Software Engineer II (Python/Django)

Western Governors University; Región Centro; Remote; MXN 1,064,207 - 1,507,627; Full time

Job summary

An online educational institution is looking for a Senior Engineer to support the Open edX platform in Mexico. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of experience in Python and enterprise application development. Responsibilities include writing clear code and producing documentation. The role requires strong communication skills and expertise in modern infrastructure technologies like AWS and Docker. This position supports a global community, ensuring high standards for online education.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in Python.
• Experience improving application performance and scalability.
• Strong relational database experience.

Responsibilities

• Write understandable and extensible code.
• Provide clear documentation for complex architecture.
• Present ideas with clear communication to help others learn.

Skills

Python programming

Enterprise application development

AWS and Docker

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Terraform

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

About the Company:

At Western Governors University, our ambition is to be the world’s most student-centric university; everything we do begins and ends with our students, our alumni, and their families. The success and wellbeing of individuals is at our core. It’s why we exist. It’s why we are committed to changing higher education. This is what it looks like to create pathways of opportunity for everyone: one by one. Our innovative approach and passionate team drive us to deliver exceptional solutions in education. With a commitment to excellence and a culture of collaboration, we strive to be leaders in education technology.

About the Team and Project:

This engineering team is focused on supporting the Open edX platform. Open edX is a learning management system, content management system, course authoring tool, and more which provides a platform to over 55 million learners across the world. Our team manages the internal instance of the platform for WGU. This job includes supporting the infrastructure, deployment architecture, performance, and accessibility to this platform and its peripheral functions. We are looking for highly skilled engineers who are willing to contribute advanced innovation to online education.

Core Responsibilities:

• Write code that is understandable and extensible for other organizations and engineers to implement and reuse.
• Provide documentation that breaks down complex architecture or software concepts.
• Present ideas and concepts with clear communication in a way that helps others learn.

Technical Qualifications:

Experience

• 5+ years of professional experience in Python, including building enterprise-grade applications.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field (master’s preferred).
• Experience improving application performance across the backend models, databases, and migrations.
• Proven leadership in developing and scaling full-stack applications.
• Experience with modern infrastructure technologies, including AWS, Docker, terraform, 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.

Preferred Expertise (Tech Stack)

• AWS
• APM (Dynatrace)
• Docker

Nice to Have:

• Terraform
• React

Basic Qualifications:

• Strong communication skills and enthusiasm for engaging with a global community through pull requests, events, forums 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 need and solicits community input as part of the decision-making process.
• Can reflect on community interactions and adjust behavior to create a welcoming and inclusive environment.
• As an equal opportunity employer, we recognize our strength lies in our people and commit to creating an inclusive environment where all can thrive, regardless of race, age, gender orientation, sexual orientation, religion, or disability.
• Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements, and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position; however, management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.
• This role includes participation in a rotating on-call schedule shared among team members to ensure support coverage outside regular hours. Rotation may be required depending on team needs. We value the “you build it, you own it” principle — on-call participation reflects our commitment to ownership, accountability, and reliability.
• Learn more about our WGU Mexico Team by clicking here.