Senior Learning Systems Engineer- Salt Lake City, Utah
Western Governors University1 day ago
Salt Lake City, UT, USASenior
Base Salary
$83k - $124k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and develop AI-powered learning systems and workflows for course creation, transformation, and evaluation.
- Build and integrate LLM-driven workflows, RAG systems, and AI orchestration solutions.
- Architect reusable AI components, templates, front-end components, and scalable workflows.
- Partner with learning product owners and multimedia developers to translate instructional designs into intelligent user experiences.
- Standardize technical patterns, improve production speed and quality, and evaluate emerging AI tools based on impact, scalability, and cost.
- Lead testing, debugging, optimization, and risk mitigation for reliable and maintainable solutions.
- Mentor team members and promote best practices in applied AI and learning systems development.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Instructional Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Five years of experience in software engineering, applied AI, or learning systems development.
- Hands-on experience building and deploying AI- or LLM-based applications.
- Strong experience with prompt engineering, evaluation techniques, AI workflows, and RAG systems.
- Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, including reusable component systems and scalable front-end architectures.
- Experience with APIs, integrations, third-party tools, scalable systems or workflows, and cross-functional digital product delivery.
- Experience in EdTech, LMS platforms, or learning systems.
- Strong debugging, troubleshooting, problem-solving, collaboration, communication, systems thinking, and ability to work in ambiguous environments.
- Preferred experience includes production RAG implementation, AI orchestration or agent-based systems, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Kiro, GitHub Copilot, technical standards or strategy, and mentoring or leading technical initiatives.
- A portfolio or samples of relevant work must be submitted with the application.
Benefits
- Full-time regular position with 40 standard weekly hours and bonus eligibility.
- Medical, dental, vision, telehealth, mental healthcare, health savings account, flexible spending account, life insurance, disability coverage, accident coverage, critical illness coverage, hospital indemnity coverage, legal coverage, and identity theft coverage.
- Retirement savings plan, wellbeing program, and discounted WGU tuition.
- Flexible paid time off, flexible paid sick time, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leave including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.
- Occasional travel of up to 20%, including required company summits typically one to two times per year, conferences, and company-location visits.
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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.