Associate Software Engineer
Western Governors University1 day ago
Base Salary
$74k - $111k/yr
Responsibilities
- Assist with designing, developing, testing, implementing, and supporting software applications and services.
- Write clean, maintainable, documented, and tested code with guidance from senior engineers.
- Translate business requirements into technical solutions and working software.
- Participate in code reviews, testing activities, and continuous improvement efforts.
- Identify risks, dependencies, and requirements gaps and communicate them appropriately.
- Collaborate with engineers, product partners, and stakeholders.
- Support web applications and backend services.
- Attend company summits, conferences, team events, and other business-related meetings or travel as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
- Recent graduate or early-career software engineering background with a strong foundation in software development principles.
- Practical experience with web services development.
- Interest in full-stack development and learning new technologies, including Salesforce technologies.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, curiosity, emotional intelligence, and a growth mindset.
- Ability to work successfully in self-directed and team-based environments.
- Experience with Java or a similar object-oriented programming language is a bonus.
- Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and React, Angular, or Vue.js is a bonus.
- Exposure to Git, Jira, cloud-native technologies, AI-assisted development tools, or Agile development practices is a bonus.
Benefits
- Full-time regular position with 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, hospital indemnity, legal, and identity theft coverage.
- Retirement savings plan, 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.
- Full-time, in-office work five days per week in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Occasional travel of up to 20%, typically including one to two company summits per year.
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About Western Governors University
Western Governors University is a nonprofit, accredited online university offering competency-based bachelor’s and master’s degree programs for working adults in business, IT, teaching, and healthcare. It operates a tuition-based model with flat-rate terms that let students advance as they demonstrate proficiency. Founded in 1997 by 19 U.S. governors and based in the Salt Lake City, Utah area, WGU serves students nationwide through fully remote instruction and support.