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$135,000 - $165,000 + VIP Bonus
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. Whether you’re interested in engineering or development, marketing or sales, or something else – if this sounds like you, then we’d love to hear from you!
We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices in the US, Canada, and India.
JOB DESCRIPTION
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will play a strategic leadership role in the architecture and development of modern, high-impact web applications. You will work hands-on with cutting-edge front-end technologies—especially React 19—while mentoring teams, defining technical direction, and driving engineering excellence across the organization.
You will lead the delivery of scalable, resilient, and high-performance systems, shape our design system and component architecture, and evolve our platform capabilities to support a diverse ecosystem of applications. You will also champion innovation, strong engineering culture, and continuous learning.
If you thrive on solving complex UI engineering challenges, love React, and enjoy mentoring and influencing large-scale technical direction, this role is for you.
Core Requirements and Responsibilities:
Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following:
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance React 19 applications using modern component patterns, concurrent features, and optimized rendering flows.
- Innovates and crafts clean code.
- Helps lead and mitigates the impact of technical decisions across the entire product.
- Coordinates with Experience Design and software development teams across the department in designing and implementing pragmatic and best-fit solutions.
- Takes ownership of vision and development of technologies, infrastructure, and common components across our tech stack.
- Build and optimize rich UI experiences using:
- React 19 concurrent features
- TypeScript
- Define and evolve design-system-driven component architecture.
- Drive front-end performance optimization, including React Compiler.
- Mentors other developers and teams.
- Fosters and develops a community of practice across the entire development organization.
- Evaluates and recommends tools, technologies and processes ensuring highest quality product platform.
- Provides support for existing products and developing new products.
- Contributes to defining and enforcing procedures, standards, and methodologies related to software development.
- Troubleshoot code problems quickly and efficiently.
- Interacts with customers to gather insights and translate technical concepts.
- Acts as a role model and mentors other team members technically and culturally.
- Lead, join in, and shepherd teams through implementation goals including fostering best practices in creation of code.
- Other duties as assigned.
Why Vertafore is the place for you: Canada Only
- The opportunity to work in a space where modern technology meets a stable and vital industry.
- Medical, vision & dental plans.
- Life, AD&D.
- Short Term and Long Term Disability.
- Pension Plan & Employer Match.
- Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave.
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP).
- Education Assistance.
- Additional programs - Employee Referral and Internal Recognition.
Why Vertafore is the place for you: US Only
- The opportunity to work in a space where modern technology meets a stable and vital industry.
- We have a Flexible First work environment! Our North America team members use our offices for collaboration, community and team-building, with members asked to sometimes come into an office and/or travel depending on job responsibilities. Other times, our teams work from home or a similar environment.
- Medical, vision & dental plans:
- PPO & high-deductible options.
- Health Savings Account & Flexible Spending Accounts Options:
- Health Care FSA.
- Dental & Vision FSA.
- Dependent Care FSA.
- Commuter FSA.
- Life, AD&D (Basic & Supplemental), and Disability.
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan & Employer Match.
- Supplemental Plans - Pet insurance, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident Insurance.
- Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Education & Legal Assistance.
- Additional programs - Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Referral, Internal Recognition, and Wellness.
- Commuter Benefits (Denver).
The selected candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 5–10 years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on frontend development using React or similar frameworks, TypeScript, Web APIs, and modern application architectures.
- Advanced communication and interpersonal skills, able to diffuse tension and drive productive conversation, internally and externally.
- Strategic problem solver, analytical, with critical thinking skills.
- An innate curiosity about how things work; Proactively acquires new skills and learns new tools and technologies to troubleshoot complex issues.
- Able to define, communicate and ensure adherence to quality/technical team standards.
- Comfortable and effective at making decisions across the product that help long-term maintainability, reuse, and security and performance.
- Must be able to work with global, distributed teams.
- In-tune with high performance and high availability design/programming.
- Highly proficient with multiple database technologies.
- Strong in both design and implementation at an enterprise level.
- Must be able to work with and help non-development departments communicate with development department.
- Communicate clearly to explain and defend design decisions.
- Mentor, lead, and direct multiple teams in implementation best practices.
- Lead collaboration with the business, designing pragmatic solutions.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND DETAILS
- Experience or exposure to Backend for Frontend (BFF) architectures.
- Experience migrating legacy UI frameworks (Angular, ExtJS, WinForms) to modern React.
- Experience working in an Agile environment required.
- Degree in computer science, engineering or related field required.
- 5+ years of experience in security best practices for software and data platforms required.
- 5+ years of experience with Restful APIs required.
- 5+ years of experience with design, architecture, and implementation at an enterprise level required.
- Experience with Angular or similar technology required.
- 5+ years of experience with database technologies (e.g., Oracle, SQLServer, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, etc.).
- Have experience working in an Agile environment.
- Have degree in Computer Science or similar valuable experience.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- Travel required up to 10% of the time.
- WFH Flexible.
- 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.
THE VERTAFORE STORY
Over the past 50 years, Vertafore has advanced the entire insurance distribution channel with the best software solutions in the industry. Today, we’re proud to say hundreds of thousands of Vertafore users rely on our solutions to write business faster, reduce costs, and fuel growth by increasing collaboration and streamlining processes. Vertafore leads the industry with secure, cloud-based mobile products that provide superior reporting and analytics, delivering actionable insight—right when customers need it most. We partner with other leading technology companies to deliver comprehensive solutions to improve the way our customers do business and serve their customers.
THE VERTAFORE WAY
Insurance is about relationships, and technology should make those relationships stronger. That’s why, at Vertafore, it’s our mission to transform the way the industry operates by putting people at the heart of insurance technology. By focusing on our customers, becoming better every day, and delivering results you can see, we provide the level of trust and security that insurance is all about.
- Bias to Action: We're united by an innate drive to take action and make a difference in the technology and insurance spaces.
- Win Together: We work together as one team, showing empathy and respect along the way.
- Show Up Curious: We work to challenge one another to push boundaries and think beyond the box.
- Say It, Do It: We honor every one of our commitments because integrity is important to us.
- Customer Success is Our Success: We cultivate authentic relationships and follow up by actively listening to their needs.
- We Love Insurance: We appreciate the impact insurance has on the world.
Is this role not an exact fit for you? Keep an eye on our Careers Page for other positions!
Vertafore is a drug-free workplace and conducts preemployment drug and background screenings.
The selected candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the job responsibilities, duties, skill, or working conditions. In addition, this document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.
Vertafore strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.
We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters, or other suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us.
Vertafore is a Flexible First working environment which allows team members to work from home as often as you’d like, while using our offices as a place for collaboration, community, and teambuilding. There are times you may be asked to come into an office and/or travel for specific meetings for a specific business purpose and this varies by job responsibilities.
INTRODUCTION
$135,000 - $165,000 + VIP Bonus
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. Whether you’re interested in engineering or development, marketing or sales, or something else – if this sounds like you, then we’d love to hear from you!
We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices in the US, Canada, and India.
JOB DESCRIPTION
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will play a strategic leadership role in the architecture and development of modern, high-impact web applications. You will work hands-on with cutting-edge front-end technologies—especially React 19—while mentoring teams, defining technical direction, and driving engineering excellence across the organization.
You will lead the delivery of scalable, resilient, and high-performance systems, shape our design system and component architecture, and evolve our platform capabilities to support a diverse ecosystem of applications. You will also champion innovation, strong engineering culture, and continuous learning.
If you thrive on solving complex UI engineering challenges, love React, and enjoy mentoring and influencing large-scale technical direction, this role is for you.
Core Requirements and Responsibilities:
Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following:
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance React 19 applications using modern component patterns, concurrent features, and optimized rendering flows.
- Innovates and crafts clean code.
- Helps lead and mitigates the impact of technical decisions across the entire product.
- Coordinates with Experience Design and software development teams across the department in designing and implementing pragmatic and best-fit solutions.
- Takes ownership of vision and development of technologies, infrastructure, and common components across our tech stack.
- Build and optimize rich UI experiences using:
- React 19 concurrent features
- TypeScript
- Define and evolve design-system-driven component architecture.
- Drive front-end performance optimization, including React Compiler.
- Mentors other developers and teams.
- Fosters and develops a community of practice across the entire development organization.
- Evaluates and recommends tools, technologies and processes ensuring highest quality product platform.
- Provides support for existing products and developing new products.
- Contributes to defining and enforcing procedures, standards, and methodologies related to software development.
- Troubleshoot code problems quickly and efficiently.
- Interacts with customers to gather insights and translate technical concepts.
- Acts as a role model and mentors other team members technically and culturally.
- Lead, join in, and shepherd teams through implementation goals including fostering best practices in creation of code.
- Other duties as assigned.
Why Vertafore is the place for you: Canada Only
- The opportunity to work in a space where modern technology meets a stable and vital industry.
- Medical, vision & dental plans.
- Life, AD&D.
- Short Term and Long Term Disability.
- Pension Plan & Employer Match.
- Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave.
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP).
- Education Assistance.
- Additional programs - Employee Referral and Internal Recognition.
Why Vertafore is the place for you: US Only
- The opportunity to work in a space where modern technology meets a stable and vital industry.
- We have a Flexible First work environment! Our North America team members use our offices for collaboration, community and team-building, with members asked to sometimes come into an office and/or travel depending on job responsibilities. Other times, our teams work from home or a similar environment.
- Medical, vision & dental plans:
- PPO & high-deductible options.
- Health Savings Account & Flexible Spending Accounts Options:
- Health Care FSA.
- Dental & Vision FSA.
- Dependent Care FSA.
- Commuter FSA.
- Life, AD&D (Basic & Supplemental), and Disability.
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan & Employer Match.
- Supplemental Plans - Pet insurance, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident Insurance.
- Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Education & Legal Assistance.
- Additional programs - Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Referral, Internal Recognition, and Wellness.
- Commuter Benefits (Denver).
The selected candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 5–10 years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on frontend development using React or similar frameworks, TypeScript, Web APIs, and modern application architectures.
- Advanced communication and interpersonal skills, able to diffuse tension and drive productive conversation, internally and externally.
- Strategic problem solver, analytical, with critical thinking skills.
- An innate curiosity about how things work; Proactively acquires new skills and learns new tools and technologies to troubleshoot complex issues.
- Able to define, communicate and ensure adherence to quality/technical team standards.
- Comfortable and effective at making decisions across the product that help long-term maintainability, reuse, and security and performance.
- Must be able to work with global, distributed teams.
- In-tune with high performance and high availability design/programming.
- Highly proficient with multiple database technologies.
- Strong in both design and implementation at an enterprise level.
- Must be able to work with and help non-development departments communicate with development department.
- Communicate clearly to explain and defend design decisions.
- Mentor, lead, and direct multiple teams in implementation best practices.
- Lead collaboration with the business, designing pragmatic solutions.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND DETAILS
- Experience or exposure to Backend for Frontend (BFF) architectures.
- Experience migrating legacy UI frameworks (Angular, ExtJS, WinForms) to modern React.
- Experience working in an Agile environment required.
- Degree in computer science, engineering or related field required.
- 5+ years of experience in security best practices for software and data platforms required.
- 5+ years of experience with Restful APIs required.
- 5+ years of experience with design, architecture, and implementation at an enterprise level required.
- Experience with Angular or similar technology required.
- 5+ years of experience with database technologies (e.g., Oracle, SQLServer, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, etc.).
- Have experience working in an Agile environment.
- Have degree in Computer Science or similar valuable experience.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- Travel required up to 10% of the time.
- WFH Flexible.
- 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.
THE VERTAFORE STORY
Over the past 50 years, Vertafore has advanced the entire insurance distribution channel with the best software solutions in the industry. Today, we’re proud to say hundreds of thousands of Vertafore users rely on our solutions to write business faster, reduce costs, and fuel growth by increasing collaboration and streamlining processes. Vertafore leads the industry with secure, cloud-based mobile products that provide superior reporting and analytics, delivering actionable insight—right when customers need it most. We partner with other leading technology companies to deliver comprehensive solutions to improve the way our customers do business and serve their customers.
THE VERTAFORE WAY
Insurance is about relationships, and technology should make those relationships stronger. That’s why, at Vertafore, it’s our mission to transform the way the industry operates by putting people at the heart of insurance technology. By focusing on our customers, becoming better every day, and delivering results you can see, we provide the level of trust and security that insurance is all about.
- Bias to Action: We're united by an innate drive to take action and make a difference in the technology and insurance spaces.
- Win Together: We work together as one team, showing empathy and respect along the way.
- Show Up Curious: We work to challenge one another to push boundaries and think beyond the box.
- Say It, Do It: We honor every one of our commitments because integrity is important to us.
- Customer Success is Our Success: We cultivate authentic relationships and follow up by actively listening to their needs.
- We Love Insurance: We appreciate the impact insurance has on the world.
Is this role not an exact fit for you? Keep an eye on our Careers Page for other positions!
Vertafore is a drug-free workplace and conducts preemployment drug and background screenings.
The selected candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the job responsibilities, duties, skill, or working conditions. In addition, this document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.
Vertafore strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.
We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters, or other suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us.
Vertafore is a Flexible First working environment which allows team members to work from home as often as you’d like, while using our offices as a place for collaboration, community, and teambuilding. There are times you may be asked to come into an office and/or travel for specific meetings for a specific business purpose and this varies by job responsibilities.
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Which companies sponsor visas for software engineers in Colorado?
Several large employers in Colorado have consistent histories of sponsoring software engineers on work visas. Google's Boulder engineering office, Palantir's Denver headquarters, and Lockheed Martin's aerospace facilities along the Front Range are among the most active. Mid-sized tech companies and defense contractors in the Denver metro area also file sponsorship petitions regularly, particularly for backend, systems, and cloud engineering roles.
Which visa types are most common for software engineer roles in Colorado?
The H-1B visa is the most common visa for software engineers in Colorado, as the role typically qualifies as a specialty occupation requiring at least a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field. Australians may also qualify for the E-3 visa, and Canadians and Mexicans can use the TN visa under the USMCA. Some employers in Colorado also support L-1 visa transfers for engineers moving from international offices.
Which cities in Colorado have the most software engineer sponsorship jobs?
Denver accounts for the largest share of software engineer sponsorship activity in Colorado, driven by its concentration of tech companies, fintech firms, and corporate headquarters. Boulder is a secondary hub with a strong startup and SaaS presence, partly fueled by proximity to the University of Colorado. Colorado Springs sees sponsorship activity concentrated in defense and government contracting sectors, particularly for systems and embedded software engineers.
How to find software engineer visa sponsorship jobs in Colorado?
Migrate Mate filters software engineer roles specifically by visa sponsorship and U.S. state, making it straightforward to browse verified openings in Colorado without sifting through listings that don't offer sponsorship. You can search by role type and location to find positions in Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs. Focusing on employers with established H-1B or E-3 visa filing histories in Colorado improves your chances of a successful application.
Are there any state-specific considerations for software engineers seeking sponsorship in Colorado?
Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act requires employers to disclose salary ranges in job postings, which gives international candidates useful transparency when evaluating whether a role meets H-1B prevailing wage requirements before applying. The University of Colorado and Colorado State University also generate a steady pipeline of international software engineering graduates on OPT, meaning Colorado employers are generally familiar with sponsorship processes and F-1 to H-1B transitions.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored software engineer jobs in Colorado?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.