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POSTED 588 DAYS AGO

University of Michigan

Software Development Lead

What You'll Do

In this position, you will be empowered in a highly autonomous role to provide technical and product leadership for the innovative software platforms created by the Center for Academic Innovation. You will be empowered to establish and implement technical vision over product direction and application architecture across a range of impactful projects and technologies.

The individual selected for this role will serve as part of the Educational Technology Leadership Team to advise on organizational priorities and direction. This role will serve as a team leader, providing technical guidance and supervision to the highly skilled and creative software developers within the Center for Academic Innovation.

Who We Are:

About the Educational Technology Team

As the Software Development Lead for the Center for Academic Innovation, you will operate as a key leader within the Education Technology team. This team is made up of diverse skill sets and individuals, including Software Developers, UX Designers, QA Analysts, DevOps Engineers, Data Scientists and Behavioral Scientists. We work collaboratively to apply our expertise to create innovative solutions, tools and technologies to the big challenges in education, enabling innovative learning and personalization at scale across the U-M community and beyond.

About the Center for Academic Innovation

The Center for Academic Innovation is where creativity, excellence, and the University of Michigan’s aspirations for societal impact combine to reimagine the future of higher education. Through curricular innovation, educational data and research, and educational technology, we position U-M as a global leader in academic innovation to create and inspire change in higher education and to reinforce an engaged and informed society.

Who You Are:

Why Work at Michigan

In addition to a career filled with purpose and opportunity, the University of Michigan offers a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and your family and plan for a secure future. Benefits include:

For additional Benefits and Wellness details, see http://benefits.umich.edu/

Additional Information

Job Responsibilities:

Application Architecture & Development

Team Leadership & Strategy

Hiring Details:

How to Apply

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, include your salary requirements, and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position. If possible, please include a link to your electronic portfolio/dossier as part of your resume.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Learning and working in environments designed for equity and inclusivity are necessary for the U-M community to make progress on solving the problems that matter most to society. In addition to collaborating with faculty and staff on projects that explicitly focus on DEI, the Center for Academic Innovation uses inclusive design processes in all of our work. All interested applicants, including those from groups historically underrepresented in higher education, are encouraged to apply.

Background Screening

The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

Decision Making Process

Applications will be reviewed as received throughout the posting period and continue until the position is filled.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

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

U-M COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

COVID-19 vaccinations, including boosters when eligible, are required for all University of Michigan students, faculty and staff across all campuses, including Michigan Medicine. This includes those working remotely. More information on this new policy is available on the Campus Blueprint website or the UM-Dearborn and UM-Flint websites.

Required Qualifications

Desired Qualifications

We are designing the future of learning through research, innovation, experimentation, and iteration.

We believe an informed, peaceful, equitable, and empowered society is dependent on learners everywhere adopting a learning lifestyle, and educational institutions creating and disseminating new knowledge to provide sustainable solutions to:

We strive to make our world-class public research university’s learning experiences accessible at scale.

We create new models for global, engaged, and lifelong learning experiences for students at the University of Michigan and around the world.

We harness design, technology, and educational research to shape the future of learning.


  • No telecommuting
  • No Agencies Please

Requirements

Required Qualifications


  • At least 5 years of professional software development experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a related field or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
  • Enterprise development and production experience working with Python or Ruby and the Django or Rails framework
  • Strong project and team leadership experience
  • Experience mentoring junior colleagues and technical personnel
  • Production experience working with relational database platforms (e.g.: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Oracle)
  • Experience designing application architecture & data models for deployed production applications
  • Production experience developing and deploying applications at scale
  • Experience working with the modern JavaScript frameworks VueJS or React
  • Production experience converting designs to HTML5/CSS
  • Hold strong attention to detail and concern for information accuracy
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills
  • Ability to work well in a multicultural and collaborative environment

Desired Qualifications


  • Experience supervising software developers
  • Production experience deploying applications using Kubernetes and Docker

About the Company


We are designing the future of learning through research, innovation, experimentation, and iteration.


We believe an informed, peaceful, equitable, and empowered society is dependent on learners everywhere adopting a learning lifestyle, and educational institutions creating and disseminating new knowledge to provide sustainable solutions to:


Advance Learning Facilitate Problem Solving Foster Equity and Inclusivity Increase Access and Affordability

We strive to make our world-class public research university’s learning experiences accessible at scale.


We create new models for global, engaged, and lifelong learning experiences for students at the University of Michigan and around the world.


We harness design, technology, and educational research to shape the future of learning.

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Software Development Lead

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POSTED 588 DAYS AGO

Seniority level

Not mentioned

Contract type

Negotiable

Salary range

Not Informed