Vermont Information Processing is the country’s leading provider of software solutions for the beverage industry. We craft the technology that assists in every part of a beverage’s journey from its creator to your glass!  For over 50 years VIP’s success has been driven by the relationships we’ve built with our beverage customers and partners. We work to solve their mission-critical problems, provide innovative solutions for their businesses and never stop reimagining ways that we can help them succeed.

VIP’s Pricing Team is seeking a Junior Software Engineer (SE1) with a passion for creating user-friendly applications. The ideal candidate will take great pride in their work and be willing to rethink and suggest improvements for current applications as well as contribute to the development of new projects. This person must be comfortable working closely with a small team and have the flexibility to work on clearly-defined as well as abstract tasks to achieve a shared goal.

The successful candidate will have practical programming experience, knowledge of programming best practices, and have the ability to work in a high energy environment. As a Software Engineer you will work in a team to improve the features and stability of existing applications. You will be assigned programming changes identified by our customers and can include enhancements, fixes to bugs, customization of software or interface development (data extracts).

Position Type: Full Time, Hybrid. This position will report to our office headquarters in Colchester, VT.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Independently complete well-scoped components from a larger project in a reasonable time frame
• Collaborate with your team to design, plan, implement and test solutions as well as with other departments to understand application development needs
• Communicate well with team members and external teams
• Follow, enhance and contribute to established team processes
• Continuously seek self-improvement and learning

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering or 5 years related experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Programming experience  (RPG, Java/Kotlin, JavaScript/TypeScript)
• Strong understanding of database concepts and SQL
• Solid knowledge of programming fundamentals—algorithms, data structures, design patterns, and paradigms
• Effective oral & written communication

Technologies We Use:

• Languages: Java/Kotlin, Javascript/Typescript, PHP, SQL, C#
• Frameworks: Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Sencha ExtJS
• Tools: Jira, Git, Jenkins, Rundeck, Grafana, Graylog
• Other: database performance optimization, Linux administration, JWT, OpenAPI, SASS, UI/UX