Sr Staff Engineer

Nelnet Business Services (NBS), a division of Nelnet, Inc., provides payment technology and education services to more than 1,200 higher education institutions, nearly 12,000 K-12 schools, and millions of individual students, families, and supporters across the globe. Our culture of service enables us to form long-lasting and trusted partnerships, while our focus on creativity and innovative solutions empowers our customer communities to thrive.

About the role

The Staff Engineer designs and implements enterprise-wide architectural solutions and patterns used by other developers. The focus is on the entire system or platform, the entire software delivery life cycle or development pipeline, and implementing up-to-date technology solutions and practices. This position provides indirect, consulting-style guidance and leadership to technical teams. Develops cutting-edge solutions to our hardest engineering problems and mentors across the organization through feedback and peer reviews to uplevel our engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Leads and/or participates in solution design to satisfy a wide range of business needs.
• Acts as a consultant with internal and external clients to understand business needs and identify potential solutions.
• Provides technical direction, training, and mentoring to technical team members.
• Develops and champions best practices and standards in the areas of technology and security.
• Provides general oversight to ensure adherence to methodologies, practices, and standards.
• Keeps abreast of advancements and changes in technology, and develops an understanding of how new technologies can be leveraged to provide business solutions.
• Develops and deploys cutting-edge software solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software development with high-level expertise in design, coding, infrastructure, and databases.
• 2+ years of experience as a technical influencer.

Skills

• Strong knowledge of relational and non-relational databases.
• Understanding of best practices and methods to continuously integrate and deploy applications, architect microservice solutions, and develop APIs for internal and external use.
• In-depth knowledge of the full software development lifecycle, including delivery pipelines. (Exposure to agile or iterative approaches to delivery preferred.)
• Working knowledge of the network and/or server infrastructure required to host an application.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and business functions.
• Business acumen in proposing feasible business solutions.
• Highly motivated and self-directed.
• Comfortable working collaboratively as part of a team.
• Strong bias towards action, delivery, and experimentation.
• Knowledge and experience in the latest LLM models for faster code development.
• Track record of speed of delivery performance for cutting-edge software development.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• HSA and FSA options
• Generous earned time off
• 401K and student loan repayment
• Life insurance & AD&D insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee stock purchase program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Performance-based incentive pay
• Short- and long-term disability
• Robust wellness program