Software Engineer II Full Stack (Java/Node.js/Angular)

About the role

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career. Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also 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. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain web applications and services using Java/Spring Boot, Node.js, TypeScript, Angular, REST, XML, and HTTP, following the team's established patterns and standards.
• Independently deliver features and integrations on time and to quality when given design guidance; write clean, maintainable code and effective unit and integration tests.
• Design features and components within the team's existing architecture; participate actively in design and code reviews.
• Build and support integrations between third-party products and existing infrastructure (e.g., ServiceNow, Salesforce, Nuxeo/Hyland DAM).
• Contribute to performance tuning and reliability of high-utilization, 24x7 systems; participate in the on-call rotation and resolve incidents in the team's services.
• Diagnose and resolve defects in existing and complex systems without introducing regressions; address technical debt within their area.
• Work within the team's CI/CD pipeline and version-control/branching strategy; troubleshoot build and deployment failures.
• Work with internal customers to gather business processes and requirements; read beyond the stated requirement to deliver implied non-functional needs (security, monitoring, accessibility).
• Apply secure engineering practices (OWASP), authentication/SSO (SAML/OAuth2/OIDC), and FERPA-compliant handling of student data.
• Ensure accessibility (WCAG/ADA) in student- and staff-facing web applications.
• Use AI-assisted development tools effectively and responsibly (no student PII in prompts), verifying output before use.
• Identify risks and dependencies in their own and the team's work; suggest mitigations and escalate appropriately.
• Write clear technical documentation that others can build from.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Equivalent relevant experience may substitute for the degree, generally at a rate of one year of experience per one year of education, at the hiring manager's discretion.
• 3+ years of experience building web applications and services in software development.
• Experience developing web applications and services using Java (Spring Boot) and/or Node.js, TypeScript/JavaScript, with Angular on the front end (current major version — e.g., v18+), including interfacing with databases and integrating third-party products (e.g., ServiceNow, Salesforce) with existing infrastructure.
• Experience with REST APIs and system integrations.
• 1+ year of experience with AWS or another cloud