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From the employer's careers site First seen 6 Nov 2026

Software Engineering Manager

WGU Salt Lake City, UT senior full-time

Salary

Grade: Management Technical 714

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Description

We are seeking a Software Engineering Manager to provide technical leadership, vision, direction, and mentoring for our software engineering team.

The successful candidate will manage a team of personnel who design, develop, and support applications to meet business requirements.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Delivering product and feature roadmaps
  • Providing overall leadership and day-to-day management for a team of software development professionals
  • Resource planning and project scheduling using Agile/Scrum software development methodologies
  • Managing multiple tasks and responsibilities in high-pressure environments
  • Oversight and management of department expenses and budget planning

Requirements:

  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent
  • 5+ years of Enterprise level Java Application development with experience both as a hands-on programmer and software development manager
  • Strong people and management skills to interact with staff, colleagues, cross-functional teams, and third parties
  • Expert in Agile methods including SCRUM and TDD
  • Experience in application architecture and making rational build/buy/interface decisions

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master of Science Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
  • Oracle or other database interface experience
  • NetBeans
  • Subversion
  • Jira
  • IDM / OSSO
  • Student Information Systems
  • CRM systems
  • Manager Software Engineering
  • Document Management systems
  • Application Integration with legacy systems

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, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Oracle
  • NetBeans
  • Subversion
  • Jira
  • IDM / OSSO
  • Student Information Systems
  • CRM systems
  • Manager Software Engineering
  • Document Management systems
  • Application Integration with legacy systems
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