Software Engineer II

Vertafore Career Center; Melville (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

VIP bonus

Job summary

Vertafore Career Center in Melville, NY is hiring a Software Engineer II to build and enhance applications serving a broad customer base in the insurance tech space.

You will contribute to feature development, bug fixes, and comprehensive testing while debugging across the stack, from OS to network. Embrace ongoing learning and collaboration in a fast-paced team that values performance and quality.

Qualifications

• Ability to make decisions in their area of responsibility that help maintainability, reuse, security, and performance.
• Ability to diagnose issues and provide solutions for multiple functional and technical areas within a product.
• Can independently frame problems and perform relevant research.
• Can communicate clearly to explain design decisions.
• Self-motivation and drive to improve personally and professionally.
• Collaborates effectively with peers to deliver outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Contributes independently to features and bug fixes.
• Develops new features and supports existing ones.
• Performs unit and integration testing.
• Debugs issues across OS, DB, applications, and network.
• Maintains growth through continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
• Keeps up with industry trends and open source contributions.

Skills

Independent contributor

Bug fixing

Unit testing

Debugging

Problem solving

Communication

Collaboration

Self-motivation

Job description

$85,000 - $115,000 + 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 theAIera.

Our reach is global, with headquarters in Denver, Colorado, and offices across the U.S., Canada, and India.

As a Software Engineer II, you will be working within an energetic team implementing solutions that support a wide range of customers. You will develop high quality applications. You will also have opportunities to bring your creative ideas to the table to deliver better solutions to our users.

If you love technology, have a passion for software, are hungry to learn, and are driven to contribute to a world-class team of engineers, you’re who we are looking for.

Core Requirements and Responsibilities:

Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following:

• Contributes independently
• Responsible for developing new features and supporting/bug fixing existing features
• Unit and integration testing
• Debugging issues across the whole stack - OS, DB, applications, and network
• Continued ownership of technical growth including: product and business knowledge, problem solving skills, technical knowledge, process knowledge
• Closely follow industry trends and the open source community

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to make decisions in their area of responsibility that help maintainability, reuse, security, and performance
• Ability to diagnose issues and provide solutions for multiple functional and technical areas within a product
• Can independently frame problems and perform relevant research
• Can communicate clearly to explain design decisions
• Self-motivation
• Excellent problem-solving
• Drive to improve, personally and professionally
• Collaboration with peers