About

Schoolyear is a leading company in fraud prevention for university exams, trusted by institutions across Europe, Canada, and Australia. We are a young startup that has grown to a team of 12 people (7 engineers), 100+ institutions, and administers 150K+ exams per month over the last 4 years. Our focus is on building high-quality, stable software and providing a well-supported product to every institution globally. We are a bootstrapped company prioritizing product quality, team cohesion, and profitability over capital-funded growth. Our team works hybrid and/or fully remote from all over Europe (CEST±1h), with our HQ in The Netherlands (Den Bosch).

What we build

We believe educators should be free to run assessments their way, without being limited by IT constraints. As exams become more digital and cheating methods (like generative AI) more sophisticated, teachers need better tools.

We provide security software that turns any device, student laptops or managed lab PC's, into a secure exam environment (Safe Exam Workspace) without IT needing to step in.

Our stack includes:

A custom secure browser using low-level techniques (e.g. driver, memory protection, similar to game anti-cheats)
A web application for instructors to create and monitor exams
A Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) layer for exams that require desktop tools like Excel or MATLAB
A backend system that connects it all

The Role

We are looking for a backend-oriented fullstack developer to help evolve our exam web application and backend services. You’ll be part of a small and capable product team where your ideas and execution directly shape the end-user experience.

You’ll work closely with our frontend, backend, and browser engineers to:

Develop new features and workflows for instructors and admins
Handle infrastructure alerts and platform reliability
Debug and resolve technical issues across our web stack
Participate in product discussions and propose improvements
Contribute to code quality, architecture, and maintainability

What we're looking for

Medior or senior-level experience as a fullstack developer (backend-focused)‍
Strong hands-on experience with Go (Golang)
Experience with frontend Single Page Applications (VueJS preferred, React or Svelte acceptable)
Proficiency with relational databases (Postgres, MySQL)
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and containers (AWS, GCP, Docker, etc.)