Blackboard Careers - Senior Software Engineer I

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Senior Software Engineer I

Hybrid \u2013 Chennai, India\u00A0

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About the Role

This role focuses on Ally, a revolutionary product that makes digital course content more accessible. As the accessibility of digital course content is becoming increasingly important world-wide, institutions must address long-standing and often overbearing challenges. Blackboard's Ally engineering team is responsible for developing industry-leading tools to improve accessibility through inclusivity, sustainability, and automation for all students.

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As\u202Fa Senior Software Engineer on our team, you will\u202Fdesign, develop,\u202Fand maintain features of the Ally product.\u202FYou\u2019ll\u202Falso\u202Fcommunicate and partner cross-functionally with teams in product and software development. In this role, you will work on an ethical product, using Scala for the backend and JavaScript for the frontend. You will mentor junior engineers and contribute to advancing engineering best practices on the team. We\u202Frun our applications in the AWS cloud and use Git for version control.\u202FYou\u2019ll\u202Fwork on a distributed team, collaborating with colleagues around the globe.\u202F\u202F

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Required Skills and Experience

• 5-7 years of relevant professional experience
• Frontend development experience in Angular/TypeScript
• Familiarity with the full-cycle development process
• Experience developing, building, testing, deploying, and operating applications
• Experience working with cloud technologies
• Experiencing mentoring junior engineers
• Awareness of how distributed systems work
• Experience with backend programming languages (e.g. Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, etc.)
• Willingness to break things and make them work again
• Fluency in written and spoken English\u00A0

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Preferred Skills and Experience\u00A0

• Functional programming experience such as Haskell or Scala
• Familiarity with working with AWS cloud technologies\u00A0 \u00A0\u00A0

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About Blackboard

Blackboard is a leading EdTech company and SaaS provider that delivers the digital environment for transformational teaching and learning. We serve thousands of institutions with the industry's most AI-advanced LMS, Blackboard Ally for accessibility, and institutional effectiveness solutions that put educators and learners at the center. We're an education company that builds technology. Learn more at blackboard.com.

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This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.\u202F\u202F\u202F\u202F

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Blackboard is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression,\u202Fprotected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.

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Blackboard Careers { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "JobPosting", "datePosted": "2026-01-05", "description": "

Senior Software Engineer I

Hybrid \u2013 Chennai, India\u00A0

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About the Role

This role focuses on Ally, a revolutionary product that makes digital course content more accessible. As the accessibility of digital course content is becoming increasingly important world-wide, institutions must address long-standing and often overbearing challenges. Blackboard's Ally engineering team is responsible for developing industry-leading tools to improve accessibility through inclusivity, sustainability, and automation for all students.

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As\u202Fa Senior Software Engineer on our team, you will\u202Fdesign, develop,\u202Fand maintain features of the Ally product.\u202FYou\u2019ll\u202Falso\u202Fcommunicate and partner cross-functionally with teams in product and software development. In this role, you will work on an ethical product, using Scala for the backend and JavaScript for the frontend. You will mentor junior engineers and contribute to advancing engineering best practices on the team. We\u202Frun our applications in the AWS cloud and use Git for version control.\u202FYou\u2019ll\u202Fwork on a distributed team, collaborating with colleagues around the globe.\u202F\u202F

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Required Skills and Experience

• 5-7 years of relevant professional experience
• Frontend development experience in Angular/TypeScript
• Familiarity with the full-cycle development process
• Experience developing, building, testing, deploying, and operating applications
• Experience working with cloud technologies
• Experiencing mentoring junior engineers
• Awareness of how distributed systems work
• Experience with backend programming languages (e.g. Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, etc.)
• Willingness to break things and make them work again
• Fluency in written and spoken English\u00A0

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Preferred Skills and Experience\u00A0

• Functional programming experience such as Haskell or Scala
• Familiarity with working with AWS cloud technologies\u00A0 \u00A0\u00A0

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About Blackboard

Blackboard is a leading EdTech company and SaaS provider that delivers the digital environment for transformational teaching and learning. We serve thousands of institutions with the industry's most AI-advanced LMS, Blackboard Ally for accessibility, and institutional effectiveness solutions that put educators and learners at the center. We're an education company that builds technology. Learn more at blackboard.com.

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This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.\u202F\u202F\u202F\u202F

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Blackboard is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression,\u202Fprotected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.

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Blackboard Careers { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "JobPosting", "datePosted": "2026-01-05", "description": "

Senior Software Engineer I

Hybrid \u2013 Chennai, India\u00A0

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About the Role

This role focuses on Ally, a revolutionary product that makes digital course content more accessible. As the accessibility of digital course content is becoming increasingly important world-wide, institutions must address long-standing and often overbearing challenges. Blackboard's Ally engineering team is responsible for developing industry-leading tools to improve accessibility through inclusivity, sustainability, and automation for all students.

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As\u202Fa Senior Software Engineer on our team, you will\u202Fdesign, develop,\u202Fand maintain features of the Ally product.\u202FYou\u2019ll\u202Falso\u202Fcommunicate and partner cross-functionally with teams in product and software development. In this role, you will work on an ethical product, using Scala for the backend and JavaScript for the frontend. You will mentor junior engineers and contribute to advancing engineering best practices on the team. We\u202Frun our applications in the AWS cloud and use Git for version control.\u202FYou\u2019ll\u202Fwork on a distributed team, collaborating with colleagues around the globe.\u202F\u202F

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Required Skills and Experience

• 5-7 years of relevant professional experience
• Frontend development experience in Angular/TypeScript
• Familiarity with the full-cycle development process
• Experience developing, building, testing, deploying, and operating applications
• Experience working with cloud technologies
• Experiencing mentoring junior engineers
• Awareness of how distributed systems work
• Experience with backend programming languages (e.g. Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, etc.)
• Willingness to break things and make them work again
• Fluency in written and spoken English\u00A0

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Preferred Skills and Experience\u00A0

• Functional programming experience such as Haskell or Scala
• Familiarity with working with AWS cloud technologies\u00A0 \u00A0\u00A0

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About Blackboard

Blackboard is a leading EdTech company and SaaS provider that delivers the digital environment for transformational teaching and learning. We serve thousands of institutions with the industry's most AI-advanced LMS, Blackboard Ally for accessibility, and institutional effectiveness solutions that put educators and learners at the center. We're an education company that builds technology. Learn more at blackboard.com.

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This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.\u202F\u202F\u202F\u202F

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Blackboard is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression,\u202Fprotected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.

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Senior Software Engineer I

Hybrid \u2013 Chennai, India\u00A0

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About the Role

This role focuses on Ally, a revolutionary product that makes digital course content more accessible. As the accessibility of digital course content is becoming increasingly important world-wide, institutions must address long-standing and often overbearing challenges. Blackboard's Ally engineering team is responsible for developing industry-leading tools to improve accessibility through inclusivity, sustainability, and automation for all students.

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As\u202Fa Senior Software Engineer on our team, you will\u202Fdesign, develop,\u202Fand maintain features of the Ally product.\u202FYou\u2019ll\u202Falso\u202Fcommunicate and partner cross-functionally with teams in product and software development. In this role, you will work on an ethical product, using Scala for the backend and JavaScript for the frontend. You will mentor junior engineers and contribute to advancing engineering best practices on the team. We\u202Frun our applications in the AWS cloud and use Git for version control.\u202FYou\u2019ll\u202Fwork on a distributed team, collaborating with colleagues around the globe.\u202F\u202F

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Required Skills and Experience

• 5-7 years of relevant professional experience
• Frontend development experience in Angular/TypeScript
• Familiarity with the full-cycle development process
• Experience developing, building, testing, deploying, and operating applications
• Experience working with cloud technologies
• Experiencing mentoring junior engineers
• Awareness of how distributed systems work
• Experience with backend programming languages (e.g. Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, etc.)
• Willingness to break things and make them work again
• Fluency in written and spoken English\u00A0

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Preferred Skills and Experience\u00A0

• Functional programming experience such as Haskell or Scala
• Familiarity with working with AWS cloud technologies\u00A0 \u00A0\u00A0

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About Blackboard

Blackboard is a leading EdTech company and SaaS provider that delivers the digital environment for transformational teaching and learning. We serve thousands of institutions with the industry's most AI-advanced LMS, Blackboard Ally for accessibility, and institutional effectiveness solutions that put educators and learners at the center. We're an education company that builds technology. Learn more at blackboard.com.

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This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.\u202F\u202F\u202F\u202F

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Blackboard is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression,\u202Fprotected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.

", "hiringOrganization": "Blackboard", "employmentType": "Full-Time", "industry": "Product", "identifier": "oTAezfw0", "jobLocation": [ { "@type": "Place", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "addressCountry": "India" } } ], "title": "Senior Software Engineer I", "baseSalary": { "@type": "MonetaryAmount", "currency": "INR", "value": { "@type": "QuantitativeValue", "minValue": "1531452", "maxValue": "2844124", "unitText": "" } } } Senior Software Engineer I ProductHybrid Remote, Chennai, India Apply Description Senior Software Engineer IHybrid – Chennai, India About the Role This role focuses on Ally, a revolutionary product that makes digital course content more accessible. As the accessibility of digital course content is becoming increasingly important world-wide, institutions must address long-standing and often overbearing challenges. Blackboard's Ally engineering team is responsible for developing industry-leading tools to improve accessibility through inclusivity, sustainability, and automation for all students. As a Senior Software Engineer on our team, you will design, develop, and maintain features of the Ally product. You’ll also communicate and partner cross-functionally with teams in product and software development. In this role, you will work on an ethical product, using Scala for the backend and JavaScript for the frontend. You will mentor junior engineers and contribute to advancing engineering best practices on the team. We run our applications in the AWS cloud and use Git for version control. You’ll work on a distributed team, collaborating with colleagues around the globe. Required Skills and Experience 5-7 years of relevant professional experienceFrontend development experience in Angular/TypeScriptFamiliarity with the full-cycle development processExperience developing, building, testing, deploying, and operating applicationsExperience working with cloud technologiesExperiencing mentoring junior engineersAwareness of how distributed systems workExperience with backend programming languages (e.g. Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, etc.)Willingness to break things and make them work againFluency in written and spoken English Preferred Skills and Experience Functional programming experience such as Haskell or ScalaFamiliarity with working with AWS cloud technologies About Blackboard Blackboard is a leading EdTech company and SaaS provider that delivers the digital environment for transformational teaching and learning. We serve thousands of institutions with the industry's most AI-advanced LMS, Blackboard Ally for accessibility, and institutional effectiveness solutions that put educators and learners at the center. We're an education company that builds technology. Learn more at blackboard.com. This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time. Blackboard is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, protected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor. Apply Apply Later ← Back to Current Openings Share lang: en_US LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Email Similar Jobs {{ job.title }}

Senior Software Engineer I

ProductHybrid Remote, Chennai, India

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