Back-end Engineer (Badges)

About this role

At Instructure, we believe in the power of people to grow and succeed throughout their lives. Our goal is to amplify that power by creating intuitive products that simplify learning and personal development, facilitate meaningful relationships, and inspire people to go further in their education and careers. We do this by giving smart, creative, passionate people opportunities to create awesome. And that's where you come in: We are looking for a Software Engineer focusing on BackEnd development of Web applications in our Parchment Product Suite.

The ideal candidate has 2-4 years of experience working in development teams in a well-structured environment, is able to use AI for development efficiently and responsibly. What you’ll do: - Develop web applications, mainly Backend using Node, Java or Kotlin (depending on the service), owning the full life-cycle including tech design, code reviews, testing, holding internal demos, deploy to production, investigate and fix production issues - Contribute in improving our CI/CD pipeline and auto test coverage when needed - Be part of a high speed, high ownership, strong tech culture team - Use AI heavily (mainly Claude) to increase efficiency while keeping full ownership of the code and solutions you deliver What you will need to know/have: - Able to tech-design small software changes, e.g.

adding a small feature to a web application - Comfortable to develop software using any leading AI solution - 2-4 years of experience working in software development teams as a developer, developing web applications - Good knowledge of at least one of Node or Java or Kotlin as well as Backend development good practices - Good knowledge of at least one of MongoDB or SQL (Postgres) - Basic knowledge of web application frontend and cloud infrastructures and willingness to occasionally work in Frontend using React, TypeScript - Fluency in English It would be a bonus if you also had: - Competence to develop web application frontend or cloud infrastructure (AWS) is nice to have Get in on all the awesome at Instructure! We offer competitive, meaningful benefits in every country where we operate.

While they vary by location, here's a general idea of what you can expect: - Competitive compensation, plus all full-time employees participate in our ownership program - because everyone should have a stake in our success. - Flexible work culture. Our remote, hybrid and in-office collaboration spaces vary by role, team and location. - Generous time off, including local holidays and our annual “Dim the Lights” period in late December, when teams are encouraged to step back and recharge based on departmental needs.