Frontend Staff Software Engineer Platform Team

If youre passionate about building a better future for individuals communities and our countryand youre committed to working hard to play your part in building that futureconsider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online competencybased degree programs WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of studentfocused 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:

Pay Range: $140200.00 $217200.00

Job Description

At Western Governors University were not just building softwarewere building the future of accessible affordable education. And behind every student experience is a powerful network of engineers systems and infrastructure designed to scale learning in ways the world has never seen.

Were looking for a Staff Frontend Software Engineer to join our Web Platform teama group that operates at the heart of that mission. This isnt a typical product role. You wont be building features for usersyoull be building the platform that empowers hundreds of engineers to deliver innovation faster safer and with greater impact.

Youll influence how software gets made across an entire university. Youll architect tools that accelerate progress. And youll do it in service of something bigger: unlocking opportunity for learners everywhere.

What Youll Do

• Develop and maintain a scalable shared component library using Angular and TypeScript

• Lead the development of frontend architecture within a monorepo environment

• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions) that support frontend deployment workflows

• Improve internal infrastructure including support for module federation and headless architecture

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams across the organization to understand needs and deliver internal tools that improve engineering velocity and consistency

• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to other engineers within the team

• Take ownership of identifying and solving infrastructure and tooling inefficiencies proactively

What You Bring

• Expertise in Angular and TypeScript for building scalable maintainable frontend applications

• Deep understanding of modern frontend architecture and tooling

• Experience building or maintaining monorepos shared component libraries or using module federation

• Handson experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines

• Ability to collaborate effectively with crossfunctional teams and communicate complex technical topics clearly

• Selfmotivated proactive problemsolver who thrives in an engineering enablement role

• Proven ability to mentor team members and foster technical growth across the organization

Your Background

• 9 years of professional experience developing and maintaining fullstack web applications

• Significant experience working with Angular and TypeScript

• Prior experience in a senior or staff engineering role with a focus on frontend/platform engineering

• Experience mentoring engineers on engineering best practices code quality and technical decisions

Bonus Points For

• Experience with AWS or GCP

• Background in internal tools platform teams or developer experience engineering

• Contributions to opensource UI infrastructure or internal tooling frameworks

Position & Application Details

FullTime Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a fulltime 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 indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and 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 and other paid leaves including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.

How to Apply: If interested an application will need to be submitted online. Internal WGU employees will need to apply through the internal job board in Workday.

Additional Information

Disclaimer: The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. Its not allinclusive.

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Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.