Senior Software Engineer - Academy

Role overview

What you will do

• Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable software; translate business and technical requirements into maintainable solutions.
• Set technical direction through architecture, design patterns, security, and fault-tolerant system design.
• Improve performance, reliability, scalability, observability, resilience, and operational efficiency.
• Identify technical risks and dependencies, advise across teams, and act as a subject matter expert.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, pair programming, architecture discussions, and code reviews.
• Partner with DevOps and Operations, lead production root-cause analysis, and improve incident recovery.
• Champion automation and quality practices, evaluate technologies, and improve engineering processes and platform health.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience; at least six years of professional software development experience.
• Experience building and supporting web applications, APIs, and enterprise software solutions.
• Experience with JavaScript, Nest.js, Python services, databases, and systems integration.
• Demonstrated delivery of production software from design through deployment and support.
• Strong fundamentals in system design, algorithms, architecture, testing, security, and distributed systems.
• Experience with RESTful services, software lifecycle methods, and Agile development practices.
• Experience designing and operating applications in cloud environments; AWS is preferred.

Preferred qualifications

• Preferred: master’s degree, legacy-application modernization, and enterprise or legacy-platform integration experience.
• Preferred technologies and approaches include JavaScript, Nest.js, Python, SQL, ServiceNow, Git, Jira, Kafka/Pulsar, Backend-for-Frontend, Mesh of Mesh, and Spec Driven Development (Kiro).
• Preferred: Behavior Driven Development familiarity, Agile/Scrum experience, AWS cloud-native development or migration, and relevant technical certifications.

Leadership and collaboration

• Ability to influence technical direction without relying on authority and communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring engineers and helping teams build technical capability.
• Ability to balance speed, quality, and business priorities while delivering results.

Compensation

• The listed annual pay range is USD 143,700–222,700; actual compensation depends on skills, experience, training, and organizational factors.
• The full-time regular position is eligible for bonus programs and benefits described in the posting.

Schedule and travel

• Full-time regular position classified as 40 standard weekly hours.
• Occasional travel of up to 20%, including attendance at designated company summits, conferences, and business visits.

Application information

• WGU does not provide visa sponsorship for this role.