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Job Description:
As Lead Software Engineer on the Productivity Engineering team, you will be responsible for the design, development, and deployment of DevOps and Test infrastructure, services, and tools that enable teams to move fast confidently and securely.
What is the Vertex Productivity Engineering team? Our goal is to unleash innovation and bring operational excellence to software development with insights, tools, and infrastructure that enables frictionless delivery of features with high bars for quality, security, and reliability.
On this agile team focused on continuous improvement, you’ll connect the pathway for applications to be tested in a modern, scalable model that reduces cycle times and increases innovation. With a comprehensive understanding of software development, you’ll contribute to a common platform, but also have the knowledge of systems and testing for this to fit into the SDLC of cloud service development.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
· (MUST HAVE) Development of applications/services in a cloud environment.
· (MUST HAVE) Experience with AWS or Azure, preferably AWS
· (MUST HAVE) CI/CD pipeline experience with cloud-centric applications across a variety of stacks
· Development of CI/CD pipelines built for security, speed, reliability, and developer experience that meet strict compliance standards
· Understanding of security aspects in development and software delivery, including DevSecOps best practices, secure coding principles, and early integration of security measures.
· Experience with Kubernetes and CNCF technologies, docker
· Development of DevOps tooling used for production code, including both creation of new services as well as integration and operation of 3rd party.
· Infrastructure-as-code development including Terraform and Ansible
· High proficiency to code in multiple languages with experience using Java, .NET, Python, Go
· Collaborate with teams and individuals across the organization to understand their challenges, discuss solutions, and support their use of tooling
· Practitioner of agile practices and play lead roles including Scrum Master
· Display empathy towards engineers and their friction, work with them to develop common solution.
· Must possess strong interpersonal, organizational, presentation and facilitation skills.
· Must be results oriented and customer focused.
· Data-driven with working history of capturing and improving engineering metrics such as DORA, SPACE framework, or various quality and productivity metrics.
· Data analysis and engineering business intelligence background developing back-end data storing and front-end visuals for metrics and insights a huge plus
· Agile role certifications a plus, including value stream mapping practices to identify and eliminate waste in software delivery processes
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Write internal services
Software supply chain
·Development of shared, secure CI/CD pipeline platform for delivery of leading SaaS tax solutions. This includes service development, related infrastructure-as-code, monitoring and alerting
· Identify problem areas of software delivery, identify requirements to solve, then design and architect solutions include tooling options that can be 3rd party, open source, and home grown
· Create cloud and application environment automation (infrastructure-as-code)
· Data-driven analysis and monitoring for triage of failures of services/applications, pipelines, and tests
· Write and structure documentation, representing architectures and user flows visually
· Available for on-call support of critical software delivery infrastructure
· Model the ‘DevOps culture’ demonstrating collaboration, streamlining processes, and integrating best practices across engineering teams.
· Champion inner-source patterns for common devops and productivity tool assets.
· Mentor team in development of services and tools. Provide guidance on code quality and DevOps routines for the development and release of these services and tools.
· Identify inefficiencies in the flow of value through the DevOps pipeline and design improvements to accelerate and optimize
· Collaborate across value streams in an agile manner to coordinate dependencies and the release of platform capabilities
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
· Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field; or equivalent combination of education/experience. Master’s degree is a plus.
· 10 years or more experience of software development with 5 or more in a lead or architect type role
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
· N/A
Top Skills
What We Do
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 collaborative, friendly culture is the foundation of everything we do and who we are. We're proud to be an employer guided by a common purpose by building 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 1,500 full-time professionals across three continents: US, Europe, and Brazil.
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.
Why Work With Us
Vertex Inc. is a remote-first global organization that stands out for its commitment to innovation, collaborative culture, and focus on employee growth—our cutting-edge tax technology solutions power global commerce and creativity thrive. Join us to make a meaningful impact and advance your career in a supportive, dynamic workplace.
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