Senior Software Engineer- Full Stack- Java/Angular

About the role

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement solutions that meet both functional and non-functional requirements, including scalability, maintainability, reliability, security, and fault tolerance.
• Apply engineering tools and technologies related to modern software development, including databases, APIs, integrations, distributed systems, and user interface development.
• Design and implement systems that optimize scalability, reliability, resiliency, performance, and cost in public cloud environments.
• Use data, metrics, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate and improve system performance.
• Explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with operations teams and stakeholders to resolve system-level issues.
• Mentor engineers, strengthen team cohesion, and elevate overall technical capabilities.
• Influence decisions, manage expectations, and present solutions effectively.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks while ensuring appropriate planning and stakeholder alignment.
• Support organizational change and drive adoption of new technologies and processes.
• Act as a recognized domain expert and take ownership of team-level quality outcomes without requiring direction.
• Contribute to knowledge transfer through documentation, formal presentations, and mentoring.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 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.

Pay

$143,700.00 - $222,700.00

Schedule

Full-time regular positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses; 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; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and 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, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.