Staff Software Engineer- Full-Stack Python and React

Role overview

Job duties

• Act as an expert in multiple software engineering areas and maintain accountability for service quality and project delivery across teams.
• Lead or consult for a domain or multiple teams and provide trusted expertise in at least one sub-discipline.
• Mentor and guide colleagues; identify systemic issues and help resolve them.
• Identify technical risks and dependencies for portfolio planning and recommend solutions to teams and management.
• Improve platform availability and operational excellence.
• Plan testing strategies that balance quality and cost; assess functional and non-functional requirements and work with product owners on deficiencies.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; equivalent relevant experience may substitute.
• 10 years of software development experience.
• Experience with React 18 and building custom component libraries and accessibility auditing.
• Python experience; Django is identified as preferred in the listed framework qualification.
• Experience with Django REST Framework, Docker, Kubernetes, relational databases, SQL, and AWS services.

Preferred qualifications

• AWS Solutions Architect certification is preferred.
• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field is preferred.
• Salesforce development lifecycle and governor limits experience is preferred.
• Cloud telephony, CTI, SIP/VoIP, QoS, IVR, call recording, or enterprise contact center solution experience is preferred.

Knowledge and capabilities

• Expert understanding of software development processes, including planning, coding, testing, tools, algorithms, security, and system fundamentals.
• Ability to design systems that meet functional and non-functional requirements, using design patterns, decomposition, security, and fault tolerance.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle models, SaaS, scalable public-cloud systems, and using data and metrics to assess KPIs.
• Ability to explain system capabilities, partner with Operations on platform issues, identify risks, communicate solutions, and strengthen teams.
• Knowledge of the higher education landscape and ability to identify technology and process improvements.

Travel

• The role requires occasional travel of up to 20%, including one or two company summits per year; additional business travel may be assigned.

Pay

• The stated pay range is $161,000 to $249,500; no compensation cadence is specified.

Employment details

• This is a full-time regular position classified as 40 standard weekly hours.

Benefits

• Benefits include bonus eligibility, health coverage, retirement savings, flexible paid time off and sick time, holidays, parental leave, wellbeing programs, and discounted tuition.

Application

• Applications are submitted online; internal employees apply through Workday.