Instructional Technology Software Engineer

This is an onsite position and requires the employee to work on campus. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.

About the role

This role serves as a technical lead for the design, development, and maintenance of software applications that support veterinary student instruction. Works with faculty, instructional staff, and clinical leadership to define needs, scope projects, and deliver production applications. Monitors, defines, creates, and modifies procedures to solve complex instructional application problems considering resource capacity, operational requirements, and integration with existing clinical and academic systems. Responsible for program design, coding, testing, debugging, deployment, and documentation across the full software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Reviews, modifies, and writes complex program code and comprehensive application systems for the implementation of instructional and academic business requirements.
• Provides technical oversight and coordination for coding in accordance with best practices for associated programming languages, applications, and systems.
• Provides technical oversight for the application of and compliance with technical standards such as code reviews, unit testing, and security reviews.
• Prepares and reviews detailed specifications from which programs will be written in order to ensure compliance with instructional and technical requirements.
• Plans, leads, and implements the program design, coding, testing, debugging, documentation, and support of application software used in veterinary instruction, including integrations with clinical systems used for instruction and university enterprise platforms.
• Coordinates and participates in the evaluation of software products and programming languages. Makes recommendations based on the evaluation for their applicability to instructional systems or projects.
• Conducts quality assurance reviews to ensure that programs, applications, and systems meet instructional and technical requirements.
• Provides work guidance to other staff members.
• Serves as technical lead on assigned instructional application projects, coordinating with business analysts, instructional staff, faculty subject matter experts, and end users to translate academic and clinical requirements into delivered software.
• Serves as the primary technical point of contact for assigned instructional applications, supporting end-user inquiries, coordinating with vendors and central university IT groups, and maintaining technical and operational documentation including architecture diagrams, deployment procedures, integration specifications, and end-user reference materials.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree—no specific discipline.
• 6 years of relevant IT experience to include increasingly complex business programming in a business or university setting.

Desired Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related field preferred.

Benefits

• Life-Changing Impact: Our work changes lives through research, instruction, and outreach, making a lasting impact on our students, our communities, and the world.
• Culture of Excellence: We are committed to leveraging our strengths, resources, collaboration, and innovation as a top employer in higher education.
• We’re Here for You: Auburn offers generous benefits, educational opportunities, and a culture of support and work/life balance.
• Sweet Home Alabama: The Auburn/Opelika area offers southern charm, vibrant downtown scenes, top-ranked schools, and easy access to Atlanta, Birmingham, and the Gulf of Mexico beaches.
• A Place for Everyone: Auburn is committed to fostering an environment where all faculty, staff, and students are welcomed, valued, respected, and engaged.