Software Engineer

About the role

The Software Engineer will be responsible for custom development that integrates the College of Engineering systems with campus data sources. This position will design, build, and maintain applications managing Engineering’s enterprise systems and applications and will use or manage databases, web services, enterprise NAS storage, and Active Directory. This role partners with business and engineering teams to deliver and maintain APIs and other data access ensuring timely, high-quality data for operational workflows and downstream systems and services. The ideal candidate is able to seek out workflow changes needed by the department and turn the requirements into a new application or modify an existing one.

Examples of data systems and APIs in the current environment include: web services to deliver information and attributes about students, faculty, and staff; standard IAM platforms such as Active Directory; file system management (creating home directories, etc.); APIs to configure AccruentEMS for room scheduling; and in-house written web services to simplify data access and manipulation for co-workers.

Department: College of Engineering, Computer Aided Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Develops or modifies technical specifications for moderately-complex projects using disciplined software development practices
• Maintains and troubleshoots applications, systems, or website
• Tests and debugs programs, and prepares systems test data
• Prepares program documentation and training requirements
• Implements data structure and systems performance strategies
• Prepares detailed system design specifications for system integration and upgrades
• Reviews application design specifications, codes new applications, and makes enhancements to existing applications

Requirements

• Software development in a variety of languages
• Experience building software using frameworks
• Experience with code repositories such as GitLab
• Experience developing, deploying, and maintaining applications designed to automate data flow
• Experience with learning and leveraging provided APIs to integrate vendor or hosted (cloud) systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experienced in development with Java, C#
• Experience with Spring Boot Framework
• Database design and optimization skills
• Experience working with customers and co-workers to gather requirements and turn that into a plan for staged development
• Experience deploying in a Kubernetes or other container environment
• Experience with Active Directory system administration concepts
• Experience with Enterprise NAS systems (Dell PowerScale, etc.)

Education

Associate’s Degree required. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Sciences, Engineering or related field preferred.

Pay

The starting salary for the position is $90,000, but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications. Applicants will be considered for the Software Engineer/Developer II, Software Engineer/Developer III, and Software Engineer/Developer IV titles; the title and salary will be determined by the experience and qualification of the finalist.

Schedule

This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location. The anticipated hybrid work schedule will be up to two days remote, with 3 days onsite after an initial training period which will require working 5 days on site.

Additional Information

Successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their continuous eligibility to work in the United States (i.e., a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment. This position is an ongoing position that will require continuous work eligibility. The College is not an E-Verify employer and therefore cannot accept F-1 OPT STEM Extensions for employment eligibility.

Contact: Rob Kohlhepp; rob.kohlhepp@wisc.edu; 608-263-7674. Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1.