Senior Engineer II

Senior Engineer II

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.

Job Location:

300 Continental Drive, Newark, DE 19713

Job Type: Full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday

Responsible for driving critical technical initiatives and contributing significantly to system design and implementation. Design, build, and maintain scalable systems, services, or infrastructure components. Make architectural decisions with long-term impact. Take ownership of features and projects end-to-end. Lead cross-functional technical initiatives with minimal oversight. Conduct code reviews with an emphasis on quality, performance, and maintainability. Tackle complex, ambiguous technical challenges with structured thinking and pragmatic solutions.

Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver thoughtful and impactful solutions. Hybrid work permitted up to 3 days per week within a reasonable commuting distance of Newark, Delaware.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Technologies-Management and Management Information Systems, or related field of study and five (5) years of experience as a System Engineer, Planning Engineer, Business Analyst, or related role where required experience was gained. Also requires 5 years of experience in the following:
Computer science fundamentals, system design, and architecture;
One or more modern programming languages such as Python, Java, Go, or Type Script;
Designing and deploying production-quality systems at scale;
Technology Product Ownership, operating Azure Dev Ops technology for management of team project delivery, dependencies and solution effort estimates;
Development of technical business requirements in support of solution delivery; and Development of Data ERD diagrams to track data lineage across multiple systems.

Sallie Mae is proud to be an equal opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, gender identity, disability, Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.