Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Western Governors University is dedicated to expanding access to higher education through innovative online programs. They are seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend-Focused Full Stack Software Engineer to design and build scalable applications and distributed systems, collaborating closely with various teams to deliver high-performing solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services, APIs, and distributed systems using Java and Python
- Lead backend architecture decisions focused on scalability, reliability, security, and performance
- Build and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices that support web and mobile applications
- Collaborate with frontend engineers working in Angular and Flutter to deliver seamless end-to-end solutions
- Optimize database performance, system integrations, and application reliability
- Implement cloud-native solutions and contribute to infrastructure automation initiatives
- Drive engineering best practices around testing, CI/CD, observability, and secure software development
- Mentor engineers through code reviews, technical leadership, and architectural guidance
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues across the application stack
- Participate in technical strategy discussions and platform modernization initiatives
- Contribute to engineering standards, documentation, and continuous improvement efforts
Skills
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong backend development expertise with Java and Python
- Experience building scalable APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
- Experience with Spring Boot, FastAPI, Flask, Django, or similar backend frameworks
- Solid understanding of full-stack application architecture
- Working knowledge of Angular, TypeScript, and frontend integration patterns
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and DevOps practices
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Strong troubleshooting, performance tuning, and debugging skills
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and technical leadership abilities
- Experience with event-driven architectures and message queues
- Experience with GraphQL and API gateway technologies
- Experience building high-availability or enterprise-scale systems
- Familiarity with Flutter mobile application architectures
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform
- Experience with monitoring and observability platforms
- Passion for scalable system design and backend optimization
- Experience working in agile product delivery environments
Benefits
- Eligible for 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
- Flexible work environment
- Career growth opportunities in architecture and technical leadership
Company Overview
Western Governors University focuses on improving lives by creating pathways to opportunity for its students. It was founded in 1997, and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is http://www.wgu.edu/.Company H1B Sponsorship
Western Governors University has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 6 in 2025, 4 in 2024, 12 in 2023, 30 in 2022, 17 in 2021, 37 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.