Hiring: Staff Software Engineer Company: Western Governors University Location: Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 10:43:01 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Angular, Git, Java, REST, SQL, Salesforce, Spring, Spring Boot, Systems Design, Workday About the job Experience: •10 years of experience in software development; pioneering new approaches and technologies in engineering. Required Skills: •At WGU, technology powers meaningful outcomes for students, faculty, and staff. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will serve as a highly influential technical leader, partnering across teams to solve complex challenges, shape engineering strategy, and drive the delivery of scalable, reliable solutions that advance the university's mission. •Act as a technical expert across multiple areas of software engineering, providing leadership, guidance, and architectural direction. •Strategically drive adoption of engineering best practices, well-engineered solutions, and operational excellence across teams. •Lead and influence major initiatives involving software architecture, engineering processes, and system administration. •Partner across multiple teams to identify and solve critical technical challenges, risks, and dependencies. •Mentor and develop engineers through formal and informal coaching, technical leadership, and collaborative problem solving. •Improve platform reliability, scalability, security, and performance for students, faculty, and staff. •Evaluate emerging technologies and innovative approaches that can improve university platforms, engineering efficiency, and business outcomes. Qualifications: •Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. •Expert understanding of software development practices including planning, measurement, coding, testing, reuse, tools, abstraction, algorithms and complexity, security, and system design. •Demonstrated capacity to design and implement software solutions that meet both functional and non-functional requirements, including scalability, security, fault tolerance, and maintainability. •In-depth knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle methodologies and the practical application of different delivery models. •Outstanding communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders, present solutions, and manage expectations effectively. •Demonstrated capacity to identify, mitigate, and proactively manage technical risks and dependencies. •Demonstrated ability to make teams stronger, more collaborative, and more effective. •Demonstrated capacity to demonstrate a sense of urgency when solving complex technical problems. •Master's Degree or PhD in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. •Technical experience with GIT, SQL, Spring, Spring Boot, Java, Angular 2 or later, and AWS services. 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!