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About Synap

Synap is an award-winning assessment platform trusted by leading universities and global organisations to deliver secure, scalable online exams.

Our mission: to make online exams effortless, reliable, and accessible. We build technology that makes education fairer and more inclusive, helping people learn, progress, and demonstrate their knowledge without barriers.

  • Millions of assessments delivered securely
  • Modern stack, high autonomy, visible impact
  • Privacy-first and accessibility-minded by design

Life at Synap

We're a close-knit, curious team that values craftsmanship, clarity, and kindness. At Synap, the work you do helps people learn and access exams fairly — from Ivy League students to global professionals — all within a supportive, product-focused environment.

  • Build technology that helps people learn and progress
  • Thoughtful reviews and regular show-and-tell demos
  • Autonomy, ownership, and space to do your best work

Benefits & ways of working

Supporting our team's happiness is crucial to our success.

Remote-friendly Hybrid Leeds office New MacBook Autonomy & ownership Generous holidays Pension scheme Inclusive, supportive team

Open roles

Frontend Engineer

Engineering

Location: Remote-friendly (UK)
Reports to: Head of Frontend Engineering

TypeScriptEmber.jsREST/OpenAPI

Build elegant, performant interfaces used by top universities and brands.

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Backend Engineer

Engineering

Location: Remote-friendly (UK)
Reports to: Head of Backend Engineering

Node.js (TS)GolangMongoDBAWS

Own APIs, performance and reliability for a high-stakes platform.

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Full-stack Engineer

Engineering

Location: Remote-friendly (UK)
Reports to: Head of Engineering

TypeScriptNode.jsGolangEmber.js

Ship end-to-end features across frontend, services and data.

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Frontend Engineer – Full job spec

Location: Remote-friendly (UK) · Reports to: Head of Frontend Engineering

About Synap

Synap is an award-winning assessment platform trusted by leading universities and global organisations to deliver secure, scalable online exams.

Role overview

We’re looking for a Frontend Engineer to build and evolve the web application that powers Synap’s assessment platform. You’ll work with our frontend team, backend engineers, CTO and product to deliver features that are performant, elegant, and reliable.

Key responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain our core Ember.js + TypeScript web application.
  • Contribute to architecture and long-term maintainability.
  • Translate product and UX designs into high-quality, production-ready code.
  • Drive performance, accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA) and cross-browser reliability.

Skills & experience

Essential: 5+ years frontend experience, strong TypeScript/JavaScript, experience with component-based frameworks, REST APIs, testing, CI/CD.

Bonus: Ember.js, WCAG 2.1.

Interview process

CV + short note → technical exercise → walk-through → founders chat → offer.

Apply now

Backend Engineer – Full job spec

Location: Remote-friendly (UK) · Reports to: Head of Backend Engineering

About Synap

Synap is an award-winning assessment platform trusted by leading universities and global organisations to deliver secure, scalable online exams.

Role overview

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to build and evolve the API and infrastructure that powers Synap’s assessment platform. You’ll work with our backend team, frontend engineers, CTO and product to deliver performant, reliable features.

Key responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain our Node.js (TypeScript) application and Golang microservices.
  • Build RESTful endpoints for our OpenAPI 3.0 API.
  • Drive performance and database optimisation.
  • Ensure robust testing, security and CI/CD.

Skills & experience

Essential: 5+ years backend experience, strong TypeScript/Node.js, REST APIs, NoSQL (MongoDB preferred), security and deployment practices.

Bonus: Golang, AWS, Terraform, GitHub Workflows.

Interview process

CV + short note → technical exercise → walk-through → founders chat → offer.

Apply now

Full-stack Engineer – Full job spec

Location: Remote-friendly (UK) · Reports to: Head of Engineering

About Synap

Synap is an award-winning assessment platform trusted by leading universities and global organisations to deliver secure, scalable online exams.

Role overview

We’re looking for a Full Stack Engineer to build and evolve the applications and services that power Synap’s assessment platform. You’ll work across our engineering team, CTO and product to deliver end-to-end features that are performant, elegant, and reliable.

Key responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain Node.js (TypeScript), Golang microservices and Ember.js web application.
  • Build RESTful endpoints and integrate frontend with APIs.
  • Contribute to architecture, code reviews and mentoring.
  • Ensure robust testing and CI/CD.

Skills & experience

Essential: 5+ years full-stack experience, TypeScript/Node.js, component-based UI, REST APIs, security, testing, CI/CD.

Bonus: Golang, Ember.js, AWS, GitHub Workflows.

Interview process

CV + short note → technical exercise → walk-through → founders chat → offer.

Apply now

How we hire

  1. 1

    Apply

    CV + short note about work you're proud of.

  2. 2

    Technical exercise

    Lightweight: mirrors real Synap problems.

  3. 3

    Walk-through

    Discuss approach & trade-offs with engineers.

  4. 4

    Founders chat

    Short conversation before offer.

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