Sr. Software Developer

VR Systems, Inc. is the leading voter registration, election management system for Florida. We are a small, fast-growing company of 58 people, forming a closely knit team of software engineers and customer support technicians. The company has a reputation for providing effective, efficient software with a high level of customer service for county Supervisors of Elections and the Division of Elections at Florida's Department of State.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. Experience working as a software developer may substitute for some education. Please provide explicit past work details if this applies to you.

• 5 years of professional software development experience, including significant experience developing web-based applications
  
  

Job Qualifications:

• Self-motivated professional who enjoys working closely with other team members and with non-technical people in a public-service business environment

• Experience developing modern web applications and supporting legacy systems

• Strong experience developing software using Microsoft .NET and C#

• Working knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• Experience mentoring other developers, reviewing code, and helping establish development standards

• Ability to translate business needs into practical technical solutions and communicate tradeoffs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Strong understanding of UI/UX fundamentals

• Strong fundamentals working with relational database management systems

• Strong analytical and technical research skills

• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, or similar tools to support coding, debugging, technical research, documentation, testing, and workflow improvement 
  
  

Knowledge Preferred but Not Required:

• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure

• Familiarity with SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL

• Familiarity with PHP 
  
  

Job Description:

• Assessing and refining requirements

• Designing practical, maintainable software solutions based on business requirements, technical constraints, and long-term support needs 

• Maintaining, refactoring, and improving existing code

• Writing, maintaining, and executing tests

• Troubleshooting technical issues

• Occasional customer interaction

• Leveraging AI-assisted tools where appropriate to improve development productivity, research, documentation, testing, troubleshooting, and knowledge sharing

• Helping identify practical AI use cases and supporting responsible AI adoption across technical and non-technical workflows