Associate Software Engineer (UK Remote)

Turnitin; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading EdTech company as an engineer, working on integration services and APIs. You'll tackle complex challenges, enhance existing workflows, and work within a remote-first team. This is an opportunity to apply your Java and AWS skills in a meaningful way, directly impacting education globally.

Benefits

Remote First Culture

Health Care Coverage

Competitive Paid Time Off

4 Self-Care Days per year

Paid Volunteer Time

Qualifications

• Basic programming skills in Java.
• Desire to solve complicated problems.
• Strong work ethic and eagerness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Add new features to existing services.
• Design and build new services.
• Support large scale services.

Skills

Problem-solving

Java

AWS

Microservices

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Company Description

When you join Turnitin, you'll be welcomed into a company that is a recognized innovator in the global education space. For over 25 years, Turnitin has partnered with educational institutions to promote honesty, consistency, and fairness across all subject areas and assessment types. Over 21,000 academic institutions, publishers, and corporations use our services: Feedback Studio, Originality, Gradescope, ExamSoft, Similarity, and iThenticate.

Experience a remote-centric culture that empowers you to work with purpose and accountability in a way that best suits you, supported by a comprehensive package that prioritizes your overall well-being. Our diverse community of colleagues are all unified by a shared desire to make a difference in education.

Turnitin is a global organization with team members in over 35 countries including the United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, India, and the Philippines.

Job Description

We're expanding our engineering team responsible for building and maintaining the integration services and APIs that power Turnitin for both internal use and our external partners. We seek engineers who are passionate about tackling complex challenges with solutions that are scalable, traceable, and performant. This position requires collaborating with other engineering teams to tackle complex problems across our codebase. The work involves Java, API design, microservice architecture, and AWS architecture.

Our team is remote-first with yearly in person meet ups and geographically diverse, spanning the US to the UK. We utilize Kanban for our daily workflow and project management and take pride in delivering high-quality services. Joining our team offers the chance to work at a leading EdTech company, leverage the latest AWS serverless technologies, and make a real difference for educators and learners worldwide.

Responsibilities:

• Add new features to existing services
• Design and build new services that add customer value
• Improve stability and monitoring of existing workflows
• Support services running in concert at large scale
• Work closely with Support and Alliances to ensure customer delight

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Basic programming skills in Java
• Desire to solve complicated problems in elegant/graceful ways
• Strong work ethic, “self-starter”, endless improvement, eager learner

Preferred:

• Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Knowledge with Cloud Native solutions preferably AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, S3, etc.) or SpringBoot
• Knowledge with different architecture types including event-driven architecture and micro services
• Knowledge with relational or NoSQL databases
• Knowledge working with simple front end code such as javascript, html, css, or even react
• Knowledge with software development best practices (e.g. design patterns, test-driven development, code profiling, debugging)
• Experience with Oauth, OpenId, SSO (Shibboleth, Federations, SAML, etc.), or LTI

Additional Information

Total Rewards @ Turnitin
Turnitin maintains a Total Rewards package that is competitive within the local job market. People tend to think about their Total Rewards monetarily — solely as regular pay plus bonus or commission. This is what they earn in exchange for what they do. However, Turnitin delivers more than just these components. Beyond the intrinsic rewards of unleashing your potential to positively impact global education, and thriving in an organization that is free of politics and full of humble, inclusive and collaborative teammates, the extrinsic rewards at Turnitin include generous time off and health and wellness programs that offer choice and flexibility and provide a safety net for the challenges that life presents from time to time. Experience a remote-centric culture that empowers you to work with purpose and accountability in a way that best suits you, 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 - 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.

Global Benefits

• Remote First Culture
• Health Care Coverage*
• Education Reimbursement*
• Competitive Paid Time Off
• 4 Self-Care Days per year
• 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 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. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.