Staff Software Engineer - Lead Architect for Scalable EdTech

Western Governors University; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 161,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Wellbeing program

Tuition discount for employees

Flexible PTO & parental leave

Job summary

Western Governors University is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to serve as a highly influential technical leader, partnering across teams to solve complex challenges and drive scalable, reliable solutions that advance the university's mission.

You will drive engineering best practices, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams to improve platform reliability, security, and performance for students, faculty, and staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 10 years of software development experience with modern engineering practices.
• Experience in web-based applications and services (Java, REST, SQL, GIT).
• Strong SDLC understanding, security, scalability and maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical expert across multiple software engineering areas.
• Lead adoption of engineering best practices and architectural direction.
• Mentor engineers and drive scalable, reliable solutions.
• Improve platform reliability, security and performance.

Skills

Java

REST

SQL

GIT

Spring

Spring Boot

AWS

Angular 2+

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or related field

Master's degree or PhD (bonus)

Tools

GIT

SQL

Spring

Spring Boot

Java

Angular 2+

AWS

Salesforce

CTI

SIP/VoIP

Job description

Western Governors University is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to serve as a highly influential technical leader, partnering across teams to solve complex challenges and drive scalable, reliable solutions that advance the university's mission.

You will drive engineering best practices, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams to improve platform reliability, security, and performance for students, faculty, and staff.