Hiring: Staff Software Engineer - Academic Delivery Company: Western Governors University Location: Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 10:43:01 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Angular, Git, Java, Microservices, REST, SQL, SaaS, Spring, Spring Boot, Workday About the job Required Skills: •Shape the Future of Education Through Technology •At WGU, our technology powers life-changing educational experiences for hundreds of thousands of students. As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll play a critical role in defining the technical direction, architecture, and engineering practices that enable us to scale, innovate, and deliver exceptional experiences across the university. •You'll be trusted as a technical authority, mentor, and thought leader, helping guide some of the most important technology decisions at WGU. If you're passionate about building resilient systems, modernizing platforms, improving developer productivity, and mentoring engineers, we'd love to talk with you. •Drive Architecture and Technical Strategy •Lead the design and evolution of scalable, secure, and highly available distributed systems. •Partner with engineering leaders, architects, and product teams to define technical roadmaps and long-term technology strategies. •Identify technical risks, architectural gaps, and system dependencies early, and proactively develop solutions. •Influence technology decisions across multiple teams and domains. Qualifications: •Comprehensive expertise in software engineering principles, system architecture, and software development best practices. •Strong experience designing and building large-scale, distributed, and cloud-based applications. •Expertise in software design patterns, system decomposition, fault tolerance, security, and performance optimization. •Proven ability to design solutions that satisfy both functional and non-functional requirements. •Engineering Leadership •Demonstrated capacity to influence technical direction without direct authority. •Strong mentoring skills with a track record of helping engineers and teams grow. •Demonstrated capacity to identify systemic issues and drive meaningful, long-term improvements. •In-depth knowledge of observability, reliability engineering, incident management, and performance monitoring. •Demonstrated capacity to use metrics and data to drive engineering decisions and platform improvements. Compensation: •$161,000 - $249,500 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!