Instructure Software Engineer reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(41 total reviews)
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Steve Daly

39% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Software Engineer employees have rated Instructure with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 41 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Instructure is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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41 reviews
2.0
Mar 9, 2026

Avoid at all costs

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Pros

It was great, until it wasn't (starting around 2023.) Smart People Used to have a good mission of education Some products (Canvas) used all over the world is awesome

Cons

Cronyism AI for AI's sake, not anything useful Leadership taking no time to learn how anything works and making bad assumptions leading to terrible suggestions or outright wrong conclusions Using higher level people in effectively.

3.0
Sep 11, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

There are lots of things to learn. The business domain is interesting. The salary is OK compared to local competitors.

Cons

Horrible communication. Senior managers are saying things aren't going as planned financially, but there is nothing to worry about because the our department is on a growth track. Then they suddenly just start letting folks go without even a heads-up two weeks later.

3.0
Sep 11, 2025

Overall, so so

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Pros

In general, my personal team was a pleasure to work with. We got to use relevant and new technology, as well as try out new AI tooling

Cons

AI is getting shoved down everyone's throat ATM, layoffs happened at the beginning of September and middle management is very hit or miss. Leaders seem to lead from an "ivory tower". Promotions have stagnated

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