Senior Software Engineer- Full Stack- Java/Angular

About the role

The Senior Software Engineer at WGU plays a crucial part in expanding access to higher education through innovative software solutions. Working in a mission-driven environment, they contribute to the success of students by designing, developing, and maintaining robust software systems.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, develop, analyze, test, and implement software operating or application systems.
• Communicate project information to clients, project managers, or other design personnel.
• Maintain good working relationships with clients and staff.
• Write and maintain complete documentation.
• Support team members and ensure established goals and deadlines are met.
• Keep management informed of status and significant problems.
• Operate as a technical leader, driving quality, mentoring peers, and contributing to the engineering culture and capability of their team.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of software engineering principles, including system design, architecture, coding standards, testing, security, performance optimization, algorithms, complexity, and software lifecycle management.
• Strong experience applying engineering tools and technologies related to modern software development, including databases, APIs, integrations, distributed systems, and user interface development.
• Demonstrated proficiency in software design methodologies such as object-oriented, functional, and data-centered design.
• Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies and Agile development practices.
• Experience using data, metrics, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate and improve system performance.
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong partnership skills when collaborating with operations teams and stakeholders to resolve system-level issues.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers, strengthen team cohesion, and elevate overall technical capabilities.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence decisions, manage expectations, and present solutions effectively.
• Ability to proactively identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks while ensuring appropriate planning and stakeholder alignment.
• Ability to identify emerging technologies and innovative approaches that improve platform capabilities, operational efficiency, or student experiences.
• Experience supporting organizational change and driving adoption of new technologies and processes.
• Urgency, ownership, and accountability when solving complex technical challenges.
• Acts as a recognized domain expert and go-to resource; takes ownership of team-level quality outcomes without requiring direction.
• Contributes to knowledge transfer through documentation, formal presentations, and mentoring, and actively supports engineering recruitment efforts.
• Understands how comparable organizations solve similar technical challenges and applies that awareness to improve engineering practices.
• Experience designing and working with event-driven or asynchronous system architectures.
• Comfort with production support responsibilities, including on-call participation, incident triage, and root-cause analysis.
• Understanding of accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) in the context of user-facing application development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 6+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including experience evaluating, implementing, and advancing modern engineering practices and technologies.
• Experience developing web-based applications and web services using Java, Angular, REST APIs, enterprise ITSM or backlog management platforms (e.g., ServiceNow, Jira, or equivalent), and related web technologies.
• Experience with AWS - CI/CD Pipelines.
• Experience deploying and managing containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes, or equivalent).
• Experience working with relational databases and integrating third-party products and services into enterprise environments.
• Experience designing, developing, and supporting scalable software solutions in complex environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with IntelliJ IDEA, VS Code, Git, Jira, and modern software development toolchains.
• Experience working in Agile and Scrum environments.
• Experience with identity and access management technologies, including IDM and OSSO.
• Experience with Hibernate, Seam, Banner, or similar enterprise applications.
• Experience integrating with legacy enterprise systems.
• Experience developing cloud-native applications and modernizing on-premises applications through cloud migration or refactoring efforts, preferably within AWS.
• Experience with J2EE, Java EE, JavaScript, SQL, and enterprise application architecture.
• AWS Associate-level certification or higher.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent).
• Experience with application observability, performance monitoring, or logging platforms.
• Experience in higher education, EdTech, or other mission-driven industries.

Benefits

WGU offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare;
• Health savings account and flexible spending account;
• Basic and voluntary life insurance;
• Disability coverage;
• Accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages;
• Legal and identity theft coverage;
• Retail savings plan;
• Wellbeing program;
• Discounted WGU tuition;
• Flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual;
• Flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual;
• 11 paid holidays;
• Other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.