Job Description
$130,000 - $190,000 / year + Bonus 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 Summary Vertafore is seeking a Senior Manager, Platform Build and Release who is responsible for defining and evolving the company’s build, CI/CD, and release management platforms and standards. This role ensures that engineering teams can deliver software reliably, securely, and at high velocity through well-designed pipelines, consistent tooling, and clear operational guardrails. This role works closely with application development teams, site reliability engineering, security, and operations. Key Responsibilities Assist in defining, establishing and maintaining the enterprise strategy and reference implementations for build systems, CI/CD tooling, and pipeline architectures. Ensure build and pipeline solutions are scalable, resilient, and maintainable across multiple teams and products. Drive consolidation and simplification of build and pipeline tooling where appropriate. Own CI/CD standards, policies, and best practices, including: Pipeline structure and conventions Artifact versioning and promotion strategies Security scanning and compliance integration Partner with Security and Architecture to embed secure-by-default and compliance-ready practices. Define guardrails that balance autonomy and consistency for delivery teams. Define standards for: Release orchestration and promotion across environments Change management and deployment approvals Rollback, rollback automation, and release observability Lead the transition toward modern release models (e.g., continuous delivery, progressive delivery) as appropriate for the business. Enable product and platform teams through: Reusable tooling, templates, and documentation Clear onboarding paths for build and release standards Consultation and architectural guidance Act as a trusted advisor to engineering leaders on delivery and release challenges. Drive adoption through influence, clarity, and measurable value, not mandate alone. Communicate strategy, progress, and outcomes to senior technology leadership. Qualifications 12+ years of experience in software engineering, SRE, DevOps, platform engineering, or related disciplines 5+ years in technical leadership roles, including managing senior engineers or managers Deep hands-on experience with: Implementing and scaling CI/CD systems Pipeline design (Gitlab, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins) Build systems and artifact management (Sonatype Nexus, various build frameworks) Release management and deployment strategies Infrastructure as code tools and implementations (Terraform, CDK, Cloud Formation) Experience will blue/green deployments, Canary Releases, A/B testing and experiment systems Configuration as code technologies (Chef, Puppet, Ansible) Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices and architectures Proven ability to influence across teams without direct ownership Strong communication skills with both technical and executive audiences Leadership Attributes Systems thinker who balances standards with flexibility Pragmatic leader focused on outcomes over ideology Strong technical credibility with senior engineers Collaborative and service-oriented mindset Comfortable operating through influence and partnership Additional Requirements And Details Travel required up to 10% of the time. 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 b