Principal Software Engineer — AI & Enterprise Cloud Leader

Western Governors University; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible paid time off

Health savings accounts

Discounted tuition

11 paid holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Western Governors University is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to act as the primary technical leader. You will define technical strategies and improve the student experience through Agile practices and cloud-native architectures. The role demands extensive experience in building production-grade software across various environments.

The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and over 10 years in software engineering, possessing strong expertise in AI-assisted development and mentoring engineering teams.

The position offers full-time hours, eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience.
• Experience operating in large-scale enterprise IT organizations.
• Track record of delivering production software.

Responsibilities

• Define technical strategy and improve student experience.
• Lead Agile delivery practices.
• Design scalable cloud-native architectures.
• Mentor engineers on modern engineering practices.

Skills

AI-assisted development

Cloud-native architecture

Agile methodologies

Technical mentorship

Web applications using Java

REST APIs

SQL

Git

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Kafka

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

Dynatrace

MuleSoft

Job description

Western Governors University is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to act as the primary technical leader. You will define technical strategies and improve the student experience through Agile practices and cloud-native architectures. The role demands extensive experience in building production-grade software across various environments.

The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and over 10 years in software engineering, possessing strong expertise in AI-assisted development and mentoring engineering teams.

The position offers full-time hours, eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package.