Senior Application Developer

Role Description As part of Student Services Information Technology (SSIT) and as a member of a team of software developers who have adopted a cloud first approach, the Senior Application Developer serves as a key contributor to the needs of our customers, spending time on the support and maintenance of existing applications, ongoing changes to applications and processes as business requirements evolve, and the development of new applications to meet new needs. Research innovations in technical architecture, recommend implementations, and design new procedures and data and software integrations to improve efficiency, reliability, and security. Apply significant technical expertise as an independent contributor, team member, and coach. Help other developers, business analysts, infrastructure staff, and DevOps staff troubleshoot and resolve technical problems. Provide input into the creation and modification of department policies and procedures. Conduct research and development aimed at improving SSIT's footprint in cloud environments. Work directly with all five service teams within SSIT, as well as with stakeholders and customers across the division. Foster a culture of belonging and a healthy work environment by communicating across differences. Qualifications Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience working in an enterprise grade custom development environment. Demonstrated ability to independently research, learn, and apply unfamiliar tools, frameworks, and technologies. Clear communication skills with both technical and non-technical colleagues. Experience, familiarity and/or working knowledge of the following is critical: Recent expert level experience with one or more server side and client-side languages, and with relational database backends (SSIT primarily uses TypeScript and Node.js). A server side Node.js framework such as Express or Nest.js. A modern client-side framework (SSIT uses Angular but not React). Front end component frameworks such as Bootstrap and Angular Material. Database design, SQL, and at least one ORM, including a relational database such as MySQL. Consuming and building APIs. Git and modern Git source code management platforms such as GitHub or Bitbucket. Shell scripting (for example PowerShell or Bash). Container experience (for example, Docker). Familiarity with key AWS services such as S3, ECS, EC2, RDS, and SQS. Security practices at both the system and application level, including awareness of the OWASP Top Ten. Monitoring and logging systems. Technical and high level documentation of complex systems. Requirements Possess the initiative and energy to maintain and modernize a very large collection of complex existing applications and data integrations. Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical colleagues in a remote work setting. Demonstrate the ability to learn and apply new tools, frameworks, and standards quickly. Be a problem solver who can look at something unfamiliar, figure out how it works, and build or improve it responsibly. Preferred Qualifications Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosting experience, and experience using the AWS SDK in a custom application. Configuring Apache or Nginx as proxies for web applications. Serverless platforms (AWS Lambda, Microsoft Azure Functions, Google Cloud Functions, etc.). Using and implementing CI/CD pipelines. Shibboleth, OAuth, or SAML concepts. Experience working with AI assisted development tools. Familiarity with general AI and large language model concepts as applied to software development. Databases such as MySQL and MongoDB. WCAG 2.x compliance and testing experience. Examples of responsive design used in a production product. Benefits Pay Rate Type: Salary Pay Range: $108,095.00 - $132,116.00 Remote Option Availability: Remote