Senior Software Engineer - WGU Labs
Western Governors University2 hours ago
Salt Lake City, UT, USASenior
Base Salary
$144k - $223k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and support scalable, secure, high-performing full-stack software solutions.
- Influence architecture, engineering standards, technical direction, and platform strategy.
- Lead complex initiatives from concept through implementation while balancing speed, quality, and maintainability.
- Mentor engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, design discussions, and knowledge sharing.
- Translate business objectives and requirements into thoughtful technical solutions with cross-functional teams.
- Identify risks, dependencies, and delivery opportunities early.
- Improve software quality, reliability, observability, and operational excellence.
- Contribute to cloud-native development, containerization, orchestration, infrastructure as code, integrations, and system scalability.
- Design and work with modern data layers and object-relational mapping tools.
- Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex production issues.
- Champion testing strategies, automation, data-driven decision making, and engineering excellence.
- Explore AI/ML capabilities and real-time collaboration technologies to improve platform capabilities and developer productivity.
Requirements
- Senior-level software engineering experience capable of leading complex technical initiatives and influencing architecture.
- Experience with full-stack development using React, Next.js, Node.js, and Python backend technologies such as FastAPI or Flask.
- Experience with Docker, ECS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CloudFormation for cloud-native development and infrastructure automation.
- Experience with PostgreSQL and ORMs such as Drizzle, Prisma, or SQLAlchemy.
- Ability to mentor engineers, lead technical discussions, partner with business stakeholders, and communicate project status and risks.
- Experience with software testing, automation, production troubleshooting, reliability, observability, and scalable systems.
- Ability to work with application integrations, AI/ML services, and emerging technologies such as WebSockets and Y.js.
Benefits
- Full-time regular position with 40 standard weekly hours and eligibility for bonuses.
- Medical, dental, vision, telehealth, mental healthcare, health savings account, and flexible spending account benefits.
- Basic and voluntary life insurance, disability coverage, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity supplemental coverage.
- Legal and identity theft coverage, retirement savings plan, and wellbeing program.
- Discounted WGU tuition.
- Flexible paid time off, flexible paid sick time, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leaves including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.
- Occasional travel of up to 20%, including one to two required company summits per year and other business-related travel.