Principal Backend Software Engineer (USA Remote)

Turnitin

Remote regions

US

Salary range

$130,350–$217,250/yr

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Responsibilities:

  • Drive the long-term technical strategy and multi-year architectural roadmap for the GRaF backend platform, defining and enforcing technical standards and best practices across the team.
  • Lead the design, development, and implementation of scalable, robust, and cost-efficient backend services using AWS Lambda, RESTful APIs, and event-driven architectures.
  • Act as a technical leader, providing expert technical guidance and mentorship to engineers on system design, Java best practices, code quality, and troubleshooting complex issues in production environments.

Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of professional experience in backend development.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Java or another programming language suitable for AWS Lambda, with deep experience in distributed, high-scale, and high availability systems.
  • Extensive experience with complex AWS serverless services (especially Lambdas & DynamoDB).

Turnitin

Turnitin partners with educators and institutions to develop learning integrity solutions that recognize the enduring value of critical thinking. They are a global organization with team members in over 35 countries and are committed to a remote-first culture with a diverse community of colleagues.

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