Senior Software Engineer

WGU is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading teams, mentoring junior engineers, and contributing to the effectiveness of the team through formal and informal mentoring and direction. They will also be responsible for communicating effectively with other disciplines to identify and resolve problems and contribute to organization success.

Requirements

• Acts as an expert in assigned areas of software engineering
• Mentors other more junior engineers to be more effective in their role
• Maintains accountability for quality of services in their assigned area and success of assigned projects for on-time, on-budget, and on-scope delivery
• Contributes as a lead or consultant for at least one team
• Contributes formally and informally to effectiveness of the team through formal and informal mentoring and direction during team meetings and problem solving
• Communicates effectively and regularly with other disciplines to identify and resolve problems and contribute to organization success
• Leads teams or cross-functional groups in identifying and transferring knowledge through formal and informal means
• Acts as a planning consultant for team or portfolio when identifying technical risks and dependencies
• Speaks authoritatively and accurately with respect to questions related to their area of ownership or the platform as a whole
• Contributes directly, and leads others, in rapid identification of system problems minimizing time to restoration of services
• Assists engineering management in identifying opportunities for improvement within the team, including training, technical feedback, emerging problems, etc.
• Applies strategies and tools to plan and execute testing strategies to find the 'sweet spot' that maximizes quality while minimizing costs
• Interprets functional, non-functional, and implied requirements into designs and code that meet those specifications

Benefits

• 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
• 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
• Other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave