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WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY Software Engineer II - Django in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah

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:

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced and passionate Software Engineer II - Django to join our EdTech team! As a Software Engineer II at our company, you will be responsible for both back-end and front-end development, including app maintenance in different Python frameworks such as Django.

We expect you to have a strong understanding of the latest industry trends in Python web development and be ready to engage in different and new challenges.

Python Developer duties and responsibilities * Design and implement new features and functionality * Ensure high-performance and availability for the applications * Work in projects with complex architecture that need attention to detail and multidisciplinary knowledge * Creation of custom API endpoints to connect front end applications or other server integrations. * Collaborate with developers, designers, testing, and product management to develop features and innovative approaches to applications and features * Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work equally well in self-managed and team-based Agile projects.

Python Developer requirements and qualifications * 5+ years of experience with Python / Django in backend * oAuth 2 + OIDC * SAML * Test Automation: pytest * Django * AWS * PHP * Containerization (Docker, etc) * Experience with other software tools and/or languages IE: git, and GitHub; pipenv * Experience in server-to-server integrations * Strong relational database knowledge, MySql, PostGresSql, etc... * Experience designing and building enterprise python applications * Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Nice to have... * Experience or knowledge about LTI * Experience with open-source platforms such as Open EdX * Angular * Wordpress * Salesforce

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Position and Application Details Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is 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... For full info follow application link.

Western Governors Univeristy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discrimi nate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.

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