Northwestern University · 3 days ago
Developer Senior
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Responsibilities
Provides application development leadership for new and existing software applications.
Partners with users in designing features for technology.
Provides recommendations on how to enhance the system for future growth.
Advises/recommends projects and activities related to system/architectural direction and strategy.
Develops and implements procedures for data security, management, and compliance.
Creates and maintains code documentation.
Creates ad hoc administrative reports.
Delivers system presentations and overviews.
Evaluates feature/upgrade/change requests and recommends action.
Researches new technologies to enhance the current system.
Provides technical leadership on projects.
Acts as a subject matter expert (SME) in appropriate technologies and business domains.
Designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents all phases of applications development.
Codes software applications adhering to designs supporting internal business requirements or external users.
Troubleshoots complex, difficult issues.
Designs databases and data structures.
Provides recommendations on how to enhance the system to meet full business requirements.
Determines project feasibility and how to integrate with the current system.
Provides work direction to team members.
Supervises staff such as team members, subordinates, contractors, vendors, students, etc.
Coaches and mentors staff.
Manages projects ensuring timelines and deliverables are met and meet expectations.
Provides input to staff assignments.
Provides input to performance evaluations for junior team members.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualification
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Required
Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in a major such as computer science, information technology, or related; OR appropriate combination of education and experience.
4 years relevant experience required.
Linux Operating System
Python
Shell Scripting
critical thinking
database design/ data structure
Debugging
problem solving
iterative & incremental development
organizational skills
Fluent in a programming language such as Python or Go and familiar with SQL.
Fluent with general developer tooling such as git and Docker.
Fluent in Linux.
3-5 years of experience developing and maintaining code or services in production.
Comfortable working directly with users to gather requirements and get feedback.
Preferred
5+ years of experience developing and maintaining code or services in production.
Familiar with Kubernetes.
Familiar with web frameworks such as Django.
Familiar with messaging infrastructure such as RabbitMQ.
Familiar with frontend frameworks such as React.
Familiar with monitoring tooling such as Prometheus.
Familiar with CI/CD tooling such as Github Actions.
Benefits
Health care plans
Retirement benefits
Tuition discounts
Flexible work arrangements
Childcare and senior/adult care support
Professional development programs
Company
Northwestern University
Northwestern is one of the country's leading private research and teaching universities, located in Evanston, IL.
H1B Sponsorship
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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (204)
2022 (290)
2021 (210)
2020 (202)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$64.02MKey Investors
GRAMMY MuseumNational Science FoundationNational Cancer Institute
2023-11-28Grant· $0.02M
2023-06-26Grant· $18M
2022-08-18Grant· $5.5M
Leadership Team
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