Senior Software Engineer — Lead Full-Stack & API Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Medical, dental, vision, telehealth

Tuition discount for employees

Paid time off and holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Western Governors University is seeking an experienced senior software engineer to act as a technical leader for full-stack applications. You will design, build, and maintain scalable frontend, backend, and API solutions while ensuring quality, performance, and reliability across the stack.

You will mentor engineers, drive design discussions, and collaborate with product and design teams to deliver end-to-end solutions. AWS experience and a strong SDLC background are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• 6+ years of experience building and delivering full-stack applications
• Experience developing web applications and APIs using modern programming languages (e.g., Java, Node.js, Python, JavaScript)
• Experience with frontend frameworks (e.g., Angular or similar)
• Experience working with service-based or modular architectures
• Experience contributing to or leading system design decisions
• Equivalent experience may substitute for formal education

Responsibilities

• Acts as a technical leader in software engineering, contributing to the design, development, and delivery of full-stack applications.
• Designs, builds, and maintains scalable solutions across frontend, backend, and APIs.
• Owns the quality, performance, and reliability of systems within its domain.
• Collaborates with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Works across multiple technologies and services, selecting the right tools and frameworks for each use case.
• Leads design discussions and code reviews, promoting best practices and maintainable solutions.
• Mentors engineers and contributes to overall team effectiveness.
• Identifies risks, dependencies, and technical challenges, and drives solutions proactively.
• Builds and integrates API-first services and web applications.
• Improves system performance, scalability, and user experience across the stack.
• Leads troubleshooting and resolution of production issues.
• Balances speed and quality using pragmatic engineering practices.
• Translates business and technical requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions.
• Drives continuous improvement in technical debt, tooling, and engineering practices.
• Adapts to new technologies, frameworks, and business priorities as needed.

Skills

Full-stack development

System design

Java

Node.js

Python

JavaScript

REST APIs

Cloud-native/AWS

SDLC

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT

Tools

Spring Boot

CI/CD pipelines

GitHub

JIRA

VS Code

IntelliJ

Dynatrace/CloudWatch

Job description

Western Governors University is seeking an experienced senior software engineer to act as a technical leader for full-stack applications. You will design, build, and maintain scalable frontend, backend, and API solutions while ensuring quality, performance, and reliability across the stack.

You will mentor engineers, drive design discussions, and collaborate with product and design teams to deliver end-to-end solutions. AWS experience and a strong SDLC background are highly valued.