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Job Description:
Vertex is the trusted leader in Tax technology, delivering the best tax solutions to the businesses across the globe. We strive to be a values-driven employer of choice who attracts, retains, and inspires talented professionals to achieve their full potential.
Want to work on Vertex’s most innovative UI team? It is remote role, so enjoy the freedom to innovate while maintaining great work life balance. In this UI Engineer role, you will be a keystone talent on which other teams will rely. We at Vertex are open to experimenting with new technologies, practices, and patterns. This position is responsible for the React-based component library used by all other UI teams, enablement tools improving developer experience, and platform-based micro-frontends in our UI platform.
Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities
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Design, create, test, and maintain the company-wide component library used to build the customer-facing UIs.
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Update, maintain, and enhance the micro-frontend framework that contains all the customer-facing micro-frontends.
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Ensure all components and solutions adhere to the WCAG 2.2 guidelines for Accessibility.
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Own, drive, and contribute to technical decision making with engineering team and architects that affect complex systems.
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Submit and review PRs with a focus on ensuring best practices and improving our products.
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Assist with triage and resolution of issues from customers and internal users.
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Work independently to plan, prioritize, and complete highly complex, critical priority work assignments, as a member of a project team.
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Promote continuous improvement by identifying process inefficiencies and quality improvements.
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Challenge and mentor junior engineers by consistently promoting best practices.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
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Must have experience in core JavaScript, React, hooks, state management techniques, web security, and performance optimizations.
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Preferred experience with micro-frontends, Single-Page Applications (SPA), accessibility, Cypress, and GitHub actions.
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Skilled in working within a team-oriented, collaborative environment, and able to contribute to technical, design, and retrospective dialogs.
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Good knowledge of unit, integration, and end-to-end testing best practices.
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Experience/knowledge of CI/CD pipelines.
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Passionate about learning and applying new technologies.
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Must possess strong interpersonal, organizational, presentation, and facilitation skills.
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Able to identify root cause of system issues and determine short-term and long-term resolutions.
Education and Training
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B.S. in Computer Science or Software Engineering, or equivalent education and experience
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Minimum of seven (7) years of hands-on experience in front-end, web, or software development
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.
COMMENTS:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals in this position. Other functions may be assigned, and management retains the right to add or change the duties at any time.
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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
We are a team-first culture that ensures every employee has the opportunity to grow and learn. At Vertex, Inc. we provide professional development opportunities and work with team members to achieve their full potential. Join our team and feel good about what you're doing and where you are going.
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