Software Engineer I (Remote)

As the leading innovator in Vehicle-to-Government (V2Gov) technology, Vitu is transforming the way vehicles, businesses, government, and drivers interact with one another.

Vitu provides innovative, cutting-edge services to the motor vehicle industry. Our namesake solution manages titling and registration transactions in all 50 states and across multiple locations — all on one platform. With the mission of expanding and automating Vehicle-to-Government (V2Gov) transactions, the Vitu platform is reimagining how drivers, businesses and governments interact with vehicles. Vitu has offices in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

Job Summary

The Software Engineer writes and maintains code within applications and systems to implement capabilities and features, improve performance and maintainability, while reducing technical debt in alignment with product and technology roadmaps. The Software Engineer plays a role in Agile planning, providing advice and guidance, and monitoring emerging trends.

Key Responsibilities

• Works with Product Management to understand the challenges that customers and end users face in their day-to-day work and partner with them to design viable solutions.
• Recommends viable solutions to processes, technology, and interfaces that improve the effectiveness of the team and reduce technical debt.
• Foresees capacity requirements for component usage and identifies limitations.
• Provides input into story sizing, backlog grooming, and release planning.
• Contributes to product and solution designs to address critical issues and complex problems.
• Builds software applications across multiple platforms in response to the needs of stakeholders.
• Understands technical architecture and writes software and automated tests that are aligned with agreed upon standards.
• Performs trouble-shooting efforts and investigations when necessary.
• Provides ongoing support, monitoring, and maintenance of deployed products.
• Actively works with less experienced software engineers providing technical guidance and oversight.
• Actively participates in the engineering community, staying up to date on new software technologies and best practices and shares insights with others in the organization.
  
  

Qualifications And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of industry related professional experience and education
• Scrum Developer Certification or equivalent
• 1– 3 years of working experience
• Working experience in design, development, and implementation of highly scalable, high-volume software systems and components, client-facing web applications, and major Internet-oriented applications and systems
• Working experience realizing applications from conception and design, to implementation and support
• Working experience in coding within multiple technology stacks (e.g. Front-end: browser and device typically using common client-side technologies – HTML, CSS, JavaScript; Back-end: server, application, database using languages like C#, .NET 8, OpenAPI/Swagger, SQL server)
• Working experience with application lifecycle methodologies (e.g. agile, iterative)
• Working experience in analysis, design and programming
• Working experience with appropriate database technology
  
  

Compensation -

The salary range for this position is: $65,000 - $96,000

The final pay for this position will be determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, location, education, experience, training and skills.

At Vitu, our engaged workforce is the key to our success. We are committed to creating a positive, inclusive, and motivating environment where employees feel valued, connected, and empowered. We have an Employee first culture and foster a collaborative environment where innovation, creativity, diverse ideas and opinions are valued. We value each team member and ensure they have the opportunity to grow and contribute to the success of our organization.

At Vitu, we care for our employees and their families. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including -

• Healthcare Coverage for you and your family covering Medical, Dental & Vision
• Tax Advantage accounts such as Health Savings Account (HSA) & Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Generous PTO
• Pet Insurance
• Retirement Planning
• ID Theft Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Commuter Benefits
• Accident & Hospital, Critical Illness Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
  
  

Vitu is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and are dedicated to providing an equal and inclusive working environment. We are committed to providing an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Vitu is committed to providing reasonable accommodations when requested by an applicant or employee with disabilities, unless such accommodations would cause undue hardship.

Qualifications

Essential:

Essential Desirable

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of industry related professional experience and education
• Working experience in design, development, and implementation of highly scalable, high-volume software systems and components, client-facing web applications, and major Internet-oriented applications and systems
• Working experience realizing applications from conception and design, to implementation and
• support
• Working experience in coding within multiple technology stacks (e.g. Front-end: browser and device typically using common client-side technologies – HTML, CSS, JavaScript; Back-end: server, application, database using languages like PHP, Python, Ruby)
• Working experience with application lifecycle methodologies (e.g. agile, iterative)
• Working experience in analysis, design and programming
• Working experience with appropriate database technology
  
  

Desirable

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of industry related professional experience and education
• Scrum Developer Certification or equivalent
• 0 – 2 years of working experience
  
  

Specializations

• Native Mobile
• Key Responsibilities
• Develop mobile applications using native SDKs (e.g. iOS, Android)
• Write specifications and documentation for the consumption of APIs.
• Essential Knowledge, Experience, & Qualifications
• Working experience in iOS and/or Android mobile application development
• Working experience of iOS and/or Android APIs
• Working experience of Apple, Android, and Microsoft mobile development tools
• Understands methods of development for different form factors
• Performance
• The Performance Engineer is responsible for supporting applications from a performance perspective by providing diagnostic information on production (and test) performance results. The Performance Engineer plays a key role in automating processes to improve productivity in testing and engineering practices and creating and executing software performance testing strategies with focus on analysis and recommendations for a wide range of applications.
• Key Responsibilities
• Responds to production performance issues and sees those performance issues through resolution.
• Performs deep performance related diagnostic troubleshooting / analysis.
• Makes performance recommendations to developers based on results and code identifications.
• Communicates performance analysis to stakeholders and suggests applicable changes.
• Identifies workflows and system characteristics to be performance tested and monitored.
• Defines performance benchmarks and SLA’s.
• Writes, debugs and executes code used in performance/monitoring efforts.
• Analyzes test results to identify issues, and works with architects and developers to suggest improvements and drive issues to resolution.
• Analyzes production monitoring metrics to trace back to test results and offer suggestions for areas performance improvements.
• Works with team to ensure quality and standardization of performance test plans, scripts, and results.
• Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications
• Working experience with performance and monitoring tools (e.g. Load Runner, Web Page Test, Jmeter
• Working experience of software development (e.g. Java, C++)
• Working experience in software performance engineering in a large-scale environment
• Working experience with performance tools (e.g. Web Page Test, Jmeter or Load Runner)
• Working experience with diagnostic tools such as Dynatrace, App Dynamics or Wily
• Working experience optimizing website performance with strong knowledge in networks, browsers, content delivery, etc.
• Working experience of TCP/IP, networking topology, routers, switches
• Working experience in identifying system bottlenecks, architectural risks, and issues
• Working experience supporting web-based applications built on UNIX/LINUX systems
• Working experience writing parameterized and data driven scripts
• Working experience with Keynote, Gomez or other monitoring tool
• Working experience in a variety of relational DBMS data structures including writing SQL statements to extract data from databases (Oracle preferred)
• Working experience with source code control systems
• Knowledge of functional automation testing and tools