A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

A higher salary may be available for exceptionally qualified candidates.

The University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) is seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated Senior Software Developer to play a role in the development and ongoing development of technical services for the newly launched online degree in Applied Data Science. The Master of Applied Data Science (MADS) degree program provides project-based education for learners from a broad range of backgrounds including the sciences, social sciences, or professional schools. The program launched in Fall 2019 to an initial cohort of almost 200 students. 

Reporting to the Director of Computing, the Senior Software Developer will have the opportunity to build next-generation data science educational environments, including customized solutions built on top of Jupyter, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, and more.

For more information about UMSI, please visit our website. For more details on the UMSI Applied Data Science degree platform, please visit the degree website as well as the open source Project Jupyter and the Coursera learning platform.

• Architect, design, scope, implement, test, and maintain the software infrastructure behind a large-scale, mission critical data science degree. Forecasts required time and resources, provides status reports, and follows established methodology. Independently prioritizes the completion of tasks and resolution of issues to ensure compliance to project budget and deliverables. 
• Build scalable novel learning technologies on top of current and emerging data science technologies, such as Jupyter notebooks, Docker containers, and Kubernetes using Python and other programming languages as appropriate.
• Collaborate closely with software developers, user experience designers, learning experience designers, faculty, researchers, third party vendors, and students in service of the degree platform.
• Identify and triage features and bugs in the software systems, working with others to fulfill requirements within project timelines and provide timely support to mission critical issues.
• Employ a pragmatic approach by understanding the tradeoffs between a perfect solution and a working solution.
• Work with third parties within the University of Michigan and external vendors to enable access to critical services.
• Providing mentoring and guidance to junior employees, interns, and student developers as appropriate.
• Apply analytical and problem-solving skills to address software infrastructure issues while paying attention to detail and being aware of security considerations and best practices in an enterprise environment.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, certification, and experience.
• Minimum of 4 years experience in a related role requiring confidentiality, timeliness, customer service, organization, prioritization, troubleshooting, and working independently to successfully install, configure, develop, maintain, and support professional software.
• Minimum of 2 years of software solutions architecture experience.
• Experience working in a Unix/Linux environment at the shell/Bash command line.
• Experience woring with Python.
• Production experience with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Production experience with virtual and containerized environments (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
• Experience with web application frameworks (e.g. jQuery, React).
• Experience working with relational database platforms (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Oracle).
• Experience with using version control (e.g. Git, GitHub) and professional software development practices (e.g. CI/CD pipelines).
• Familiarity with security best practices.

• Masters degree in a related field.
• Experience with web application frameworks (e.g. jQuery, React).
• Experience using and contributing to open source projects and communities.
• Experience developing full-stack web applications (e.g. HTML, Flask, Javascript, and RDBMS).
• An interest in and understanding of the field of data science, machine learning, or applied statistics.
• Understanding of educational infrastructure standards and APIs, such as IMS LTI and IMS Caliper.

Punctual, regular, and consistent attendance is required.  May require working during non-business hours and on weekends.

This position is deemed critical to our operations; the ideal candidate will be able to close to the fall semester.

This position may work with and/or support systems that maintain or process sensitive institutional data as defined by university policy.   Successful candidates must comply with federal, state, and local law, and/or university policies or agreements that require the university to implement specific privacy and security safeguards, including but not limited to ITAR, EAR, HIPAA, FERPA, and FISMA.  This position is responsible for protecting data and information from unauthorized release or from loss, alteration, or unauthorized deletion; and following applicable regulations and instructions regarding access to computerized files and release of data internally or externally to the University of Michigan. 

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.