Senior Software Engineer - Salt Lake City

About the role

Join our core product engineering team dedicated to Canvas LMS, the cornerstone open-source ecosystem powering global education. This is not a traditional development role; you will join an elite, highly efficient engineering team that treats AI tools like Claude Code and Gemini as core workflow primitives.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive work from definition through delivery within our Canvas LMS core product engineering team.
• Architect, develop, and maintain complex backend services and features for Canvas and related open-source products.
• Leverage AI-powered engineering tools to scale productivity, automate repetitive tasks, expand test coverage, and accelerate the development cycle.
• Review and maintain large portions of the Canvas codebase, providing thoughtful, high-quality code reviews focused on maintainability, scalability, and security.
• Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to translate requirements and user experience prototypes into robust, accessible APIs and services.
• Build and refine internal tools or workflows to increase team efficiency and velocity.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, support peer growth, and contribute to a strong, collaborative engineering culture.
• Play a key role in incident response, production issue resolution, and blameless post-mortems to continually improve product reliability.
• Participate in the recruitment process by interviewing candidates and providing evidence-based evaluation.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience delivering scalable, enterprise-grade SaaS applications as a software engineer (ideally in a cloud-native environment).
• Advanced proficiency with AI-augmented engineering workflows, using tools like Claude Code, Gemini, Github Copilot, or related developer agents.
• Familiarity with Git/Github and Gerrit version control workflows.
• Strong command of architectural best practices, system design, and test-driven development.
• Experience collaborating with Product and Design teams, including translating Figma prototypes into functional backend systems.
• A strong understanding of accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA standards, semantic HTML, interoperability with assistive technologies).
• Exposure to modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, Docker, DataDog, Observe) and observability tooling.
• An autonomous, proactive work style—comfortable navigating ambiguity, independently unblocking yourself and others, and working under strategic direction.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to mentor others and contribute to a positive, high-performance engineering team culture.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Ruby on Rails, Node.js, React.js, and Postgres.
• Experience with modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, Docker, DataDog, Observe) and observability tooling.
• A strong understanding of accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA standards, semantic HTML, interoperability with assistive technologies).
• Autonomous, proactive work style—comfortable navigating ambiguity, independently unblocking yourself and others, and working under strategic direction.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to mentor others and contribute to a positive, high-performance engineering team culture.

Skills

• AI-augmented engineering workflows (Claude Code, Gemini, Github Copilot, etc.)
• Git/Github and Gerrit version control workflows
• Modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, Docker, DataDog, Observe)
• Observability tooling
• Accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA standards, semantic HTML, interoperability with assistive technologies)
• Autonomous, proactive work style
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Benefits

Competitive compensation, plus all full-time employees participate in our ownership program - because everyone should have a stake in our success. Flexible work culture. Comprehensive wellness programs and mental health support. Learning and development resources, including professional development tools and tuition reimbursement, to support your growth. The technology and tools you need to do your best work. Motivosity employee recognition program. A culture rooted in inclusivity, support, and meaningful connection.

Pay

$150K - $200K

Schedule

Remote, hybrid and in-office collaboration spaces vary by role, team and location.