Software Engineer

Position Summary:

Penn Foster Group is seeking an experienced full stack Software Engineer to join the platform engineering team, building user-centered, data-driven products for learners.

Penn Foster is undergoing a platform transformation, consolidating multiple education brands onto the Microsoft Azure stack while introducing cutting-edge capabilities.

As a Software Engineer on the platform development team, your work will directly enable learners to achieve their potential, bridging the gap between education and employment.

The ideal candidate possesses a strong passion for the mission, advanced knowledge of Azure services, and a commitment to software development best practices within an event-driven architecture.

Looking Ahead to 2026!
This role begins on January 5, 2026, and we’re excited to start the search now.

If you're planning your next career move and want to kick off the new year with a fresh opportunity, we’d love to hear from you.

Essential Job Functions:


* Invest in personal growth by being curious, seeking learning opportunities, and providing constructive feedback.


* Coordinate tasks effectively within the team.


* Actively participate in feature development, rigorous code reviews, and architectural discussions, particularly within the context of Azure services.


* Write clean, maintainable, scalable, performant, and well-tested code, focusing on Azure Function Apps and event-driven patterns.
Collaborate with teammates, Product, and Design to deliver customer-focused features, breaking down features into detailed development tasks with accurate effort estimates.


* Demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and accountability for all delivered solutions.


* Work within an Agile Scrum development environment, contributing to iterative development cycles.


* Utilize data-driven decision-making to optimize solutions and improve performance.


* Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve the performance and reliability of Azure-based solutions.


* Design and implement event-driven architecture using Azure Service Bus and Event Grid.


* Develop and maintain robust APIs and services utilizing Azure Function Apps.


* Design and implement data models and performant queries for Cosmos DB and Azure SQL Database.


* Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.


* Develop and maintain modern, responsive user interfaces using React.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:


* Goal-oriented engineer with a strong product and customer focus.


* Extensive full-stack software development experience with .NET, C#, SQL, and React.


* Deep understanding and practical experience with Azure services, including:
+ Azure Function Apps
+ Azure Service Bus
+ Azure Event Grid
+ Azure Cosmos DB
+ Azure SQL Database
+ Azure DevOps


* Proficiency with Git and the Atlassian suite of tools.


* Strong debugging and tro...