Senior Software Engineer - Lead Cloud-Native Systems

WGU; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 144,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Healthcare

Tuition discount

Flexible PTO

Paid holidays

Job summary

WGU in Salt Lake City is seeking a senior software engineer to design and build high-impact software that supports critical student-facing capabilities. You will own key components, craft robust APIs, and collaborate across teams to deliver scalable cloud-native solutions.

Join a mission-driven environment where you mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and champion modern engineering practices in an agile setting. If improving access to education motivates you, we'd love to talk.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience building and supporting web applications, APIs, and enterprise software solutions.
• Experience with Javascript, Nest.js and Python services, databases, and systems integration.
• Experience delivering production software from design through deployment and support.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable software solutions that support critical business and student-facing capabilities.
• Transform requirements into maintainable software with high quality and performance.
• Drive technical excellence through architecture, security, and fault-tolerant design.
• Lead and mentor engineers through reviews, architecture discussions, and code reviews.
• Build reliable cloud-native systems with observability and cost optimization.

Skills

System design

APIs

RESTful services

AWS

JavaScript

Nest.js

Python

Databases

Cloud environments

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Git

Kafka/Pulsar

ServiceNow

SQL

Job description

WGU in Salt Lake City is seeking a senior software engineer to design and build high-impact software that supports critical student-facing capabilities. You will own key components, craft robust APIs, and collaborate across teams to deliver scalable cloud-native solutions.

Join a mission-driven environment where you mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and champion modern engineering practices in an agile setting. If improving access to education motivates you, we'd love to talk.