Software Developer - Experienced

Northland Control Systems is seeking a skilled Software Developer to help build innovative, reliable, and scalable applications that support and advance the physical security industry. In this role, you will transform business and user needs into high-quality software solutions that enhance performance, efficiency, and overall customer experience. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to design, develop, test, deploy, and continuously improve applications that align with organizational goals and meet the highest standards of security and maintainability.

What type of candidate Northland is looking for

We strive to find the right kind of people, who respect the Northland way; they will emphasize taking on challenges, working hard, learning fast, and maintaining embracing accountability, all while having fun! Our culture and team are some of our strongest assets. We want to employ happy people, who bring a positive and energetic attitude to not only their work and the work environment.

What you will love about this job

You will be working for an amazing company that employs the most exceptional type of people working in partnership to take on challenges.

What You'll Do

• Design and develop high-quality, scalable software applications that address business challenges and support operational efficiency.
• Build and execute unit, integration, and functional tests to ensure application reliability and adherence to design standards.
• Partner with clients, project managers, and internal teams to translate business and user requirements into practical and user-centric software solutions.
• Conduct feasibility studies and evaluate design approaches based on technical limitations, timelines, and resource considerations.
• Analyze complex business needs and apply engineering principles to design secure, efficient, and maintainable systems.
• Refactor and enhance existing codebases to improve performance, scalability, and maintainability while reducing technical debt.
• Lead deployment and configuration of applications, ensuring smooth implementation aligned with system specifications.
• Monitor application performance post-deployment, troubleshoot issues, and implement continuous improvements.
• Design and optimize databases and data structures to support system integrity, availability, and performance.
• Define system performance benchmarks, hardware configurations, and software requirements in line with cybersecurity and organizational standards.
• Collaborate with systems analysts, network engineers, and software architects to ensure seamless integration across platforms.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including design specifications, workflows, and user guides.
• Stay up to date on emerging technologies, frameworks, and industry best practices to drive innovation within development processes.
• Perform additional related duties to support team and organizational objectives.

What We're Looking For

Education & Experience

Required Technical Skills

Preferred Technical Skills

Key Competencies

Work Authorization

Candidates must be authorized to work in the country of employment.

What Northland Does

Northland is a world-class global security integrator with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, China and India. We specialize in design, build, integration, and management of high-end Lenel, Software House, S2 global enterprise security systems which include 6 out of 10 of the largest hi-tech companies in Silicon Valley.

We are responsible for single card reader installations in some of the most remote parts of the world, all the way through to the design, deployment and management of large enterprise systems managing up to 300 corporate offices in over 70 countries including datacenters and multi-faceted security operations centers.

With 250 highly trained professionals, all program management, project management, system design, system programming, testing and commissioning is carried out by Northland Controls experts to ensure we deliver the right solution, to the right standard, every time, anywhere in the world. In addition, Northland is supported by a network of over 100 in-country local service partners (LSPs) across the world who partner with Northland to deliver unparalleled world class services to our enterprise customers.

We are trusted to get the job done no matter what. Through word-of-mouth our elite list of customers has rewarded us with phenomenal growth from $1M to $70M in 10 years'. To achieve this, we are always interested in the very best people who share our core values and beliefs and will "do whatever it takes" to enable our customers to realize their goals. We will take on difficult challenges regardless of where they may lead us, and we will always take the most honorable route to get there.

Our Mission

To be the most trusted and influential leader in the industry. By delivering exceptional services across the world, we are determined to continually surprise our customers, the industry and even ourselves while having fun.

Core Values

Be Honorable

Take on Challenges

Do Whatever it Takes

Our People

Have Fun