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.
Responsibilities include designing and implementing APIs and domain services that simplify LLM usage for product teams.
The engineer will build scalable AWS infrastructure for LLM interactions, including prompt management, context handling, auditing, and response processing.
The position requires creating developer tooling and documentation for intuitive service integration.
Establishing best practices for AI and LLM use at Instructure is essential, focusing on auditability, cost, and performance.
Collaboration with feature teams to understand their needs and provide platform capabilities is expected.
The engineer will design, develop, and maintain scalable and performant APIs, write clean and maintainable code, and participate in code reviews.

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 regarding security, performance monitoring, and rate limiting is necessary.
Understanding of LLM integration and usage patterns is essential.
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 necessary.
A background in developer tooling and API documentation is preferred.

Joining Instructure allows you 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 stronger ideas and a better business environment.
All employees are required to successfully pass a background check upon hiring.