Senior Software Engineer at Western Governors University in Salt Lake City, UT

Job description

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career. Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families. The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is: Grade: Technical 410 Pay Range: $143,700.00 - $222,700.00 Job Description The Senior Software Engineer is responsible for the research, design, development, analysis, testing, and implementation of software operating or application systems. They communicate project information to client, project manager, or other design personnel working on projects. They maintain good working relationships with clients and staff. They write and maintains complete documentation. They support team members and ensures established goals and deadlines are met. They keep management informed of status and significant problems. As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll help design, build, and evolve scalable software solutions that support a modern technology platform. This role is ideal for an experienced full-stack engineer who enjoys working across application development and cloud infrastructure, solving complex problems, and helping other engineers grow. We’re particularly interested in engineers who bring a strong cloud or DevOps focus. Experience across every technology below isn’t required, but strong experience with a combination of AWS, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes/EKS, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines will help you thrive in this role. What You’ll Do Design, develop, test, and implement reliable software and services, translating functional and non-functional requirements into scalable technical solutions. Serve as a technical expert and mentor, helping junior engineers strengthen their skills while contributing to the effectiveness and cohesion of the broader team. Build for scale, reliability, security, fault tolerance, and cost in a public cloud environment, with an emphasis on cloud-native engineering. Partner across engineering and operations to identify technical risks, dependencies, and system issues, helping teams resolve problems quickly and improve service reliability. Contribute to the architecture and evolution of applications, integrations, and infrastructure, including modernization and cloud migration or refactoring efforts. Lead knowledge sharing through technical discussions, presentations, documentation, and other formal and informal channels. Identify opportunities to improve engineering practices, testing strategies, developer tooling, delivery processes, and the overall capabilities of the platform. What You’ll Bring Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. 6 years of experience in software development; pioneering new approaches and technologies in engineering. Experience in web-based applications and web services using Java, REST, ServiceNow, and other web technologies, including experience interfacing with databases, and integrating third par