Company Description
When you join Turnitin, you’ll be welcomed into a company that is a recognized innovator in the global education space. For over 25 years, Turnitin has partnered with educational institutions to promote honesty, consistency, and fairness across all subject areas and assessment types. Over 21,000 academic institutions, publishers, and corporations use our services: Feedback Studio, Originality, Gradescope, ExamSoft, Similarity, and iThenticate.
Experience a remote-centric culture that empowers you to work with purpose and accountability in a way that best suits you, supported by a comprehensive package that prioritizes your overall well-being. Our diverse community of colleagues are all unified by a shared desire to make a difference in education.
Turnitin is a global organization with team members in over 35 countries including the United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, India, and the Philippines.
Turnitin, LLC is an equal opportunity employer- vets/disabled.
Job Description
This Senior Manager of Software Engineering will lead engineering efforts for a core product within the product portfolio, playing a pivotal role in maintaining and evolving a mature, security-critical desktop used by institutions globally. This is a senior technical leadership role requiring expertise in security, reverse engineering, desktop software development, and engineering team management.
This position will drive security enhancements, security awareness, product stability, and long-term architectural planning. Strong technical acumen and leadership skills will be required to ensure reliability, compliance, and scalability. The role also supports broader company OKRs, including security and resilience across the ExamSoft portfolio.

TOP SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience, including 5+ years of engineering leadership in a product-driven organization along with an emphasis on security.
• Proven success in leading engineering efforts for desktop applications (e.g., C++).
• Background in obfuscation and relevant tools to build secure software applications
• Deep understanding of security best practices in software development, including secure coding, vulnerability mitigation, and compliance standards.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams through product maintenance, optimization, and legacy system modernization.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management across multiple time zones (U.S. and Europe).
• Expertise in Agile methodologies and managing cross-functional delivery teams.
• Track record of mentoring, coaching, and building high-performing engineering organizations.

• Lead and Empower Security-Focused Engineering Teams. Oversee and mentor a high-performing engineering team responsible for delivering a secure, resilient assessment platform. Drive technical execution with a strong focus on security, privacy, and compliance. Cultivate a culture of proactive risk management, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Embed Security into Engineering Practices. Champion secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) principles from design through deployment. Ensure security is integrated into CI/CD pipelines, code reviews, and architecture. Advocate for threat modeling, static and dynamic code analysis, and secure-by-design architecture reviews.
• Drive Advanced Security Testing. Lead efforts in white-box, black-box, and grey-box testing, ensuring thorough coverage of the platform’s attack surface. Oversee initiatives in reverse engineering of software components to identify potential vulnerabilities or security gaps, and guide the remediation process.
• Guide Security-Critical Desktop and Web Development. Bring technical expertise in secure desktop application development (e.g., C++) and cloud-based backend systems (e.g., AWS). Ensure that the exam delivery platform maintains integrity under adversarial conditions, including offline scenarios and tamper attempts.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally to Mitigate Risk. Partner with Product, Security, QA, and Compliance teams to identify risks early, prioritize security-related initiatives, and align with institutional, regulatory, and industry standards. Translate technical findings into actionable business decisions for leadership and stakeholders.
• Establish and Maintain Secure Architecture. Own the evolution of the system architecture with a strong emphasis on scalability, performance, and resilience against tampering and cheating. Continuously assess architectural decisions through the lens of risk reduction and secure isolation of sensitive workflows.
• Build Security Talent and Capabilities. Hire and develop engineers with a strong security mindset. Mentor the team in areas such as secure coding practices, exploit prevention, and adversarial thinking. Encourage upskilling through security certifications, training, and internal knowledge sharing.