Senior Software Engineer - Utah

Instructure

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At Instructure, we believe in the power of people to grow and succeed throughout their lives. Our goal is to amplify that power by creating intuitive products that simplify learning and personal development, facilitate meaningful relationships, and inspire people to go further in their education and careers. We do this by giving smart, creative, passionate people opportunities to create awesome.

What You Will Do

• Design, build, and own production features in Node.js, TypeScript, Next.js (App Router), and Tailwind CSS.
• Develop serverless/edge APIs and jobs on Vercel and AWS (e.g., Lambda, API Gateway, S3/CloudFront, EventBridge/Queues).
• Model data and ship performant Postgres queries (migrations, indexing, connection management, query optimization).
• Architect multiregion deployments: traffic routing, latency budgets, failover/DR, config & secrets, and rollout strategies.
• Build for international audiences: i18n/l10n pipelines, time-zone correctness, and data residency considerations.
• Instrument services with logs/metrics/traces (OpenTelemetry or similar) and drive incident-ready observability.
• Champion accessibility (WCAG aware UI), testing (unit/integration/e2e), CI/CD, and code reviews.
• Mentor peers, collaborate with Product/Design, and contribute to technical direction.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant time in TypeScript and Node.js.
• Deep experience with Next.js (server components, server actions, caching) and Tailwind in production.
• Proven use of Vercel and AWS for serverless and edge patterns (cold-start mitigation, concurrency, idempotency).
• Strong Postgres chops (schema design, query tuning, migrations, understanding of transactions and isolation).
• Real-world experience operating multi-region/global apps (CDN/edge, geo routing, blue/green & canary, DR).
• Security mindset (authN/Z, OAuth/OIDC, secrets, OWASP), plus familiarity with FERPA/GDPR implications in edtech.
• Excellent communication, product sense, and a bias for shipping.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Canvas LTI/OAuth integrations.
• Exposure to Drizzle/Prisma, tRPC, or GraphQL.
• Prior work with edge runtimes (Vercel Edge, Cloudflare Workers) and background jobs/queues.
• Experience with analytics/feature flags (e.g., LaunchDarkly) and cost/performance tuning at scale.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, plus all full-time employees participate in our ownership program.
• Flexible schedules and a remote-friendly culture, with hybrid or onsite work options available in some regions for specific roles.
• Generous time off, including local holidays and our annual company-wide “Dim the Lights” week in late December.
• Comprehensive wellness programs and mental health support.
• Annual learning and development stipends to support your growth.
• The technology and tools you need to do your best work — typically a Mac, with PC options available in some locations.
• Motivosity employee recognition program.
• A culture rooted in inclusivity, support, and meaningful connection.

$140,000 - $166,000 a year

Salt Lake City, UT

Instructure is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We comply with applicable employment and anti-discrimination laws in every country where we operate. All employees must pass a background check as part of the hiring process. To help protect our teams and systems, we've implemented identity verification measures. Candidates may be asked to verify their legal name, current physical location, and provide a valid contact number and residential address, in accordance with local data privacy laws. Any attempt to misrepresent personal or professional information will result in disqualification. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.