience building scalable data solutions on cloud-native platforms. You’ll drive the optimization of data pipelines, evolve canonical data models, and design and deliver data solutions that power critical downstream systems, analytics, and machine learning at scale.  Core Requirements and Responsibilities:   Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following:     Innovates and crafts clean code   Helps lead and mitigates the impact of technical decisions across the entire product   Coordinates with Experience Design and software development teams across the department in designing and implementing pragmatic and best-fit solutions   Takes ownership of vision and development of technologies, infrastructure, and common components across our tech stack.   Mentors other developers and teams   Fosters and develops a community of practice across the entire development organization   Evaluates and recommends tools, technologies and processes ensuring highest quality product platform   Provides support for existing products and developing new products   Contributes to defining and enforcing procedures, standards, and methodologies related to software development   Troubleshoot code problems quickly and efficiently.   Interacts with customers to gather insights and translate technical concepts   Is as a role model and mentors other team members technically and culturally   Lead, join in, and shepherd teams through implementation goals including fostering best practices in creation of code       Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:     Advanced communication and interpersonal skills, able to diffuse tension and drive productive conversation, internally and externally.   Strategic problem solver, analytical, with critical thinking skills   An innate curiosity about how things work; Proactively acquires new skills and learns new tools and technologies to troubleshoot complex issues.   Able to define, communicate and ensure adherence to quality/technical team standards   Comfortable and effective at making decisions across the product that help long-term maintainability, reuse, and security. and performance   Must be able to work with global, distributed teams   In-tune with high performance and high availability design/programming   Highly proficient with multiple database technologies   Strong in both design and implementation at an enterprise level   Must be able to work with and help non-development departments communicate with development department  Communicate clearly to explain and defend design decisions   Mentor, lead, and direct multiple teams in implementation best practices   lead collaboration with the business, designing pragmatic solutions       Qualifications:     Minimum 10 years of professional experience with Java and common frameworks.   Strong experience building scalable, cloud-native (AWS preferred) data platforms   Experience working in an Agile environment required   Degree in computer science, engineering or related field required   5+ years of experience in security best practices for software and data platforms required   5+ years of experience with Restful APIs required   5+ years of experience with design, architecture, and implementation at an enterprise level required   Experience with Angular or similar technology required   5+ years of experience with database technologies (e.g., Oracle, SQLServer, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, etc.)   Have experience working in an Agile environment     Additional Requirements and Details:    Travel required up to 10% of the time.   Located and working from an office location.   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.   #LI-Hybrid