Software Engineer, Frontend

When you join Turnitin, you'll be welcomed into a company that is a recognized innovator in the global education space. For more than 25 years, Turnitin has partnered with educational institutions to promote honesty, consistency, and fairness across all subject areas and assessment types. Turnitin products are used by educational institutions and certification and licensing programs to uphold integrity and increase learning performance, and by students and professionals to do their best, original work.

Experience a remote-first culture that empowers you to work with purpose and accountability in a way that best suits you, supported by a comprehensive package that prioritizes your overall well-being. Our diverse community of colleagues are all unified by a shared desire to make a difference in education.

Turnitin is a global organization with team members in over 35 countries including the United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, India, and the Philippines.

Responsibilities: 

• Make significant contributions in designing, developing, and optimizing scalable shared backend services using Java and serverless technologies.
• Contribute to design and implementation of RESTful APIs and event-driven systems.
• Contribute to the development of user-facing frontend components as needed.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Architects, Product Managers, and engineering leads, to deliver impactful solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and ensuring adherence to software development standards.
• Participate in implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments.
• Follow software development best practices and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Create comprehensive documentation for the developed shared components, including usage guidelines and examples.

• 5+ years of Experience in backend development with proficiency in Java and familiarity with serverless frameworks (e.g., AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions).
• Hands-on experience with frontend technologies (e.g., React, Angular, or Vue.js).
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented design and implementation, and RESTful API design and implementation.
• Understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and data modeling.
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and contribute to impactful solutions.
• Enthusiasm for solving complex problems and contributing to impactful projects in the education technology space.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with software development best practices (e.g. design patterns, test-driven development, code profiling, debugging).
• Proven experience with DynamoBD and AWS serverless
• High level knowledge and experience of industry trends and technology advancements relating to distributed systems, cloud, platform as a service, and software as a service.
• Hands-on experience building cloud-ready solutions based on micro services and multi-tenancy architecture.
• Background in cloud technologies and frameworks such as Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud.
• Experience with technologies such as message queue, SSO standard such as SAML and Open ID, authorization frameworks such as OAuth2.

The expected annual base salary range for this position is: PLN 147,600/year to PLN 246,000/year. This position is bonus eligible.

Total Rewards @ Turnitin
At Turnitin, we believe Total Rewards go far beyond pay. While salary, bonus, or commission are important, they’re only part of the value you receive in exchange for your work.

Beyond compensation, you’ll experience the intrinsic rewards of unleashing your potential and making a positive impact on global education. You’ll also thrive in a culture free of politics, surrounded by humble, inclusive, and collaborative teammates.

In addition, our extrinsic rewards include generous time off and health and wellness programs that provide choice, flexibility, and a safety net for life’s challenges. You’ll also enjoy a remote-first culture that empowers you to work with purpose and accountability in the way that suits you best, all supported by a comprehensive package that prioritizes your overall well-being.

Our Mission is to ensure the integrity of global education and meaningfully improve learning outcomes.

Our Values underpin everything we do.

• Customer Centric: Our mission is focused on improving learning outcomes; we do this by putting educators and learners at the center of everything we do.
• Passion for Learning: We are committed to our own learning and growth internally. And we support education and learning around the globe.
• Integrity: Integrity is the heartbeat of Turnitin—it is the core of our products, the way we treat each other, and how we work with our customers and vendors.
• Action & Ownership: We have a bias for action. We act like owners. We are willing to change even when it’s hard.
• One Team: We strive to break down silos, collaborate effectively, and celebrate each others' successes.
• Global Mindset: We consider different perspectives and celebrate diversity. We are one team. The work we do has an impact on the world.

Global Benefits

• Remote First Culture
• Health Care Coverage*
• Education Reimbursement*
• Competitive Paid Time Off 
• Self-Care Days
• National Holidays*
• 2 Founder Days + Juneteenth Observed
• Paid Volunteer Time*
• Charitable contribution match*
• Monthly Wellness or Home Office Reimbursement/*
• Access to Modern Health (mental health platform)
• Parental Leave*
• Retirement Plan with match/contribution*

* varies by country

Seeing Beyond the Job Ad
At Turnitin, we recognize it’s unrealistic for candidates to fulfill 100% of the criteria in a job ad.  We encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of the requirements because we know that skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and unleash your potential alongside us, join our team!