Principal Backend Architect — Remote (Java/AWS)

Writing.io; Poland; Remote; PLN 308,000 - 513,000; Full time

Job summary

Turnitin is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the Shared Services team and shape the technical direction of core platform capabilities used across Turnitin products. This is a highly influential individual contributor role for an experienced engineer with backend, cloud-native architectures, and large-scale distributed systems.

You will partner with engineering leaders, architects, and product teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure solutions that support millions of users

Qualifications

• Significant experience building and operating large-scale backend systems.
• Strong expertise in Java and modern cloud technologies.
• Experience with AWS serverless services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, SNS, SQS, and EventBridge, as well as Kubernetes and related cloud-native technologies.

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

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Architectural decisions

Mentoring

Tools

Lambda

DynamoDB

API Gateway

SNS

SQS

EventBridge

Kubernetes

Job description

Turnitin is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the Shared Services team and shape the technical direction of core platform capabilities used across Turnitin products. This is a highly influential individual contributor role for an experienced engineer with backend, cloud-native architectures, and large-scale distributed systems.

You will partner with engineering leaders, architects, and product teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure solutions that support millions of users