Turnitin’s proprietary content databases — built over 20 years — provide an unparalleled repository of 1+ billion student papers, best-in-class scholarly content from top publishers in every major discipline, and in dozens of languages, and 70+ billion current and archived web pages. We promote honesty, consistency, and fairness across all assignment types and subject areas so that educators can help students do their best, original work.
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Principal/Senior Software Engineer
Full Remote · Countries of Europe or Ukraine · Product · 10 years of experience · B2 - Upper IntermediateTurnitin is seeking a Principal Fullstack/Backend Engineer with a strong focus on backend development, particularly in Java and serverless architectures. This role is ideal for engineers passionate about building scalable distributed systems, data...Turnitin is seeking a Principal Fullstack/Backend Engineer with a strong focus on backend development, particularly in Java and serverless architectures. This role is ideal for engineers passionate about building scalable distributed systems, data modeling, and delivering high-performing, reliable software solutions for our award-winning educational platform.
As a core contributor to our shared services team, you will play a key role in developing and enhancing the foundational systems that power both existing and new applications. This role is fully hands-on, requiring active involvement in coding, development, and implementation of technical solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and design, development, and optimization of scalable backend services using Java and serverless technologies (e.g., AWS Lambda).
- Architect and implement RESTful APIs and event-driven systems to support high-performance, distributed applications.
- Provide technical leadership to the team, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and best practices.
- Contribute to the development and integration of user-facing frontend components when needed.
- Analyze and optimize existing services to enhance performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Architects, Product Managers, and engineering leads, to deliver innovative and impactful solutions.
- Mentor and guide junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
- Oversee the implementation and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines to ensure efficient and reliable software delivery.
- Maintain high standards of code quality through rigorous peer reviews, comprehensive testing, and adherence to industry best practices.
- Create comprehensive documentation for the developed shared components, including usage guidelines and examples.
Requirements:
- Over 10 years of experience in backend development with deep proficiency in Java and extensive hands-on experience with serverless frameworks (e.g., AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions).
- Solid understanding of frontend technologies, including React and Web Components, with the ability to contribute when needed.
- Expertise in designing and managing distributed systems, ensuring scalability, and advanced data modeling techniques.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders across multiple locations, including distributed teams in Europe and the USA, to deliver impactful, high-quality solutions.
- Practical expertise in cloud technologies, specifically developing serverless applications on AWS using services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, SNS/SQS, and EventBridge.
- Deep understanding of software development best practices, including design patterns, test-driven development (TDD), and clean code principles.
- Experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines for automated build, deployment, and testing.
- Familiarity with modern DevOps practices and infrastructure-as-code (IaC).
- Proven ability to conduct comprehensive system design reviews, ensuring architectural alignment, scalability, performance, and adherence to best practices.
- Proven experience as a Tech Lead, with a strong track record of mentoring and coaching junior engineers, promoting skill development, and driving adherence to best practices to ensure team growth and technical excellence.
- Exceptional collaboration skills, working effectively across cross-functional teams, including Product Managers, Architects, and other engineering leads.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with a track record of troubleshooting and optimizing existing systems for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Ability to make strategic technical decisions while balancing project deadlines and business goals.
- Preferred Skills:
- Experience with frontend technologies such as React, Angular, or Web Components is a plus.
- Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., CloudWatch, New Relic, Datadog).
- Knowledge of data modeling and working with both NoSQL databases.
- Understanding of agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban.
- Understanding or experience with AI/ML.
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Senior Frontend Engineer
Full Remote · Ukraine, Poland, United Kingdom · Product · 6 years of experience · B2 - Upper IntermediateTurnitin is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer with strong expertise in modern frontend technologies such as web components, React, Angular and microfrontends. This role is ideal for engineers passionate about designing and delivering intuitive,...Turnitin is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer with strong expertise in modern frontend technologies such as web components, React, Angular and microfrontends. This role is ideal for engineers passionate about designing and delivering intuitive, high-performing, and reliable user interfaces that support our award-winning educational platform.
As a core contributor to our product development team, you will play a critical role in shaping the user experience of both existing and new applications. You will collaborate closely with backend engineers, designers, and product managers to create scalable and engaging solutions that meet the needs of educators and students worldwide.
Responsibilities:
- Component Development:
- Design, develop, and maintain highly efficient, reusable, and scalable web components using Stencil.js, TypeScript, and React.
- Build modular and reusable UI components to ensure consistency and maintainability across projects.
- Architecture & Best Practices:
- Establish and enforce best practices for component design, including accessibility (WCAG compliance), performance optimization, and responsive design.
- Collaborate with the team to define the architecture of the design system or reusable component library.
- Integration & Collaboration:
- Ensure seamless integration of web components into various applications, particularly within React projects.
- Work closely with backend engineers to design APIs that enable efficient data flow and interaction with frontend components.
- Code Quality & Standards:
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code, adhering to modern standards and practices.
- Perform regular code reviews and ensure adherence to best practices and coding standards.
- Testing & Debugging:
- Create robust unit and integration tests for web components.
- Debug and resolve performance bottlenecks and other frontend issues.
- Collaboration & Mentorship:
- Work closely with designers and product managers to understand requirements and provide technical insights during the planning phase.
- Mentor junior frontend engineers, sharing knowledge on web components, Stencil.js, TypeScript, and React.
- Performance Optimization:
- Continuously improve the performance of web components, ensuring compatibility with various browsers and platforms.
- Optimize assets and rendering pipelines for faster load times and better user experience.
Essential Qualifications, Skills, and Knowledge/Experience
- 6+ years of professional experience in frontend development, with at least 2 years working on web components and React, Angular projects and building micro-frontends.
- Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining reusable component libraries or design systems used across multiple projects.
- Strong expertise in web components development using Stencil.js or similar frameworks.
- Advanced knowledge of React and experience building reusable, high-performance components. Deep understanding of TypeScript, including advanced types, generics, and best practices for scalable codebases.
- Extensive experience with HTML5, CSS3, and modern JavaScript (ES6+). Familiarity with CSS-in-JS libraries and best practices for managing styles
- Experience with unit testing, integration testing, and frameworks like Jest, React Testing Library, or similar tools.
- Strong debugging skills for browser-based issues and performance optimizations.
- Knowledge of frontend performance best practices, including rendering optimization, lazy loading, and asset management.
- Experience with modern build tools like Webpack, Rollup, or Vite.
- Proficiency with version control systems like Git.
- Familiarity with creating or maintaining design systems and component libraries.
- Understanding of accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and responsive design principles.
- Proven experience collaborating effectively with designers, product managers, and backend teams across geographically distributed time zones, including Europe and the USA, to deliver seamless and cohesive user experiences.
- Strong communication skills to articulate technical concepts and collaborate effectively.
- Hands-on experience writing comprehensive test cases to ensure code quality and reliability.
- Familiarity with integrating frontend builds into CI/CD pipelines, specifically using GitHub Actions.
Preferred Qualifications, Skills, and Knowledge/Experience
- Understanding or experience with AI/ML.
- Understanding or experience with backend technologies
- Knowledge of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) and modern browser APIs.
- Familiarity with tools like Storybook for component documentation.
Experience working with Agile/Scrum teams.
- Component Development:
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Security GRC Analyst (Cloud/AWS)
Full Remote · Countries of Europe or Ukraine · Product · 3 years of experience · B2 - Upper IntermediateTurnitin is seeking an experienced Security GRC Analyst with Cloud/AWS skills to join our Security & Compliance team. The Security GRC Analyst will be responsible for ensuring that our information and cloud systems comply with relevant regulatory...Turnitin is seeking an experienced Security GRC Analyst with Cloud/AWS skills to join our Security & Compliance team. The Security GRC Analyst will be responsible for ensuring that our information and cloud systems comply with relevant regulatory frameworks, industry standards, and internal policies. They will also collaborate with various departments, monitor compliance, conduct assessments, and support initiatives to identify and mitigate risks.
We are looking for someone who brings strong analytical ability, attention to detail, effective communication, compliance experience, and the willingness to continuously learn. This role requires hands-on work, critical thinking and the ability to find new solutions for compliance.
This role reports to the GRC Information Security Manager.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain compliance tracking capabilities to help ensure adherence with Turnitin’s security program and industry standards such as NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, SOC 2, TX-RAMP and PCI DSS.
- Conduct risk and compliance assessments, audits, and risk evaluations to identify potential risk and compliance gaps.
- Lead preparation and audit activities required to maintain our SOC 2 Type 2.
- Collaborate with internal teams and external auditors for audit and compliance reviews.
- Collaborate with sales and customer support teams to respond to security questionnaires and security posture questions from customers.
- Support TPRM Program and conduct third-party risk assessments.
- Complete user access reviews.
- Administration of GRC platform.
- Participate in the development and documentation of security policy, standards and processes to align with company information security strategy.
- Provide security awareness and phishing training for employees and promote a culture of security and compliance.
- Coordinate phish testing.
- Collaborate with DevOps, IT, Legal, Engineering, People Team, and other departments to ensure security control and policy requirements are integrated into systems and business processes.
- Automate manual compliance tasks and improve team processes.
- Leverage AWS and Wiz for continuous monitoring.
- Measure effectiveness vs just implementation.
Technical skills:
- Cloud Infrastructure with general knowledge of AWS services such as CloudFormation, Serverless, AWS Config, CloudTrail, IAM, and JSON
- Basic scripting
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 3+ years of experience in a role related to Information Security.
- 1+ years AWS Cloud Services and basic scripting.
- Professional certification such as CCSK, AWS Cloud Practitioner, or other related industry certification.
- Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks and regulatory standards such as NIST, SOC 2, TX-RAMP, and PCI DSS.
- Familiarity of risk management and security best practices.
- Experience with assessing security controls, risk mitigation strategies, and audit procedures.
- Understanding of concepts related to AWS Cloud Infrastructure and security.
- Experience conducting security impact analysis for system changes.
- Experience conducting periodic internal security reviews or risk assessments to ensure that compliance procedures and technical configurations are followed.
- Experience conducting third-party risk assessments.
- Contract review experience for security requirements.
- Highly organized and proactive individual capable of managing multiple responsibilities and delivering results.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience running SOC 2 audits or NIST based authorizations.
- Experience using Jira and Confluence for project and task management.
- Hands-on experience with Wiz, KnowBe4, and Hyperproof.
- Experience conducting third-party risk assessments.
- Demonstrated knowledge of security assessment of cloud technology and services (AWS).
- Entry level cybersecurity certification such as Security+, GIAC GSEC, or ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity.