Software Engineer III

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. Join our Talent Community to stay updated on the latest job opportunities, news, and events tailored to your career interests. Vertex is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you'd like to view a copy of the company's affirmative action plan, please email AskHR@vertexinc.com. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact 610-640-4200 or AskHR@vertexinc.com. This telephone line and email address is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a response.