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Senior Software Engineer-Developer Experience

WGU

Phoenix, AZ, US$144k – $223konsite

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About this role

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

Salary insight

The midpoint of this range ($183k) is about 54% above the median disclosed salary for Phoenix roles listed on ForgeApply ($119k across 466 jobs).

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