The Company
Versaterm is a global public safety solutions company helping agencies transform how they serve their communities. Since 1977, we’ve 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, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to solutions that enhance community safety and transform the future of public safety technology. If you’re passionate about making a meaningful difference, we’d love to hear from you.
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 for our RMS UI front-end. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, provide leadership on technical initiatives, and help mentor junior engineers to elevate the team’s technical capabilities. This is a key position for someone with deep technical expertise and a strong problem-solving mindset. We are building our next generation of services and UI for our RMS products, and the growth of this team is foundational to our next chapter in Public Safety.
What You’ll Do
- Design, develop, test, and maintain React-based web applications, with a strong focus on performance, accessibility, usability, and reliability.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, UI/UX designers, and engineers to translate Figma designs and requirements into high-quality, user-facing features.
- Implement complex features and integrations, contributing directly to application architecture while ensuring scalability and maintainability.
- Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code; participate actively in code reviews to uphold engineering standards.
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and reliability issues, including debugging complex problems in both development and production environments.
- Evaluate and adopt modern tools and development practices (including AI-assisted and spec-driven workflows) to improve development efficiency and code quality.
- Participate fully in the software development lifecycle, including sprint planning, implementation, testing, and releases.
- Produce and maintain clear technical documentation for implemented features and systems.
- Support team success through knowledge sharing and informal mentorship, while remaining primarily focused on individual contribution.
What You’ll 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.
- Expertise in React-based web development.
- Expertise in front-end technologies and building dynamic user interfaces.
- 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, or similar.
- Experience designing or working with API’s, API based architecture such as microservices, and API Management tools.
- Familiarization with large-scale systems, monolith architecture, distributed systems, microservices architectures, and implementing design patterns that scale.
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MS SQL Server) and a solid understanding of database design and optimization techniques.
- 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.
This position requires security clearances due to the nature of our work with public safety agencies. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada and must successfully obtain and maintain a Reliability security clearance from the Government of Canada. Additionally, candidates must comply with the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy and pass a comprehensive, fingerprint-based background check. Please note that specific customer contracts may impose additional security verification requirements. Obtaining and maintaining all required security clearances is a condition of employment. For more information, please visit Public Services and Procurement Canada for Reliability clearance details and the FBI's CJIS Security Policy Resource Center for CJIS requirements.
Versaterm is committed to fair and equitable compensation that is competitive, consistent, and aligned with the value each role contributes to our organization. The starting salary for this position will be dependent upon many factors, such as the successful candidate’s skills, experience, education, training as well as internal equity, market data, and business needs. In addition to base salary and our comprehensive benefits offering, some roles may also be eligible for variable compensation such as incentive plans or discretionary performance bonuses.
Versaterm does not use AI in the recruitment process. All stages of recruitment decisions are lead by people, including our qualified acquisition team and our experienced hiring managers.
Versaterm is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, and a barrier-free workplace. Accommodations are available upon request throughout all stages of the recruitment process and apply to the terms and conditions of employment. For more information, please contact [email protected].
