Key Facts

Remote From:

Pennsylvania (USA)

Category: Software Engineer

Full time

Senior (5-10 years)

English

Hard Skills

Amazon Web Services Java (Programming Language) Python (Programming Language) Kubernetes Microsoft Azure gRPC SQL (Programming Language) NoSQL CI/CD Apache Pulsar +5 more

Other Skills

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Collaboration
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Communication
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Mentorship
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Problem Solving

Roles & Responsibilities

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
4 years performing infrastructure and automation using AWS, Azure, or GCP
4 years performing software development with Java, Python or Go
3 years using Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD technologies

Requirements:

Lead the development of medium to complex projects from conception to completion
Implement features, enhancements, or services end to end based on design and requirements
Provide feedback, ensuring code quality and adherence to best practices
Mentor junior engineers, contributing to their professional growth

Vertex Inc.

Computer Software / SaaS

About Vertex Inc.

The rapid changes taking place in today’s global business, technology, and regulatory environments are having a compounding effect on the complexity of indirect tax management and putting more pressure on the corporate tax function than ever before. This complexity demands intelligent solutions that enable businesses to satisfy tax obligations and support growth opportunities. The Trusted Leader in Tax Technology We're Vertex (VERX). A pioneer in tax automation for more than 40 years. We proudly serve over 4,000 customers worldwide with distinction and provide comprehensive tax solutions that enable global businesses to transact, comply and grow with confidence. Our software, content and services address the increasing complexities of global commerce and compliance by reducing friction, enhancing transparency and enabling greater confidence in meeting indirect tax obligations. As a result, our software is ubiquitous within our customers’ business systems, touching nearly every line item of every transaction that an enterprise can conduct. Our software is fueled by over 300 million data-driven effective tax rules and supports indirect tax compliance in more than 19,000 jurisdictions worldwide. We partner with the world’s most respected companies and harness their strengths to deliver the best tax technology solution to businesses across the globe. We integrate with key technology partners that span ERP, CRM, procurement, billing, POS and e-commerce platforms. We also work closely with over 50 tax, accounting and consulting firms to provide the integrated tax technology solutions. Our culture is the foundation of everything we do, guided by a common purpose to build trusted relationships at work, in business and in our communities. We strive to be a values-driven employer of choice who attracts, retains and inspires talented professionals to achieve their full potential. We employ over 1,100 full-time professionals today in the US, Europe and Brazil.

Company type: Large

Industry: Computer Software / SaaS

Founded: 2018

Company size: 1001 - 5000

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Job description

Job Description:

TITLE: Software Engineer III

LOCATION: 2301 Renaissance Blvd, King of Prussia, PA 19406

DUTIES:

Lead the development of Platform of medium to complex projects from conception to completion, including managing timelines and ensuring high quality; implement features, enhancements, or services end to end based on design and requirements; make architectural decisions, technology choices, and design scalable systems that support long-term growth; provide feedback, ensuring code quality and adhere to best practices; assist in triaging and debugging issues from internal and external customers; collaborate across multiple stakeholders from product and design teams, internal engineering teams, and engage with customers to better understand their needs, and communicate tradeoffs clearly; proactively identify Technical Debt and propose improvements by driving initiatives to improve system reliability, availability, performance, stability, and durability; mentor junior engineers, contributing to their professional growth; regularly engage with end users to identify new or unsolved problems and opportunities; balance speed and quality through effective feedback and observability practices; create unit, integration, and other automated tests to ensure code quality using software engineering best practices such as TDD; assist with bug fixing, maintaining, and supporting software solutions, based on technical design specifications, including analyzing and troubleshooting with minimal supervision; prepare technical design specifications based on functional requirements and analysis documents; review functional requirements, analysis, and design documents and provide feedback; and promote Continuous Improvement by identifying process inefficiencies and quality improvements.

EDUCATION/REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor’s Degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and the following experience:

4 years performing infrastructure and automation using AWS, Azure, or GCP;
4 years performing software development with Java, Python or Go;
4 years building API’s and backend databases with SQL and NoSQL;
3 years using Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD technologies;
3 years using Pulsar for event driven architecture; and
3 years logging, monitoring, alerting, incident response, and designing for high availability.
Ability to work 100% remotely within the continental US.