Job Description:
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced software engineering professional to fill a multifaceted leadership role. This position will spearhead technical innovation, guide and mentor development teams, and drive product ownership, 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.
· Prepare, partner, review and provide feedback on customer-focused software designs and architecture using modern software design modeling tools
· Plan, prioritize, 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 drive team coding and delivery practices using modern version control and analytic tools
· Develop and deliver self-healing systems using modern observability tools
· Lead, design and plan modernization of systems using containerization and orchestration technologies
· Partner and drive the continued improvement of CI/CD build and delivery systems
· Drive 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
· Lead and drive Build-Run team culture fostering improvements in MTTD and MTTR to the benefit of internal and external customers.
· Participate and lead team practices in Incident Management and On-Call procedures
· Partner with PM/TPM on Program level feature prioritization PI over PI
· Proactively participate and lead Program, Product and Backlog work breakdown sessions
· Maintain Program reporting and tracking in Program Management tools
· Partner with PM to lead PI planning, negotiation, and prioritization of team deliverables
· Participate and lead demonstration of product features to program stakeholders
· Influence organizational peers and mentor senior team members
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
· N/A
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Candidate must possess an Advanced proficiency of 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 using Java, Spring Boot, .NET Core, MVC, JavaScript
· 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
· Plan, define and institute 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
· Full-stack test automation technologies such as Jest, Junit, Cypress, Groovy, Pytest
· 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, organizational acumen and collaborative partnership to ensure alignment with concurrent stakeholders' commitments and competing priorities
· 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 to communicate with a variety of stakeholders representing various customer personas
· 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
· Ten (10) plus 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.
• Own the Outcome - Defined milestones, commitments and intended results. Assess your work in context, if you’re unsure, ask. Demonstrate unwavering support for decisions.