Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Clever builds identity and security technology for education. The Senior Software Engineer, Devices will develop and lead device integrations across native clients and backend services, helping students sign in securely and enabling schools to manage those integrations.
Responsibilities
- The problem you'll solve: Students lose class time when signing in to a shared school device is slow or breaks. You will build device integrations that get them into their learning apps quickly and securely, and that IT admins can set up and manage without friction
- Who you'll partner with: You will work closely with Product and Design on features, and with IT admins and Customer Support to understand how these integrations behave in real districts. You will also mentor peers through code reviews and technical leadership
- What success looks like: Features and integrations ship reliably and are adopted by districts. Your code is easy to maintain and well tested, and you help the team keep the login systems schools rely on stable
- Key projects you'll lead:You will drive work across native clients (Swift, C++) and the services behind them. Near-term projects include Platform SSO for macOS, Googlebooks login support, and Apple School Manager integration
Skills
- 4+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer with a strong foundation in software engineering principles and device-centric experience
- Professional experience building native applications for Windows, or supporting Windows environments
- Experience with another platform (iOS, macOS, ChromeOS) is a plus
- Experience with MDM platforms (Intune, Jamf), setting up and troubleshooting Entra/Azure environments, or integrating with Apple School Manager
- Proven ability to lead complex projects from design to deployment, collaborating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience architecting end-to-end systems that solve complex product needs and handle diverse data requirements
- A strong commitment to modular, extensible, testable code
- You apply design patterns, refactor to pay down tech debt, and automate tests (unit and end-to-end)
- A commitment to understand and prioritize the Clever engineering culture (see our blog post on Defining Clever's Engineering Culture)
- Experience with our tech stack, which includes Swift, C++, Go, TypeScript, Node.js, and React, using AWS services such as lambdas, step functions and SQS, and databases/storage such as DynamoDB, S3, and MongoDB
- Experience developing for at least one of iOS, macOS, Windows, and ChromeOS
- Comfort with participating in an on-call rotation to ensure the stability of the critical login systems that schools rely on daily
- Familiarity with leveraging AI coding tools (such as Claude Code or Cursor) to enhance development workflows, productivity, and code quality
Benefits
- Flexible PTO
- Paid Parental Leave
- Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage
- Mental healthcare services
- Professional development budget
- Annual company retreat + team events
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