$140,000 - $165,000 + VIP Bonus
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.
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, 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 the 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.
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
Other duties as assigned
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 depart
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:
· 10+ years of professional experience developing software with C# and .NET (modern .NET /.NET Core)
· Proven experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments
· Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
· 5+ years of experience applying security best practices for software and data platforms (e.g., secure coding, authentication/authorization, data protection)
· 5+ years of experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs
· 5+ years of experience with enterprise-scale system design, architecture, and implementation
· Hands-on experience designing and building microservices, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems
· Strong experience with cloud platforms, with AWS preferred (Azure or GCP acceptable), including cloud‑native application design and deployment
· Practical, hands-on experience leading and scaling AI-driven software development practices, including:
o Driving adoption of spec-driven and AI-assisted development methodologies to improve engineering velocity, quality, and delivery predictability.
o Defining and evolving workflows that combine developers, AI agents, MCP-enabled tools, and automation frameworks throughout the software development lifecycle.o Establishing standards and best practices for context management, prompt engineering, validation, testing, governance, and responsible AI usage in enterprise software development.
· Experience with modern JavaScript and TypeScript development, including Angular and/or React (This role does not require deep UI specialization but does require the ability to make architectural decisions, review designs, and contribute meaningfully to front-end solutions.)
· 5+ years of experience working with database technologies, including relational and/or NoSQL systems (e.g., SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Cassandra)
Additional Requirements and Details:
Travel required up to 10% of the time.
WFH Flexible
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.
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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. 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.
We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters, or other suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us.
| Location | Denver, CO |
| Job Type | Full-time |
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