Senior Software Developer

Respondusisa leading SaaS company specializing in online exam integrity solutions for education and training markets. Our applications integrate with Learning Management Systems such as Canvas, Brightspace, Blackboard, and Moodle, helping institutions deliver secure online assessments.

Thousands of universities, K-12 districts, testing centers, and assessment providers rely on Respondusto support hundreds of millions of assessments annually.

Respondusis a profitable, 20+ year-old company with a highly recurring revenue base, no debt, and no outside investors.

We are currently reviewing applicantsresidingin Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Massachusetts, Montana, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.

We’relooking for a Senior Software Developer to join our fully remote team.

You’llwork alongside a smallteamof thoughtful, highly skilled engineers building SaaS products that help ensure exam integrity for tens of millions of students and educators worldwide.

This is a broad, hands-on software engineering role whereyou'll contribute across our entire technology stack.

You'llbuild features spanning backend services, cloud infrastructure, APIs, and web interfaces, collaborating closely with our Principal Software Engineer and fellow developers to deliver reliable, high-quality software.

Our platformoperatesata significant scale and sits at the intersection of performance, security, and trust, so the work is both technically challenging and highly impactful.

We’rea team thatjumps in wherever needed—no task is too big or too small. If you take pride in building reliable systems, care about the details, and want your work to directly support fair and secure learning environments,you’llfit right in.

We keep things collaborative andlow-ego. Titlesdon’tcarry much weight here—ideas and execution do. We hold a high bar for quality and accountability, and we support each other in reaching it.

• 7+ years of experience building and shipping production-quality software
• Strong backend development experience, with the ability to design scalable, secure services and APIs
• Solid front-end skills and a focus on creating clean, intuitive user experiences
• Comfortable working in established codebases while seeing opportunities for the next generation of systems
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS, and building systems that are reliable, observable, and scalable
• An understanding of security best practices and designing systems where trust, integrity, and data protection are of critical importance
• Comfort working across the stack and moving between different partsof a system as needed
• Experience with relational databases and thoughtful data modeling
• Experience using AI tools as aids during design, development,reviewand maintenance of complex systems
• Familiarity with Linux-based environments and modern development workflows
• A strong foundation in computer science and software design principles
• A track recordof owning meaningful pieces of software—frominitialdesign through deployment and iteration
• The ability to thrive in a small, agile team and balance multiple priorities

• Experience building or operating high-scale SaaS platforms
• Deeper experience designing and scaling systems in AWS
• Familiarity with modern front-end frameworks and tooling
• Experience with video,monitoring, or real-time systems
• Experience working on remote or distributed teams
• Cloud certifications (AWS or similar)

• Ownership:
  You take responsibility and follow through
• High standards:
  You care deeply about quality, performance, and security
• Curiosity:
  
  You’realways learning and improving your craft
• Pragmatism:
  You know when to aim for perfection and when to ship
• Integri…