Western Governors University · 1 day ago
Software Engineer II - Craft Education
Nashville, TN
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$116K/yr - $174K/yr
3+ years expWestern Governors University is focused on addressing skilled labor shortages through innovative educational pathways. The Software Engineer II will be responsible for the research, design, development, analysis, testing, and implementation of software systems, while maintaining effective communication with clients and project teams.
Higher Education
Responsibilities
Acts as a contributing member in assigned area within software engineering
Maintains accountability for quality of services in their assigned area and success of assigned projects for on-time, on-budget, and on-scope delivery
Demonstrates competence in both general software engineering as well as at least one sub-discipline (databases, middleware, UI development, etc.)
Contributes formally and informally to effectiveness of the team
Participates in knowledge-transfer activities to increase their expertise and contribution
Speaks authoritatively and accurately with respect to questions related to their area of ownership
Contributes directly to rapid identification of system problems minimizing time to restoration of services
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
Interprets functional, non-functional, and implied 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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
3 years of hands-on experience and a proven track record developing web applications and services including database integration and third-party system interoperability with modern full-stack development
Experience using TypeScript/Node.js, Next.js/React, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, and AWS—particularly ECS Fargate, Cognito, and TypeScript CDK—along with Hono, Auth0, and Casbin for authentication and authorization
Preferred
Experience with Agile/Scrum Project Development
Experience with Application Integration with legacy systems
Experience with Cloud-Native Development, and/or Porting/Refactoring of On-Site to Cloud (preferably AWS)
Technical Certifications
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
Company
Western Governors University
Western Governors University focuses on improving lives by creating pathways to opportunity for its students.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Kauffman Foundation
2025-05-08Grant
Leadership Team
Stephen Herzig
Vice President of Enterprise Solutions
Kacey Thorne
Senior Director, Academic Strategic Initiatives
Recent News
2025-12-02
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