Senior Software Engineer

Join a team that is helping shape the future of higher education through technology, AI, and workforce development. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, building, and evolving the platforms that support WGU students and internal teams.

Impact at WGU You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and help drive the adoption of innovative development practices that position WGU at the forefront of AI-enabled software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, develop, test, implement, and support software applications and systems.
• Lead the delivery of software solutions while maintaining accountability for quality, scope, timelines, and outcomes.
• Mentor engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, architecture discussions, and problem solving.
• Translate functional and non-functional requirements into scalable, maintainable software solutions.
• Identify technical risks, dependencies, and opportunities well in advance and help teams develop mitigation strategies.
• Partner closely with engineering, product, and operations teams to improve systems and drive business outcomes.
• Utilize AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices to accelerate innovation and delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 6 years of experience in software development, including experience pioneering new approaches and technologies in engineering.
• Experience developing web-based applications and web services using Java, REST, ServiceNow, and other web technologies.
• Experience interfacing with databases and integrating third-party products with existing infrastructure.
• Strong backend engineering experience and expertise building scalable software solutions.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and contributing to the success of highly collaborative teams.
• Strong communication skills, emotional intelligence, curiosity, and the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse audiences and teams.

Benefits

• 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
• 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
• Up to 12 weeks of parental leave