Senior Software Engineer – Identity Services

Job Type: Full time

Job Number: JR-025949

Location: Salt Lake City,
UT

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you’re committed to working hard
to play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to
higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse
workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received
praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping
students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

The salary range for this position takes into
account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience
and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual
to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of
each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:

Grade: Technical 410 Pay Range: $143,700.00 – $222,700.00

Job
Description

The Senior Software Engineer is responsible for the research, design, development, analysis, testing, and implementation
of software operating or application systems. They communicate project information to client, project manager, or other design personnel
working on projects. They maintain good working relationships with clients and staff. They write and maintains complete documentation. They
support team members and ensures established goals and deadlines are met. They keep management informed of status and significant problems.

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you’re committed to working hard to
play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher
education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of
student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from
academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students
graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

Pay Range: $143,700.00 – $222,700.00

What You’ll
Do

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services that power internal developer platforms and tooling
• Develop
  APIs, automation services, and platform components using Java and Python
• Improve and evolve internal developer experience (DevEx)
  systems, including build, test, and deployment pipelines
• Build and maintain internal tooling for service provisioning, environment
  management, and release automation
• Partner with DevOps and platform teams to enhance CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure
  automation
• Develop internal APIs and service frameworks that enable teams to build and ship software faster
• Improve
  observability, logging, tracing, and monitoring systems for engineering teams
• Collaborate with frontend engineers working in Angular
  and Flutter on internal dashboards and tooling interfaces
• Reduce operational friction by identifying bottlenecks in the SDLC and
  building scalable solutions
• Lead technical design discussions for platform architecture and internal systems
• Mentor
  engineers and help drive best practices in DevEx, automation, and platform engineering
• Support and improve reliability of internal
  systems used by engineering teams across the organization

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional
  software engineering experience
• Strong backend development experience with Java and Python
• Experience building internal
  tools, platforms, or developer-facing systems
• Experience with Spring Boot, FastAPI, Flask, Django, or similar
  frameworks
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and service-oriented architecture
• Experience building APIs and
  automation services at scale
• Familiarity with frontend integration using Angular and TypeScript
• Experience with CI/CD
  systems and software delivery pipelines
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience with Docker
  and Kubernetes in production environments
• Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases
• Strong debugging,
  troubleshooting, and systems thinking skills
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work across engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in platform engineering, DevEx, or internal developer tooling
  teams
• Experience with event-driven systems and message queues
• Experience building developer portals or internal self-service
  platforms
• Familiarity with GraphQL and API gateway architectures
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or
  similar)
• Strong knowledge of observability tooling (metrics, logging, tracing)
• Experience improving build systems, test
  automation, or release engineering
• Experience supporting large-scale engineering organizations or monorepo
  environments
• Passion for improving engineering velocity and developer productivity

What Success Looks Like

• Engineers across the organization ship software faster and with fewer friction points
• Internal tooling and platforms are
  reliable, scalable, and easy to use
• CI/CD pipelines and release processes are streamlined and automated
• Improved visibility
  into system health through strong observability practices
• Reduced operational overhead through self-service developer
  platforms
• Strong collaboration between platform, product, and application engineering teams
• Consistent engineering standards
  and improved developer experience across teams

Why Join Us?

• Direct impact on how hundreds of engineers build
  and deliver software
• Opportunity to shape modern developer platforms and internal tooling ecosystems
• Work on high-impact
  systems that improve engineering velocity at scale
• Modern cloud-native stack and automation-first engineering
  culture
• Collaborative, platform-focused engineering organization
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive
  benefits
• Flexible work environment
• Strong career growth in platform engineering and technical
  leadership
• Mission-driven organization focused on expanding access to education

Job Description Disclaimer: This
position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be
an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet
organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.

This position requires occasional travel of
up to 20%, including required attendance at designated company summits (typically one to two per year). Additional travel may include
conferences, visits to company locations, and other business-related events as needed. Additional travel may be assigned as needed to
support business requirements.

Position & Application Details

Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and
working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for
bonuses; medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare; health savings account and flexible spending account; basic and
voluntary life insurance; disability coverage; accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity
theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with
no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of
parental leave.

How to Apply: If interested, an application will need to be submitted online. Internal WGU employees will need to apply
through the internal job board in Workday.

Additional Information

Disclaimer: The job posting highlights the most
critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive.

Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who
require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.

Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.

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