Staff Software Engineer

WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY • Salt Lake City, UT • 1d ago

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 411

Pay Range: $157,000.00 - $243,400.00

Job Description

Job Duties

Acts as an expert in multiple areas of software engineering.

Maintains accountability for quality of services in multiple areas and teams for the success of assigned project for on-time, on-budget, and on-scope delivery.

Contributes as a lead or consultant for their domain area or multiple teams. Is a 'go-to' person in at least one sub-discipline and competent and trusted in several other disciplines or application areas.

Contributes formally and informally to the effectiveness of teams through formal and informal mentoring and direction during team meetings and problem solving.

Contributes and often identifies systemic issues to be solved and contributes to the resolution of the same.

Actively ensures that engineering has the skill sets they need to be successful with current and future technologies.

Acts as a planning consultant for Portfolio or Ed Tech as a whole, when identifying technical risks and dependencies. Identifies problems far in advance, finds multiple solutions, and recommends the preferred solution to teams and to management.

Speaks authoritatively and accurately with respect to questions related to their area of ownership or for the platform, as a whole.

Actively improves operational excellence measured by availability of the platform to students, faculty, and staff.

Applies strategies and tools to plan and execute testing strategies to find the 'sweet spot' that maximizes quality while minimizing costs. Demonstrates the 'good enough' principle that balances quality and time to implement.

Understands implications of functional and non-functional requirements on the system. Identifies deficiencies in requirements and works with product owners to provide alternatives.

Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

KSAs

Expert understanding of the processes associated with software development, including Planning, Measurement, Coding, Testing, Reuse, Tools, Abstraction, Algorithms and Complexity, Security, and basic system understanding.

Ability to employ the tools and techniques related to an engineering discipline, such as database management, user interface development, inter-process communications, etc.

Ability... For full info follow application link.

Western Governors Univeristy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, a ge, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.

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