Senior Backend Engineer - Serverless & AWS Lambda (Remote)

Turnitin, LLC; Illinois; Remote; USD 112,125 - 186,875; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote First Culture

Health Care Coverage

Education Reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Volunteer Time Off

Job summary

Turnitin, LLC, a global education technology leader, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Backend Services to design, implement, and maintain scalable backend systems using AWS Lambda.

You will collaborate with QA, Product, UX and Support to deliver robust APIs, event-driven architectures, and cost-efficient services, while mentoring junior engineers and leading CI/CD improvements. This role supports a remote-first culture with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong knowledge of AWS Lambda and serverless architectures.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and event-driven systems.
• Proficiency in CI/CD tooling and modern version control.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop scalable backend services using AWS Lambda.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and event-driven systems.
• Optimize services for performance and cost-efficiency.
• Collaborate with QA, Product, UX and Support teams.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
• Mentor junior engineers and perform code reviews.
• Troubleshoot production issues and continue learning.

Skills

5+ years backend development

Java

Python

Node.js

AWS Lambda

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

Tools

API Gateway

DynamoDB

Git

Job description

Turnitin, LLC, a global education technology leader, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Backend Services to design, implement, and maintain scalable backend systems using AWS Lambda.

You will collaborate with QA, Product, UX and Support to deliver robust APIs, event-driven architectures, and cost-efficient services, while mentoring junior engineers and leading CI/CD improvements. This role supports a remote-first culture with comprehensive benefits.