Software Engineer III – Platform and Shared Services

The Company

Versaterm is a global public safety solutions company helping agencies transform how they serve their communities. Since 1977 weve been building an ecosystem of intuitive tools designed for public safety agencies forensic labs court systems schools and other institutions. Through purposeful integrations and a selective growth strategy we focus on improving workflows to help our customers achieve more efficient operations better service and more just outcomes.

Our teams are driven by innovation expertise and an unwavering commitment to customer success. As we continue to grow and expand our ecosystem youll have the opportunity to contribute to solutions that enhance community safety and transform the future of public safety technology. If youre passionate about making a meaningful difference wed love to hear from you.

We are developing a centralized platform that powers our products and integrationsa scalable data bus and pipeline built on AWS PaaS services including Lambda Kafka and Postgres. This platform provides a unified API layer and accelerates the delivery of new capabilities across our ecosystem. Python is our primary development language enabling clean efficient and maintainable solutions. As a cornerstone of our strategic architecture this platform embodies our better together philosophy by ensuring our applications work seamlessly and intelligently as one.

The Role

As a Software Engineer III you will take on challenging and complex development tasks. This role plays a crucial role in designing and implementing robust scalable and high-performance software solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams provide leadership on technical initiatives and help mentor junior engineers to elevate the teams technical capabilities. This is a key position for someone with deep technical expertise and a strong problem-solving mindset.

What Youll Do

• Design develop and implement complex software solutions that align with the companys objectives ensuring high quality scalability and performance.
• Contribute to system architecture and design decisions ensuring the chosen approaches support both short-term goals and long-term growth.
• Provide technical guidance to the engineering team. Take ownership of complex projects and ensure they stay on track delivering high-quality code and solutions on time.
• Establish and enforce best practices for software design coding testing and deployment. Perform regular code reviews to ensure high standards and maintainability of the codebase.
• Work closely with product owners designers and other stakeholders to ensure that software features are aligned with business requirements and user needs.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations to improve scalability and system performance.
• Act as a mentor for junior engineers and foster a culture of continuous learning and growth within the team.
• Participate in all phases of the development lifecycle including sprint planning daily standups retrospectives and release planning.
• Provide expertise in debugging complex issues both pre-production and production and implement effective solutions.
• Stay current with the latest technologies and trends in software development. Propose innovative solutions that align with business goals and improve system efficiency and product quality.
• Ensure that all software is thoroughly documented both in terms of code comments and high-level technical documentation.
• Perform other related duties as assigned to support team objectives departmental needs and overall organizational priorities.

What Youll Bring

• Degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field or equivalent industry experience and training.

• 4-7 years of professional software development experience.

• Understanding and experience with a variety of programming languages such as C# Python JavaScript () or similar. Expertise in backend frontend or full-stack development.

• Familiarization with large-scale systems monolith architecture distributed systems microservices architectures and implementing design patterns that scale.

• Expertise with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g. MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB MS SQL Server) and a solid understanding of database design and optimization techniques.

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure) and knowledge of cloud-native architecture containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines infrastructure as code (Terraform Ansible) and DevOps best practices.

• Knowledge of unit testing integration testing and test-driven development (TDD). Experience with automated testing frameworks.

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments contributing to sprints and delivering iterative software releases.

• Ability to guide and influence teams craft high-level technical proposals and be an active part of the engineering management process.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve complex technical issues quickly and effectively.

Impress Us With

• Experience with frameworks like Vue Angular React or similar. Expertise in front-end technologies and building dynamic user interfaces.
• Experience designing or working with APIs API based architecture such as microservices and API Management tools.
• Knowledge of additional programming languages (e.g. C Java) or frameworks (e.g. WPF WinForms).
• Experience in applying security best practices in software design coding and infrastructure.
• Proficiency in identifying performance bottlenecks and optimizing software for high performance and scalability.
• Experience with leveraging AI tooling in development workflows.

Note: Due to the nature of our work with public safety agencies this position requires compliance with the FBIs Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy. Candidates must successfully pass a comprehensive fingerprint-based background check.Please note that specific customer contracts may imposeadditionalsecurity verification requirements. Obtaining andmaintainingall required security clearances is a condition of employment. For more information on CJIS security requirements please visit theFBIs CJIS Security Policy Resource Center.

Equal Opportunity

Versaterm is committed to building and supporting inclusion diversity and equity and sustaining a barrier-free areavailable on request throughout all aspects of the selection process. These principles apply to the terms and conditions of employment at Versaterm. For detailed information on our accessibility policies please