Senior Software Engineer, Instructure
$100-145k
Dynamic learning management platform
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Dynamic learning management platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$100-145k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To elevate student success, amplify the power of teaching, and inspire everyone to learn together.
Role
Who you are
- Our tech stack is at the forefront of modern software development
- We seek developers eager to work in this environment
- If you excel in server-side Java development, microservices, and front-end UI, and value uplifting team members through shared learning and collaboration, we want to hear from you
- Minimum three years of industry, enterprise-level software development experience
- Strong proficiency in Object-Oriented concepts, design patterns, coding standards, and performance improvements
- Solid experience with Java (JDK 11 and greater) and building Spring Boot RESTful APIs
- Experience with JavaScript and TypeScript
- Experience coding modern UI using React and related libraries
- Proficiency in SQL, JPA/Hibernate
- Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) practices
- Familiarity with building pipelines and tools like Git, Maven, IntelliJ, or VSCode
- Experience in an Agile, Lean, and DevOps organization and culture
- Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to lead technical initiatives
- Excellent communication, collaboration skills, and experience in leading technical teams and projects
- A bias towards action, with the ability to produce artifacts that clarify and advance technical discussions
Desirable
- Experience with GraphQL
- Experience with asynchronous messaging technologies
- Familiarity with container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with AWS technologies
What the job involves
- As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, you'll play a key role in a diverse, innovative team driving the development of our transformative SaaS services for digital learning and credentialing services
- We believe in curiosity, education, and technology, nurturing excellence in an Agile and DevOps environment that promotes innovation
- Join us to work with an entrepreneurial mindset and thrive in a culture of continuous improvement
- Take comprehensive ownership of technical aspects, ensuring product usability and viability
- Prioritize organization and team success, demonstrating that collective achievement outweighs individual success
- Translate business and product needs into a clear, optimized technical strategy
- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly, collaborating effectively across R&D
- Create detailed documentation, architecture diagrams, and prototypes to guide development
- Maintain a high technical standard, mentor team members, and support their growth
- Stay hands-on, setting a coding standard and driving technical direction across the stack
- Keep abreast of and integrate modern technologies and practices
- Working with teams spanning multiple domains, helping them adapt to common patterns and best practices
- Deliver high-quality, easily testable, and secure code
- Collaborate closely with your team, agile coach, and product owners to deliver value
Our take
Instructure is an education technology company, creator of the Canvas Learning Management Platform that allows schools to build the digital learning environment that meets the unique challenges faced by their institution. The platform simplifies teaching, elevates learning, and eliminates the headaches of supporting and growing traditional learning technologies.
The Canvas platform has grown to become a key part of a large number of educational institutions, from pre-school to higher education and beyond. Much of Instructure's workforce is dedicated to R&D, which is unusual for a company of their size, and shows their focus on innovating.
Founded back in 2008, the company has claimed numerous successes, including going international and hitting the $1 billion market cap. It has made a number of acquisitions, most recently of Concentric Sky and LearnPlatform. The former saw Instructure incorporate Sky's "Badgr" into its ecosystem as "Canvas Badges", whereas the latter adds evidence-based insights to the platform - both cementing its commitment to building the education industry's most integrated teaching and learning platform to support lifelong learning.
Instructure was itself acquired in 2024 by KKR, which will support a broad-based equity ownership program for Instructure employees. This strategy is based on a strategy of employee ownership as a cause of stronger companies. The move is a promising one considering KKRs track record of acquired companies, but time will tell how Intructure fares.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jun 2016
$4m
SERIES A
Aug 2015
$1.5m
CONVERTIBLE
Total funding: $5.5m
Company benefits
- Equity and 401k
- Medical, dental, disability, and life insurance
- HSA program, vision, voluntary life, and AD&D
- Tuition reimbursement
- Work-from-home flexibility and flex time off
- Gym club reimbursements and rewards-based fitness tracking
- Professional learning and career development opportunities, including Basecamp Employee Development Week!
- An innovative community of passionate educators and learners
Company HQ
Cottonwood Heights, UT
Leadership
Steve Daly
(CEO, not founder)They have a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a MBA in Strategy and Finance with more than 20 years experience in hardware and software industries.
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