Configuration Engineer

We are a young and unconventional software company created in 2011 by experienced pricing software and pricing consulting professionals. As the first pureplay, native Cloud and SaaS provider in our industry, Pricefx became and intends to stay the leading SaaS Pricing (Price Optimization & Management) and CPQ (Configure-Price-Quote) vendor.

We are an agile company that brings good ideas to life quickly and is committed to market-driven innovation. We are highly flexible, our customers are from diverse industries and sizes with brands like Michelin, Bosch, and Danone. We are a solid and sustainable company that is and will be strongly growing globally for the years ahead. It’s a great time to join us and grow with us.

Your mission?

Are you a software developer but you find it boring and repetitive? Do you miss communication with people? Then join Pricefx and use your skills to help our customers reach their goals!  With us, you will be in direct contact with the customers, capturing their requirements, discussing their needs, proposing the solutions, and making it all real by configuring our software.  

You will be in charge of…

• Assist in designing, implementation, and configuration of Pricefx solution according to customer needs using Groovy language
• Assist in communicating, gathering, and formalizing customer requirements
• Cooperating with Pricefx support team and customers on resolving technical issues
• Supporting Solution Architects to develop and maintain user stories
• Configuring solution according to Solution Architecture and user stories
• Cooperating with the project team to resolve issues
• Contributing to Product enhancements

What should you have to succeed?

To achieve all this, you need to be patient yet proactive, gracious yet confident, independent yet cooperative. But mainly, you need to be eager for challenges as both your soft skills and technical knowledge will be truly tested in Pricefx! 

You need to have excellent communication and consulting skills, as well as:

• Critical knowledge and experience
  1. object-oriented programming principles
  2. Programming experience is a must. We use Groovy, but you will learn how to use it fast, if you already have a solid knowledge of JAVA or similar programming language (.NET, possibly JavaScript or Python).
  3. Experience with relational databases is a must
     • Important knowledge and experience
       1. web technologies (HTML, JSON, REST API, etc.)
       2. if you already have knowledge of Groovy, it is a big plus
       3. pricing domain projects is a big plus
       4. enterprise software implementation projects is an advantage

This would make it easier… 

• IT and pricing knowledge 
• CPQ experience 
• SaaS experience

Location

• Chicago, IL or Remote Opportunity

Other job specifics…

• Full-time employment
• Ability to travel up to 10%, with occasional international travel

What will you love about us?

You will be part of a global team and a company culture that is characterized by the free and respected exchange of professional and cultural perspectives.   As a rapidly growing organization, you will have opportunities to explore creative ways of delivering continuous value to our clients and charting a career path that reflects the unique skill set and experience you bring to Pricefx. We will give you the option of your own devices by providing a monthly $240-IT allowance (laptop, mobile, and internet). We have built a benefits program to match the strength of our team.

• Our office is centrally located in the West Loop of Chicago and plenty of flexibility on public transportation options.
• We match your 401K contribution dollar for dollar up to 4% and vest it starting the first month.
• We give you 4 weeks of sick time and 14 public holidays each year plus your birthday.
• We have an amazing healthcare coverage sponsored by the ADP platform.
• We offer 12 weeks paid maternity leave.

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