Senior Software Engineer I

Blackboard; Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackboard is seeking a Senior Software Engineer I to design, develop, and maintain features of the Ally product, focusing on accessibility. The role involves collaboration with product and software teams, backend in Scala and frontend in JavaScript, and mentoring junior engineers.

Hybrid work model in Chennai, India, AWS cloud, Git for version control. You will contribute to distributed systems, push engineering best practices, and help advance accessibility and automation for students.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of relevant professional experience.
• Frontend development with Angular/TypeScript.
• Experience with cloud technologies and AWS.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Ally product features.
• Collaborate cross-functional with product and software teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering best practices.
• Work in a distributed team, using AWS and Git.

Skills

Angular/TypeScript

Cloud technologies

Mentoring

Distributed systems awareness

English fluency

Backend languages (Java/JavaScript/PHP

Job description

Description

Senior Software Engineer I

Hybrid – Chennai, India

About The Role

This role focuses on Ally, a revolutionary product that makes digital course content more accessible. As the accessibility of digital course content is becoming increasingly important world‑wide, institutions must address long‑standing and often overbearing challenges. Blackboard's Ally engineering team is responsible for developing industry‑leading tools to improve accessibility through inclusivity, sustainability, and automation for all students.

As a Senior Software Engineer on our team, you will design, develop, and maintain features of the Ally product. You’ll also communicate and partner cross‑functionally with teams in product and software development. In this role, you will work on an ethical product, using Scala for the backend and JavaScript for the frontend. You will mentor junior engineers and contribute to advancing engineering best practices on the team. We run our applications in the AWS cloud and use Git for version control. You’ll work on a distributed team, collaborating with colleagues around the globe.

Required Skills And Experience

• 5-7 years of relevant professional experience
• Frontend development experience in Angular/TypeScript
• Familiarity with the full‑cycle development process
• Experience developing, building, testing, deploying, and operating applications
• Experience working with cloud technologies
• Experience mentoring junior engineers
• Awareness of how distributed systems work
• Experience with backend programming languages (e.g. Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, etc.)
• Willingness to break things and make them work again
• Fluency in written and spoken English

Preferred Skills And Experience

• Functional programming experience such as Haskell or Scala
• Familiarity with working with AWS cloud technologies

About Blackboard

Blackboard delivers the digital environment for transformational teaching and learning. We serve thousands of institutions with the industry's most AI‑advanced LMS, Blackboard Ally for accessibility, and institutional effectiveness solutions that put educators and learners at the center. We're an education company that builds technology. Learn more at blackboard.com.

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.

Blackboard is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, protected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.