Software Engineer

WGU is looking for a Software Engineer to join their team. The ideal candidate will be passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and the country. They will be responsible for maintaining accountability for small components within application architecture, demonstrating familiarity with software engineering competencies, and contributing to the effectiveness of the team.

Requirements

• Maintains accountability for small, easily contained, and controlled components within application architecture under guidance of team leadership.
• Demonstrates familiarity or introductory knowledge of competencies of software engineering.
• Maintains accountability for quality in their assigned area and success of assigned projects for on-time, on-budget, and on-scope delivery.
• Contributes formally and informally to effectiveness of the team.
• Speaks authoritatively and accurately with respect to questions related to their area of ownership.
• Applies strategies and tools to plan and execute testing strategies to find the ‘sweet spot’ that maximizes quality while minimizing costs.
• Interprets functional and non-functional requirements into designs and code that meet those specifications.
• Identifies gaps, risks, and deficiencies in such requirements and proposes solutions.
• Writes technical requirements that can be interpreted by others into system realizations.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 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