Junior Software Engineer (uLTImates team)
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Summary
Junior software engineer joining Instructure's uLTImates team to build and improve features in Canvas LMS, writing tested frontend and backend code under senior guidance, participating in code reviews, debugging production issues, and joining agile rituals. Core stack includes TypeScript, React, relational and document databases, and Git.
- Building and improving features in Canvas from small fixes to full pieces of new functionality with guidance from senior engineers
- Writing clean, tested code on both the frontend and the backend of the services the team owns
- Taking part in code reviews including receiving feedback and reviewing others' work
- Investigating bugs and production issues and helping fix them using logs, dashboards, and alerts
- Joining planning and refinement with product and design to understand the purpose of features
- Participating in team rituals such as standups and retrospectives
- Sharing learning and growing skills in web accessibility, cloud infrastructure, security, and quality
- 0-2 years of experience in software engineering including internships, personal projects, and bootcamps
- Fluent Hungarian and good working English
- Solid coding fundamentals including common coding patterns
- Hands-on work with TypeScript and React
- Working knowledge of relational databases
- Basic understanding of document-based databases
- Some knowledge of testing
- Experience with Git and code review
- Interest in frontend development and infrastructure
- Habit of asking questions and learning from feedback
- Knowledge of web accessibility
- Interest in agentic coding or experience using AI coding tools
- Experience with Java
- Experience with cloud services or with monitoring and debugging running systems
- Experience building products for education
- Competitive compensation
- Participation in ownership program for full-time employees
- Flexible work culture with remote, hybrid, and in-office collaboration spaces
- Generous time off including local holidays and annual “Dim the Lights” period
- Comprehensive wellness programs and mental health support
- Learning and development resources including professional development tools and tuition reimbursement
- Technology and tools needed to do best work
- Motivosity employee recognition program
- A culture rooted in inclusivity, support, and meaningful connection