Description:

Instructure is seeking Senior AI Platform Engineers to build and maintain core LLM-powered services and APIs for online learning tools.
The role involves architecting and implementing services and infrastructure to enable rapid development and deployment of LLM-powered features.
Engineers will work to improve the teaching and learning experience for millions globally while ensuring high standards for performance, security, and reliability.
Responsibilities include designing and implementing APIs and domain services, building scalable AWS infrastructure for LLM interactions, and creating developer tooling and documentation.
The position requires establishing best practices for AI and LLM use, collaborating with feature teams, and maintaining scalable and performant APIs.
Engineers will write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code and participate in code reviews to provide constructive feedback.

Requirements:

Candidates must have prior software engineering experience with API design and distributed system development.
Strong experience in building backend services and REST or GraphQL APIs is required.
Knowledge of API design best practices, including security, performance monitoring, and rate limiting, is essential.
An understanding of LLM integration and usage patterns is necessary.
Strong collaboration and written and verbal communication skills are required.
Past experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably on AWS, is needed.
Experience with Node.js or a willingness to learn is required.
Experience with TypeScript or a desire to learn is preferred.
A background in developer tooling and API documentation is advantageous.

Employees at Instructure will have the opportunity to lay the foundation for AI use in education and positively impact millions of learners.
The company invests in employee learning through mentorship, hack weeks, internal conferences, and a culture that promotes innovation and ownership.
Instructure values diversity and believes that a diverse workforce leads to better ideas and a stronger business.
All employees are required to successfully pass a background check upon hiring.