Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer – Bozeman, MT
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world’s top-recognized brands and companies, is actively seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Wisetail team. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career in SaaS and educational tech.

Intertek Wisetail provides a custom branded training and communication platform built to engage today’s workforce with a complete learning management system, giving customers the tools to grow their passionate workforce. Intertek is continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands and organizations in every sector and industry around the world. We go beyond Testing, Inspection and Certification of products: we are a Total Quality Assurance Provider to industries worldwide.

Our Purpose: Bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life.

Learn more @ www.wisetail.com!

What Are We Looking For?

We are seeking a skilled and collaborative Senior Software Engineer with a strong backend focus and a passion for building scalable, high-quality APIs and services. You’ll play a key role on our small but experienced engineering team, contributing across the stack and helping architect and implement backend solutions that support our modern web applications.

The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of backend development, enjoys cross-functional collaboration, and is comfortable contributing to both backend and frontend codebases. You should be excited to solve challenging problems and bring innovative solutions to a fast-paced SaaS environment.

What you will do:

Design, build, and maintain clean, scalable backend APIs and services that power our learning platform.

Contribute across the stack, including frontend components and relational database design.

Collaborate with frontend engineers to define API contracts and ensure seamless data flow.

Write high-quality, well-tested code using unit and integration testing practices.

Participate in technical discussions, code reviews, and pair programming.

Troubleshoot, triage, and resolve bugs — including occasional production issues.

Document code and architectural decisions in a clear, maintainable way.

Stay up to date with best practices and bring forward recommendations for continuous improvement.

Minimum Requirements & Qualifications:

6+ years of professional software development experience.

Strong skills in backend development and API architecture.

Experience with Laravel/PHP.

Proficiency with modern frontend frameworks like Angular, Vue, or React.

Solid understanding of SQL and relational database design.

Familiarity with cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.

Interest or hands-on experience with AWS AI services such as Bedrock or SageMaker.

Strong communication skills and a collaborative, team-first mindset.

Comfort working in an agile, fast-paced development environment.

Preferred Requirements & Qualifications:

Experience with message queues, background job systems, or distributed systems.

Background working in startup or small, cross-functional teams.

Passion for mentoring junior developers or leading small technical initiatives.

Experience with Node.js, Rails, or Django

Previous work building or supporting Learning Management System (LMS) software.

Why you'll enjoy working here:

A tight-knit, fast-moving engineering team that values trust and autonomy.

High-impact work — your ideas and code will directly affect millions of users.

Close collaboration with product, design, and leadership with no organizational silos.

Real opportunities for technical ownership, leadership, and career advancement.

Benefits Information

In addition to competitive compensation packages, when working with Intertek you can expect benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k) with company match, generous vacation / sick time (PTO), tuition reimbursement and more.

Intertek: Total Quality. Assured.

Intertek is a world leader in the Quality Assurance market, with a proven, high-quality business model and a global network of customer-focused operations and highly engaged subject matter experts. With passion, pace, and precision we work to exceed our customers’ expectations, while engaging with our employees to be 10X in their performance and professional growth.

Intertek is a drug-free workplace. As a condition of employment, certain positions may be required to pass a pre-employment drug test based on the type of work that will be performed.

We Value Diversity

Intertek’s network of phenomenal people are our greatest assets, and the diversity they bring fuels our success. Intertek is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that values inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

For individuals with disabilities who would like to request accommodation, or who need assistance applying, please email [email protected] or call 1-877-694-8543 (option #5) to speak with a member of the HR Department.

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About Us

Intertek is a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide. Our network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices in more than 100 countries, delivers innovative and bespoke Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification (ATIC) solutions for our customers' operations and supply chains. Working at Intertek means joining a global network of state-of-the-art facilities and passionate people who deliver superior customer service with a purpose of bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life.

About The Team

Intertek’s People Assurance team provides range of workforce-focused solutions that empower our clients’ employees to identify and close operational gaps and mitigate risk by assuring smart actions across organizations. Our services give clients the tools they need to build, maintain, and protect their brands, supporting them in the continuous evolution of their workforce to maximize employee potential.