$170000 - $200000 / year Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solutions are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business, boost their productivity and efficiencies, and lower costs while strengthening relationships. Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product innovation, technology partnerships, and focusing on customer success. Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better. We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices across the U.S., Canada, and India. JOB DESCRIPTION  As a Principal Architect you will provide technical direction and support for Vertafore’s corporate vision with both a deep and broad specialization in multiple domain areas. You will help the CTO and Enterprise Architecture Team unify products and systems to a common platform, define standard principles and frameworks for consistency across Vertafore, and provide knowledge and support to the Vertafore development community to increase adoption of enterprise or domain-specific standards.  Your communication skills will help disseminate our technical vision, guidelines, and technologies to other architects and developments teams, Product Management, Operations teams, and Executives across Vertafore.  Principal Architects translate business requirements into implementable technology solutions that balance cost, speed of delivery, and value while leveraging existing technologies and standards whenever possible.  As a hands-on architect you will work with teams of engineers to transform the way our customers do business. The challenges you will face include designing our next generation of cloud based products, building micro service-based applications that can deliver flexible capabilities to different user bases, and providing technical leadership to teams to achieve Vertafore’s product vision through active mentoring, technical decision-making, and driving and facilitating company-wide collaboration.  Core Requirements and Responsibilities:   Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following:    Architect and implement DevOps support for Highly scalable and available MicroServices-based applications, including build, deploy, management, and observability  Provide support in upgrading DevOps infrastructure for existing products and greenfield development  Coordinate with software development teams in developing and implementing software applications  Mentor Sr. Engineers, Architects and Sr. Architects in both DevOps and application development  Assist Managers in analyzing project requirements and project design  Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies and processes ensuring highest quality product platform  Collaborate with peer organizations to develop software applications   Troubleshoot code level problems quickly and efficiently  Assist in development of design documents, white papers, training documents and software architectural documents    Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:     Amazon Web Services (AWS) expertise with a DevOps and QOS mindset is critical to success in this role  Experience architecting, building, deploying, and managing microservice-based SaaS applications using Kubernetes, Docker, and related technologies in a multi-tenant cloud environment  Deep understanding of micro-service-based architectures and building performing, scalable and durable solutions in cloud environments  Solid experience in the administration and performance tuning of application stacks  Cloud Application Design patterns and frameworks (for e.g. service discovery, circuit breaker, and 12 factor)  Experience with various access control models and standards, including SSO and ID Federation  Polyglot programming skills: Expert-level Java and Python required, experience with JavaScript, and C# would be a plus  Proficient in NoSQL and Relational Databases. PostgreSQL experience desired  Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems (Kafka, Kinesis)  Working knowledge in application, system, and network security  Demonstrable interest in emerging / nascent technologies  Highly proficient in communicating technical issues with developers, product owners, executives, and other stakeholders  Experience acting as a technical liaison between Product Management, Development, and Operations  Able to express complex concepts in plain language for greater understanding across teams / departments  Experience with producing System Architecture diagrams and supporting documentation  Extensive experience planning, leading, and reporting on code reviews  Qualifications:     10+ years’ experience designing and building software applications  Full stack development experience    Additional Requirements and Details:   Travel required up to 10% of the time.  Located and working from an office location.  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.