Principal Backend Engineer — Cloud-Native Platform Leader

Turnitinllc; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Health care coverage

Education reimbursement

Competitive PTO

Job summary

Turnitin, LLC is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the Shared Services team. You will lead the development of core backend services, drive architectural strategy, and build scalable cloud-native solutions using Java and AWS.

You will mentor engineers and influence technical direction across multiple teams. As a senior contributor, you will collaborate with product and architecture groups to tackle distributed systems challenges, ensuring reliability, performance, and security across

Qualifications

• Significant experience building and operating large-scale backend systems.
• Strong expertise in Java and modern cloud technologies.
• Experience with AWS serverless services (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, SNS, SQS, EventBridge) and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and test automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of shared backend services and platform capabilities.
• Drive architectural decisions and technical strategy across multiple teams.
• Build scalable, highly available cloud-native solutions using Java and AWS technologies.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence throughout the organization.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, and engineering teams to solve complex technical challenges.
• Champion best practices in software quality, performance, reliability, and security.

Skills

Java backend

Cloud-native

Distributed systems

Leadership

Mentoring

CI/CD

APIs

Communication

Tools

AWS Lambda

DynamoDB

API Gateway

SQS

SNS

EventBridge

Kubernetes

Job description

Turnitin, LLC is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the Shared Services team. You will lead the development of core backend services, drive architectural strategy, and build scalable cloud-native solutions using Java and AWS.

You will mentor engineers and influence technical direction across multiple teams. As a senior contributor, you will collaborate with product and architecture groups to tackle distributed systems challenges, ensuring reliability, performance, and security across