Software Quality Engineer, Turnitin
Plagiarism detection software
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Plagiarism detection software
501-1000 employees
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501-1000 employees
Company mission
Turnitin's mission is to ensure the integrity of global education and meaningfully improve learning outcomes.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of combined experience in web application testing, automation, and data analysis
- Proven ability to develop and maintain automated tests (using Python or Java, Pytest, Selenium, or similar), including integration with REST APIs
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; experience with statistical data analysis to identify trends and vulnerabilities
- Experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with API testing
- Excellent written and verbal English for effective cross-team communication, including with non-technical stakeholders
- Working knowledge of Excel or Google Sheets (including formulas)
- Experience leading or mentoring teams in test automation initiatives
Desirable
- Exposure to security testing or red-teaming, especially related to NLP or AI systems
- Familiarity with prompt engineering and LLM APIs
- Understanding of the ML lifecycle (training, fine-tuning, eval), Generative AI, and related technologies
- The ideal candidate should be capable of analysing complex datasets to identify patterns, trends, and anomalies related to AI detection bypass techniques. This skill will greatly enhance our team's ability to understand the scope and impact of threats, thereby improving our AI systems' detection capabilities and security measures
What the job involves
- The department of Quality Engineering (under Technology) plays a crucial role in the software development process
- This department is primarily responsible for ensuring that software products being developed within the Technology org at Turnitin meet or exceed predetermined quality standards
- Research: Stay updated on trends and techniques related to bypassing AI detection systems; proactively share relevant findings with the team
- Data Analysis: Aggregate, organise, and analyse data to uncover patterns, trends, and vulnerabilities in AI detection mechanisms
- Automation & Solution Strategy: Identify high-ROI automation opportunities for testing AI detection systems. Develop, maintain, and improve automated test coverage and contribute to overall solution design
- Team Collaboration: Act as a central communication point between technical and non-technical team members to ensure alignment and information flow
- Documentation & Process Improvement: Create, maintain, and regularly update clear documentation and reports covering methods, tools, test strategies, vulnerabilities, and impact assessments; continuously improve related processes to meet evolving needs
- Knowledge Sharing: Provide guidance and occasional training to team members on recognising and responding to new bypass techniques
Our take
Turnitin has a global reputation for being one of the best plagiarism detection softwares on the market. It’s well-earned, too. Besides simple paraphrasing plagiarism, its software also employs sophisticated techniques like identifying macro replacement and analysing metadata to weed out essay mill papers.
Academic plagiarism has become increasingly complex over the years, exacerbated in part by the COVID period of online schooling, and in part by a skyrocketing rise in computer literacy and plagiarism tricks. Software like Turnitin is therefore playing an increasingly crucial role in maintaining academic integrity. Additionally, it helps understaffed institutions ease the burden placed on a teaching workforce which are, in some regions, perilously close to collapse.
Turnitin is not without its issues, however. Some institutions lean too heavily on the software, and essay mills have begun using Turnitin software to prove product authenticity. Historically, Turnitin has neatly addressed these problems by releasing new or improved capabilities including Chat GPT screening updates in 2023. If it can continue to demonstrate remarkable competence and proactive development in this regard, Turnitin’s glowing reputation seems assured.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Supplemental Life Insurance
Company HQ
Downtown, Oakland, CA
Leadership
Chris Caren
(CEO)Held a number of senior positions at major corporations, including serving as a GM at Microsoft, and a board member at Avetta, Liaison International, Illuminate Education, and The IRONMAN Group. They are additionally a member of YPO and chairman of Procare Solutions.
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