At Instructure, we believe in the power of people to grow and succeed throughout their lives. Our goal is to amplify that power by creating intuitive products that simplify learning and personal development, facilitate meaningful relationships, and inspire people to go further in their education and careers.
We do this by giving smart, creative, passionate people opportunities to create awesome. And that's where you come in:
Our team builds AI-native capabilities, reusable AI systems, and shared infrastructure that power multiple products and workflows across the platform.
We are looking for a Senior AI/ML Platform Engineer to build the foundations that make AI capabilities shippable and reliable at scale. This role owns the platform patterns, deployment workflows, and operational standards that enable teams to move from prototype to production safely and repeatedly.
You will work closely with product, engineering, and research partners to turn advanced AI ideas into reliable product capabilities used at scale.
What Youâll Do
Build and improve CI/CD workflows for ML/AI services across development, staging, and production environments
Establish reusable service templates and âgolden pathâ patterns for AI microservices (logging, metrics, tracing, config, secrets, versioning)
Design and operate orchestration patterns for batch and online workloads on AWS
Define operational standards for AI services: monitoring, alerting, SLOs, runbooks, incident readiness, and rollback strategies
Partner with applied AI and research teams to productionize prototypes into stable services without slowing iteration velocity
Influence platform architecture and engineering standards across a growing Applied AI team
What Youâll Need
7+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, ML engineering, or a closely related role with production ownership
Demonstrated experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines and release processes for production services
Strong AWS experience (compute, storage, networking, deployment, monitoring)
Experience with containers and modern deployment patterns (Docker required; Kubernetes or equivalent is a plus)
Experience with orchestration and workflow tooling (for example, Airflow, Dagster, Argo, Step Functions, or similar)
Strong operational mindset and experience supporting production systems (debugging, reliability, performance, cost)
Ability to set pragmatic standards, work through ambiguity, and collaborate across engineering, product, and research teams
It Would Be a Bonus If You Had
Experience building ML platform components (feature stores, model registries, training pipelines, model serving patterns)
Experience with infrastructure-as-code and environment automation
Experience building evaluation and observability systems for AI services (quality metrics, drift signals, regression gates)
Experience supporting retrieval or LLM-enabled systems in production
Experience mentoring engineers or leading technical standards in a platform-building environment
Growth & Impact - In This Role, Youâll Be Expected To
In this role, you will define how AI services are built and operated across a growing portfolio of products. You will influence standards that directly improve prototype-to-production speed, system reliability, and the ability to ship multiple AI capabilities in parallel.
Why Join Us
Join us and help shape the future of education by turning cutting-edge AI into reliable product capabilities.
At Instructure, weâre on a mission to help educators and students learn together, anytime, anywhere, and however works best. Youâll join our research-driven team tackling educationâs biggest challenges with cutting-edge technology. Our projects have included making sense of unstructured feedback, applying large language models to save teachersâ time and improve student experiences, classifying partner networks for smarter recommendations, and detecting fraud to protect resources for real learners.
We value diversity, creativity, and passion, and invest in our teams through mentorship, hack weeks, internal conferences, and a culture where innovation thrives. Here, youâll have the chance to build the next generation of LMS features that make a real impact on students and teachers, and do it in a collaborative, supportive environment that encourages experimentation and growth.
Get in on all the awesome at Instructure!
We offer competitive, meaningful benefits in every country where we operate. While they vary by location, here's a general idea of what you can expect:
Competitive compensation, plus all full-time employees participate in our ownership program - because everyone should have a stake in our success.
Flexible work culture. Our remote, hybrid and in-office collaboration spaces vary by role, team and location.
Generous time off, including local holidays and our annual âDim the Lightsâ period in late December, when teams are encouraged to step back and recharge based on departmental needs.
Comprehensive wellness programs and mental health support
Annual learning and development stipends 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
We believe in hiring great people and treating them right. The more diverse we are, the better our ideas and outcomes.
Instructure is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We comply with applicable employment and anti-discrimination laws in every country where we operate.
All employees must pass a background check as part of the hiring process. To help protect our teams and systems, weâve implemented identity verification measures. Candidates may be asked to verify their legal name, current physical location, and provide a valid contact number and residential address, in accordance with local data privacy laws.
Any attempt to misrepresent personal or professional information will result in disqualification.
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