About Ellucian

Ellucian is a global market leader in education technology. We power innovation for higher education, partnering with more than 2,800 customers across 50 countries and serving over 20 million students. Ellucian's AI-powered platform, trained on the richest dataset available in higher education, drives efficiency, personalized experiences, and strengthened engagement for all students, faculty and staff.

Fueled by decades of experience with a singular focus on the unique needs of learning institutions, the Ellucian platform features best-in-class SaaS capabilities and delivers insights needed now and into the future. These solutions and services span the entire student lifecycle, from student recruitment, enrollment, and retention to workforce analytics, fundraising, and alumni engagement.

Ellucian's innovative solutions, vast ecosystem of partners, and user community of more than 45,000 provide best practices leading to greater institutional success and achieving better student outcomes.

About the Opportunity

Ellucian is seeking a motivated Software Engineer I to join our dynamic and collaborative Agile teams. We are dedicated to delivering world-class, customer-focused SaaS solutions for higher education. As a Software Engineer I, you will contribute to meaningful and challenging projects involving modern technologies and participate in the full software development lifecycle. This role offers opportunities to work closely with internal product managers, experienced engineers, and cross-functional teams to design, develop, test, and deliver innovative features that impact student success and drive higher education transformation.

Where You Will Make an Impact

Design and Development: Participate in designing, developing, delivering, and maintaining SaaS-based solutions and large ERP systems.
Full-Stack Development: Engage in full-stack development, including front-end frameworks (e.g., React, HTML5, TypeScript) and back-end APIs using languages such as JavaScript/TypeScript (Node.js), C#, or Java.
AI-Assisted Execution: Use AI-assisted engineering tools for well-scoped tasks such as code drafting, test creation, documentation, code comprehension, and initial troubleshooting, while validating outputs for correctness, security, and maintainability before adoption.
Best Practices: Apply best practices in agile software development, continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD), and DevOps processes.
Quality Code: Write high-quality code, unit and functional tests, and developer documentation (API docs, usage notes).
Collaboration: Collaborate closely with product leadership, analysts, and team members to clarify requirements and ensure robust, future-proof designs.
Ownership: Take ownership of assigned tasks from specification review through final testing and deployment.
Continuous Improvement: Continuously learn new technologies, tools, and engineering practices, including effective and responsible use of AI within established team guardrails.

What You Will Bring

Experience: 0 to 3 years of experience as a full-stack software developer with proficiency in one or more programming languages such as JavaScript/TypeScript (Node.js), C# (.NET), or Java.
Client-Side Frameworks: Experience or familiarity with client-side application frameworks (React, HTML5), web services, and relational databases (SQL).
Software Engineering: Solid understanding of object-oriented design, patterns, data structures, and software engineering best practices.
API: Solid understanding of REST and/or GraphQL API fundamentals
Cloud Platforms: Exposure to cloud platforms and services (AWS, Azure) and SaaS architectures is a plus.
AI Fluency: Ability to use AI-assisted development tools productively and responsibly to accelerate implementation, testing, learning, and troubleshooting while maintaining personal ownership of validation, code quality, and secure engineering practices.
Judgment and Validation: Ability to review generated code and technical suggestions critically, identify when outputs are incorrect or incomplete, and seek clarification or guidance when needed.
Delivery Tooling: Familiarity with Git, command-line tools, CI/CD systems such as Jenkins, and agile ways of working such as Scrum or Kanban.
Skills: Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Learning Mindset: Demonstrated curiosity, attention to detail, and willingness to learn new technologies, business domains, and development methods.
Team Environment: Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment with attention to detail and a passion for learning.
Domain Knowledge: Higher education domain knowledge is a plus, but not required.

What makes #Ellucianlife

25 days annual leave plus public holidays
Choice to opt in for private Medical and Dental cover
Competitive pension plan
Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account (LSA) that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests
5 charitable days to support the community that supports us
Wellness
- Headspace (mental health)
- Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)
RethinkCare – caregiver support
Diversity and inclusion programs that promote employee resource groups such as: Women in Technology, Pride and Go Green to name a few.
Parental leave
Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team
We Foster a learning culture with:
- Education Assistance Program
- Professional development opportunities

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