Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Remote (Country)

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Turnitin is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with a strong focus on backend development, particularly in Java and serverless architectures, combined with solid frontend experience. This role is ideal for engineers passionate about building scalable distributed systems, data modeling, and delivering high-performing, reliable software solutions for our award-winning educational platform. As a core contributor to our shared services team, you will play a key role in developing and enhancing the foundational systems that power both existing and new applications. Responsibilities: - Design, develop, and optimize scalable shared backend services using Java and serverless technologies (AWS Lambda) - Design / implement RESTful APIs and event-driven systems - Contribute to the development of user-facing frontend components as needed. - Optimize existing services for improved performance and cost-efficiency - Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Architects, Product Managers, and other engineering leads, to deliver innovative solutions. - Provide mentorship and guidance to junior developers, fostering growth and sharing best practices. - Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines - Ensure high-quality code through peer reviews, automated testing, and adherence to software development standards. - Create comprehensive documentation for the developed shared components, including usage guidelines and examples. Qualifications Essential: - 8+ years of expertise in backend development, with proficiency in Java and experience with serverless frameworks (e.g., AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions). - Hands-on experience with frontend technologies (e.g., React, Web Components). - Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and data modeling. - Proven ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and collaborate with stakeholders across various locations, including distributed teams based in Europe and the USA, to deliver impactful solutions. - Practical experience in cloud technologies and frameworks, specifically developing serverless applications on AWS using technologies such as lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway and SNS/SQS/EventBridge. - Extensive experience with software development best practices (e.g. design patterns, test-driven development, code profiling, debugging). - Experience with CI/CD tools, including build, deployment and test automation. - Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues in agile environments. - A passion for mentoring and developing the skills of junior engineers. - Understanding or experience with AI/ML. Tii Elements: - Action and Ownership, Accountability - Educator - Collaboration - Quality Focus - One Team Total Rewards @ Turnitin At Turnitin, we believe Total Rewards go far beyond pay. While salary, bonus, or commission are important, they’re only part of the value you receive in exchange for your work. Beyond compensation, you’ll experience the intrinsic rewards of unleashing your potential and making a positive impact on global education. You’ll also thrive in a culture free of politics, surrounded by humble, inclusive, and collaborative teammates. In addition, our extrinsic rewards include generous time off and health and wellness programs that provide choice, flexibility, and a safety net for life’s challenges. You’ll also enjoy a remote-first culture that empowers you to work with purpose and accountability in the way that suits you best, all supported by a comprehensive package that prioritizes your overall well-being. Our Mission is to ensure the integrity of global education and meaningfully improve learning outcomes. Our Values underpin everything we do. - Customer Centric: Our mission is focused on improving learning outcomes; we do this by putting educators and learners at the center of everything we do. - Passion for Learning: We are committed to our own learning and growth internally. And we support education and learning around the globe. - Integrity: Integrity is the heartbeat of Turnitin—it is the core of our products, the way we treat each other, and how we work with our customers and vendors. - Action & Ownership: We have a bias for action. We act like owners. We are willing to change even when it’s hard. - One Team: We strive to break down silos, collaborate effectively, and celebrate each others' successes. - Global Mindset: We consider different perspectives and celebrate diversity. We are one team. The work we do has an impact on the world. Global Benefits - Remote First Culture - Health Care Coverage* - Education Reimbursement* - Competitive Paid Time Off - Self-Care Days - National Holidays* - 2 Founder Days + Juneteenth Observed - Paid Volunteer Time* - Charitable contribution match* - Monthly Wellness or Home Office Reimbursement/* - Access to Modern Health (mental health platform) - Parental Leave* - Retirement Plan with match/contribution* * varies by country Seeing Beyond the Job Ad At Turnitin, we recognize it’s unrealistic for candidates to fulfill 100% of the criteria in a job ad. We encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of the requirements because we know that skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and unleash your potential alongside us, join our team!

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Location Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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Posted 5 months ago

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TurnItin Job Description: Company DescriptionWhen you join Turnitin, you'll be welcomed into a company that is a recognized innovator in the global education space. For more than 20 years, Turnitin has partnered with educational institutions to promote honesty, consistency, and fairness across all subject areas and assessment types. Over 16,000 academic institutions, publishers, and corporations use our services: Gradescope by Turnitin, iThenticate, Turnitin Feedback Studio, Turnitin Originality, Turnitin Similarity, ExamSoft, and ProctorExam.Turnitin has offices in Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Our diverse community of colleagues are all unified by a shared desire to make a difference in education. Come join us, and let's make change together.Job DescriptionTurnitin is seeking a Senior/Principal Software Engineer interested in distributed systems, data modeling, and scalability to develop and improve our award-winning educational software. As an engineer on this team, you will be working on 2 co-products that help to provide additional exam integrity to the assessment process. We operate at a high scale across global markets and seek individuals that enjoy solving complex problems.Do you have the skills—and drive—to join a tech team that’s working to digitally transform the ed-tech industry? From test-driving the latest technologies to creating high performing applications, Turnitin is constantly innovating and creating industry-leading solutions that provide peace of mind for our customers worldwide. Turnitin has an inspiring mission, cutting-edge technologies, and in-house product development. As a Senior/Principal Software Engineer at Turnitin, you’ll apply your talents in an agile environment that has the creative energy of a start-up, a highly flexible work environment, a culture of innovation, and most importantly other talented engineers, designers, and product managers to interact with and learn from.Responsibilities* Make significant contributions implementing our shared services, as well as help maintain and upgrade existing ones. * Hands-on position which requires 90-95% of writing the code. * Provide guidance in technical design and development activities. * Ensure future success and stability through code reviews and automated testing. * Work closely with software architects and database/operations engineers on system infrastructure and design. * Lead on technical design reviews and recommend improvements. * Mentor engineers in software development, Java best practices, and technical decisions and emerging technologies. QualificationsQualifications* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline. * 5-10+ years experience of designing and developing applications using Java * Experience in more modern Java technologies * 5-10+ years of experience with relational databases * 1+ year of cloud development with AWS preferred * Experience working in an agile environment * Extensive experience with software development best practices (e.g. design patterns, test-driven development, code profiling, debugging). * Effective technical and cross-functional communication (product, design, operations). * High level knowledge and experience of industry trends and technology advancements relating to distributed systems, cloud, platform as a service, and software as a service. * Experience in building cloud-ready solutions based on microservices and multi-tenancy architecture. * Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing Nice to Have:* Hands-on experience with pure Java core development (no frameworks) & performance tuning * Experience with Cloud Native solutions preferably AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, S3, etc) * Extensive experience with different architecture types including event-driven architecture * Experience in working with geographically distributed teams including the USA & European countries Additional InformationOur Mission is to ensure the integrity of global education and meaningfully improve learning outcomes. Our Values underpin everything we do.Customer Centric - We realize our mission to ensure integrity and improve learning outcomes by putting educators and learners at the center of everything we do.Passion for Learning - We seek out teammates that are constantly learning and growing and build a workplace which enables them to do so.Integrity - We believe integrity is the heartbeat of Turnitin. It shapes our products, the way we treat each other, and how we work with our customers and vendors.Action & Ownership - We have a bias toward action and empower teammates to make decisions.One Team - We strive to break down silos, collaborate effectively, and celebrate each other’s successes.Global Mindset - We respect local cultures and embrace diversity. We think globally and act locally to maximize our impact on education.Seeing Beyond the Job AdAt Turnitin, we recognize it’s unrealistic for candidates to fulfill 100% of the criteria in a job ad. We encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of the requirements because we know that skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and evolve alongside us, join our team! Turnitin, LLC is committed to the policy that all persons have equal access to its programs, facilities and employment. We strongly encourage applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women, and the LGBTQ+ community, regardless of age, gender, religion, marital or veterans status.

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