Staff Developer, Software Development
Role Overview
We are seeking a Staff Full-Stack Web Engineer to provide technical leadership in designing, building, enhancing, and supporting web applications and services that enable teams across engineering, quality, manufacturing, and customer support.
This role is ideal for a highly experienced engineer who can drive architecture, lead complex initiatives across teams, and guide solutions from concept through deployment and long-term evolution.
The ideal candidate combines deep full-stack engineering expertise with strong technical judgment, cross-functional influence, and a practical approach to solving business problems at scale.
Key Skills for This Role
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Compensation & Benefits Details
- An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
- The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
- If your position is non-exempt, you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws. You may also be eligible for shift differential pay, depending on the shift to which you are assigned.
- You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under either WD’s Short Term Incentive Plan (“STI Plan”) or the Sales Incentive Plan (“SIP”) which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance, depending on your role and your performance. You may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to WD's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program; employee stock purchase plan; and the WD Savings 401(k) Plan.
- Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
- Notice To Candidates: Please be aware that WD and its subsidiaries will never request payment as a condition for applying for a position or receiving an offer of employment. Should you encounter any such requests, please report it immediately to WD Ethics Helpline or email [email protected] .
Requirements
- BS or MS in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
- 8+ years of professional software development experience in C#, Java, or another object-oriented programming language.
- 8+ years of experience with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Strong experience building modern web frontends using frameworks or libraries such as Vue.js, React, Angular, Bootstrap, or equivalent technologies.
- Strong experience with server-side web development using C# / ASP.NET or comparable backend frameworks.
- Strong experience working with relational databases such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, or MySQL.
- Demonstrated experience leading technical projects from requirements through production release and ongoing support.
- Experience defining architecture, technical standards, and scalable design approaches for business applications.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively across teams and lead through collaboration.
- 10+ years of experience in full-stack software engineering, with significant depth in C# and ASP.NET.
- Deep SQL development and performance tuning experience across Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and MySQL.
- Experience modernizing legacy web applications and improving maintainability, performance, scalability, and user experience.
- Familiarity with Agile software development practices.
- Experience mentoring engineers and serving as a technical lead across multiple concurrent efforts.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and quality—for example code generation, refactoring, unit test creation, documentation, debugging, and code review support—while applying sound judgment, secure coding practices, and appropriate validation of AI-generated output.
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