Sector-specific software and embedded payments for small business operations
ClearCourse builds software for SMBs with integrated payments and operational tooling. The tech stack reveals a transition underway: Windows + SQL Server anchors legacy desktop operations, while concurrent investment in Flutter, Angular, .NET, Docker, and AWS signals a move toward cloud-native SaaS. Active projects confirm this—new cloud platform, cloud-based SaaS platform, and REST/gRPC services are in motion alongside payments adoption and merchant onboarding. The hiring mix (support and engineering equally weighted at ~5 each, plus sales push) suggests a company managing both the stability of an existing customer base and the demands of a new product line.
Notable leadership hires: Director of Operations
ClearCourse provides sector-specific business software to small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK and Europe, bundling operational tools with integrated payment processing. The company serves business owners across multiple verticals, helping them streamline workflows, reduce manual overhead, and accept payments without fragmented third-party integrations. With 501–1,000 employees based in London and hiring across the UK, Poland, and South Africa, ClearCourse operates at a scale where supporting existing customers (support department headcount) and shipping new infrastructure (active cloud platform projects) run in parallel. The platform is moving from desktop-first (Windows, SQL Server) to cloud-hosted SaaS, a shift reflected in both engineering priorities and stated pain points around legacy test suite maintenance and delivery bottlenecks.
ClearCourse uses C#, .NET, Angular, TypeScript, and SQL Server for core systems. Cloud infrastructure runs on AWS with Docker containerization. Testing tools include Playwright, Selenium, and SpecFlow. Mobile is Flutter; backend services use Java Spring Boot and Micronaut; databases include PostgreSQL and MySQL alongside SQL Server.
Active projects include a new cloud platform and cloud-based SaaS migration, payments adoption and merchant onboarding, scalable testing framework development, REST/gRPC service architecture, and log and database automation. This reflects a shift from desktop-centric delivery to cloud infrastructure.
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