Engineer III

When you join Sallie Mae, you become a champion for all students.

We’re on a mission to power confidence as students begin their unique journey. To help them plan their higher education, successfully finish, and prepare for life after school. To help them Start smart. Learn big.

Students need guidance navigating this important time in their life. They need someone who acknowledges that their education path is unique. They need a partner willing to evolve and not only meet but surpass their expectations. We’re changing. Because students need a better way.

We’re looking for people who are excited to drive this transformation. To break barriers and think of new ways to adapt, help, and create better experiences for students—and for each other.

This is where diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and perspectives matter. It’s where you’re empowered to bring your authentic self to work.

Feeling your best allows you to do your best. Our benefits take care of the whole you—from physical and mental to financial and professional. You’ll get opportunities to further your education and career, support for you and your family (including your pets!), paid time off to volunteer for the things that matter to you, and more.

We’re obsessed with impact and making a real difference. For us, that means putting relationships first, asking “why not?” when tackling challenges, and continuously learning new skills.

Come do more than join something, change something. For students, for future generations, for the future of education.

What You'll Contribute The Engineer III will be responsible for owning technically challenging work, collaborating cross-functionally, and contributing to the design, development, and support of scalable applications across front-end, back-end, and cloud infrastructure. This role plays a key part in building reliable, maintainable software solutions while leveraging modern development practices and emerging technologies, including AI-assisted software development.

What You'll DoDesign, code, test, and deploy robust software solutions with a focus on reliability, scalability, and maintainability.

Take ownership of moderately complex features, services, and technical initiatives.

Design, develop, and support full-stack applications across front-end, back-end, APIs, databases, and cloud environments.

Work closely with other engineers, product managers, and designers to build features that solve real customer problems.

Contribute to and uphold high standards of code quality through code reviews, unit testing, and documentation.

Analyze and resolve technical issues across the software stack. Troubleshoot production issues and implement sustainable fixes.

Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve development efficiency while applying sound engineering judgment and validating generated solutions.

Contribute to the design and implementation of solutions that may incorporate machine learning capabilities, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures, and Large Language Model (LLM) integrations.

The above information is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this job; it is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees in this role.

What You Have Minimum education, skills and experience required.

Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript/Type Script, Java, Go, C#).Experience developing and deploying software in a production environment.

Experience designing, developing, and supporting scalable applications across front-end, back-end, APIs, databases, and cloud infrastructure.

Strong proficiency with modern web…