Senior Software Engineer

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:

Job Description

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• This engineering team is focused on open-source software, particularly the Open edX software. Open edX is a learning management system, content management system, course authoring tool, and more that provides a platform to over 55 million learners worldwide.
• Our team aims to improve the performance and accessibility of this platform and its peripheral functions. We are looking for highly skilled engineers willing to contribute advanced innovation to online education.
• * Demonstrate leadership and performance principles aligning with our company mission.
• * Engage respectfully to create an environment inclusive of diverse individuals and perspectives.
• * Adaptability to turn obstacles into opportunities, embracing unforeseen circumstances or changing priorities.

Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:

• Experience with Web Services development: REST/SOAP/SOA/XML/HTML
• Good understanding of issue troubleshooting and performance tuning
• Commitment to quality through the ability to translate complex technical requirements into functional software using best practices to write high-quality code.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Working equally well in self-managed and team-based Agile projects and the ability to provide technical guidance and leadership to other team members.

Competencies:

Organizational or Student Impact:

• Follows technical/ business processes; helps support change when necessary.
• Executes complex, specialized technical projects/assignments.
• Responsible for major or many components in the area of expertise.
• Limit errors to prevent impact to client operations, costs, or schedules.

Problem Solving & Decision Making:

• Individual meets department and personal goals with little direction/ supervision.
• Leads key technical projects, programs and may facilitate leadership and development of technical teams.
• Drives project methods, techniques, and procedures.

Communication & Influence:

• Communicates with parties within and outside of the university (e.g., customers, vendors, etc.)
• Works to influence parties within and outside of the job function at an operational level regarding policies, procedures, and practices.

Leadership & Talent Management:

• Responsible for providing guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within the technical area.
• Responsible for managing significant/complex technical projects at this level, involving delegation of work and review of work products.

Job Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years of professional experience in Python andDjango, including building enterprise-grade applications.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (Master's preferred).
• Extensive front-end development experience with JavaScript/TypeScript libraries or frameworks (React preferred) for building dynamic and responsive web interfaces
• Proven leadership in developing and scaling full-stack applications.
• Experience with modern infrastructure technologies, including AWS, Docker, and containerization.
• Expertise in authentication protocols like OAuth 2.0 and SAML, and experience in server-to-server integrations.
• Strong relational database experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks such as pytest.

Department Specific Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 7 years experience and a proven track record in developing web-based applications and web services using Java, SOAP, REST, XML, ServiceNow, and other web technologies, including experience interfacing with databases and integrating third-party products with existing infrastructure.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong communication skills and enthusiasm for engaging with a global community through pull requests, events, forum participation, and working groups.
• Produces clear, easy-to-follow documentation - in pull request descriptions, GitHub issues, official documentation, etc.
• Effectively solves business problems, with minimal oversight, from technical discovery to community consensus to development to merging - and ultimately, community adoption.
• Understands and makes well-reasoned design decisions, considering tradeoffs and priorities. Considers community needs and solicits community input as part of the decision-making process.
• Can reflect on community interactions and adjust behavior in order to create a welcoming and inclusive environment.
• Provides mentorship within the team and community.

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Position & Application Details

How to Apply: If interested, an application will need to be submitted online. Internal WGU employees will need to apply through the internal job board in Workday.

Additional Information

Disclaimer: The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It's not all-inclusive.

Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.

Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. #DEI