About the role Absorb Software is looking for an experienced and driven Senior Software Developer to help lead development on our Data platform and API. You’ll join a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team that’s passionate about supporting our customers by improving the performance, architecture, scalability, and supportability of our integrations platform. As a senior member of the team, you’ll bring deep technical expertise, sound architectural judgment, and a track record of delivering robust, well-tested software. You’ll set the technical bar — owning complex features end to end, guiding design decisions, and mentoring other developers — while staying hands-on with code. What you’ll do - Work in an Agile (Scrum/Kanban) environment and lead technical activities across the team: estimation, sprint planning, full software development lifecycle work, code reviews, research, deployments, and documentation. - Own the design and delivery of complex features across the DMS platform and DMS API, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with the broader technical architecture. Drive architectural decisions for data integration pipelines and API services, and help evolve the platform’s cloud infrastructure. - Partner with a cross-functional team to diagnose and resolve challenging software bugs, performance bottlenecks, and integration issues. - Work in parallel with agentic AI to deliver verified results faster, and help establish team patterns and standards for AI-assisted development. - Diagnose and resolve SQL Server performance issues, including query analysis and tuning. - Define and uphold development standards, quality practices, and technical architecture across deliverables. - Build and execute comprehensive automated tests (unit and integration) for all code modules. - Develop well-documented, intent-revealing code. - Lead peer review activities and raise the overall quality of the team’s output. - Create a learning environment through collaboration, shared knowledge, and technical leadership. - Mentor and coach peers and less experienced developers on design, programming approaches, application knowledge, and technical product knowledge. What you’ll bring - A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience. - A minimum of 7+ years of related industry experience, including demonstrated technical leadership on complex projects. - Strong knowledge of C#, ASP.NET MVC, Web API, Micro Services, and REST API design. - Experience designing and building data integration pipelines and service-to-service integrations. - Hands-on experience with AWS (e.g., ECS/Fargate, SQS, S3, Lambda) and containerization with Docker. - Familiarity working with agentic AI (Claude, GPT) models. - Solid Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) skills. - Ability to write clean, well-factored code based on S.O.L.I.D. principles. - Experience with Test Driven Development. - Working knowledge of HTML/JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, and front-end frameworks (React, jQuery, Knockout.js). - Proficiency with Git-based source control and CI/CD workflows. Preferred requirements - Experience designing distributed, event-driven, or message-based systems (e.g., queue-based consumers, auto-scaling workloads). - AI agent development experience. - Experience writing, analyzing, and tuning well-performing T-SQL queries. - Experience with Object Relational Mappers such as Entity Framework. - Familiarity with Agile (Scrum/Kanban) practices and concepts. - AWS certification or equivalent cloud experience. - Passion for improving the customer experience. - Self-motivated and driven to meet long-term goals. Technologies we use - AbsorbLMS, C#, .NET, http://ASP.NET MVC, Web API, Micro Services, HTML/JavaScript, TypeScript, React, jQuery, Knockout.js, CSS, SQL Server / T-SQL, Entity Framework, Docker, AWS (ECS, Fargate, SQS, S3), Git / GitLab CI/CD, Co-Pilot / Cursor Are you ready to become an Absorber? What we offer: - Fully remote-first work with flexible work arrangements 🏡 - Comprehensive Health and Wellness Benefits including retirement savings programs, eligibility for two different bonus plans, generous time off, comprehensive medical and dental benefits based on your country of location 🧘 - New Hire Equipment Allowance and monthly Flex Allowance to support your success 📦 - Endless opportunity for career growth and internal mobility 🌱 - Employee driven DE&I programs 🫶 Who are we? Absorb Software is the leading global AI-driven learning platform provider, helping organizations unlock the full potential of their workforce. With its innovative Strategic Learning Systems (SLS) approach, Absorb empowers businesses to align learning with strategic goals, driving measurable impact and workforce agility. The Absorb LMS platform delivers personalized, scalable, and engaging learning experiences for employees, customers, and partners worldwide. Trusted by over 3,300 organizations and 34 million users, Absorb is redefining the future of workplace learning through cutting-edge AI, seamless integrations, and an unwavering commitment to innovation. We empower learners to enrich their lives, workplaces and communities. Our values are simple: - We achieve exceptional results by genuinely caring about each other and the work we do - We’re united, and we grow through our commitment to elevating continual learning! AI @ Absorb We believe in the power of AI and technology to make learning accessible to everyone. By exploring new tools and constantly experimenting, we’re redefining what’s possible. We take an AI‑first approach to unlock human potential, drive impact, and scale better outcomes. As the world evolves, Absorb is committed to growing with you. Investing in your skills every step of the way. We use AI tools to support our recruitment process, such as organizing applications and highlighting potential matches based on role requirements. While these tools help streamline our review, all screening and final hiring decisions are made by our recruitment team. We encourage candidates to apply authentically and not rely solely on AI-generated responses in their applications. Absorb is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment for all our people. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. Should you require any accommodation during the recruitment process, please indicate this on your application and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any questions, please contact us at accessiblecareers@absorblms.com Successful candidates for this position will be subject to pre-employment background screening, including a criminal record check and must be able to show proof of legal eligibility to work in the country they have applied to without sponsorship.