Principal Software Engineer - Remote UK (Cloud/Backend)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Health and wellness programs

Generous time off

Monthly Wellbeing/Home Office Reimb.

Retirement Plan with match

Job summary

Turnitin in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to shape the technical direction of core platform capabilities across Turnitin products. This remote-first role focuses on backend and cloud-native technologies, delivering scalable and secure services used by millions of users.

You will lead architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and coordinate with product and engineering teams to implement robust Java-based solutions on AWS with Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• Significant experience building and operating large-scale backend systems.
• Strong expertise in Java and modern cloud technologies.
• Experience with AWS services and Kubernetes in production.
• Proven ability to influence technical direction and lead complex initiatives.
• Excellent collaboration and mentoring abilities.

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 across the org.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, and engineering teams to solve complex challenges.
• Champion best practices in software quality, performance, reliability, and security.

Skills

Java

Cloud-native

Distributed systems

API design

Mentoring

CI/CD

AWS

Kubernetes

Team collaboration

Software architecture

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Turnitin in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to shape the technical direction of core platform capabilities across Turnitin products. This remote-first role focuses on backend and cloud-native technologies, delivering scalable and secure services used by millions of users.

You will lead architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and coordinate with product and engineering teams to implement robust Java-based solutions on AWS with Kubernetes.