If youre passionate about building a better future for individuals, communitiesand 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, 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.About WGUFounded in 1997, by nineteen U.S. governors looking for a solution to their states growing needs for a college-educated workforce, Western Governors University (WGU) filled a gap not being met by traditional colleges and universities. Today, we are a leading nonprofit, private, online university, motivated entirely by our mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degrees and programs. We believe talent is universal, and we are passionate about breaking down barriers to ensure everyone has access to higher education! Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, we also have offices in Phoenix, Arizona and Austin, Texas, with regional offices and remote employees spread throughout the U.S.Western Governors University is the nations largest university with over 130, students. We believe in the transformative power of education and our vision is to be the most innovative, student-centric university. The software that we write is our secret sauce and enables competency-based education at a scale thats never been seen.As EdTech employees, we believe in WGUs mission and see how the work we do fits into this vision. The work that we do makes a difference, our ideas and suggestions count, and we feel like part of the team. We live the WGU cultural beliefs:
pytestDjangoExperience with other software tools and/or languages IE:
git, and GitHub, pipenvExperience in server-to-server integrationsStrong relational database knowledge, MySql, PostgreSQL etc.Experience with AWSNice to haveExperience or knowledge about LTIExperience with open-source platforms such as Open EdXDisclaimer:
This Job Description has been designed to indicate the general nature, essential duties, and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this classification. It does not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications that are required of the employee to do this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. This Job Description does not constitute a contract of employment and the University may exercise its employment-at-will rights at any time.As an equal opportunity employer, WGU recognizes that our strength lies in our people. We are committed to diversity.