Senior IT Application Developer

The Senior IT Application Developer serves as a senior technical contributor responsible for the design, development, enhancement, integration, and ongoing support of School of Medicine applications, including those supporting faculty affairs, finance, and research administration.

This position works across the full application lifecycle, from design and development through testing, deployment, and production support, including maintenance, modernization, and migration of existing applications. The role partners with the Data Team, project management, business stakeholders, security and compliance, and other developers to translate business needs into secure, maintainable solutions.

The successful candidate will bring hands‑on development experience, strong technical judgment, and the ability to independently investigate complex problems, make technical decisions, and own application work from design through production support.

The work model for this position is hybrid, as determined by the School of Medicine Office of the Dean, Information Services department.

Application Design & Development (40%)

• Design, develop, and enhance School of Medicine applications, including front‑end interfaces, application logic, services, and back‑end components built with .NET/C# and JavaScript.
• Translate functional and technical requirements into application designs and make technical design and architecture decisions.
• Apply secure coding, accessibility, usability, performance, and maintainability standards and data‑protection requirements such as HIPAA and FERPA throughout development.

Application Maintenance, Enhancements & Technical Debt (25%)

• Maintain and enhance existing production applications, including legacy applications requiring modernization or migration.
• Evaluate existing code and architecture and perform refactoring and upgrades to reduce technical debt while maintaining continuity of critical business services.
• Balance new feature development with application lifecycle, maintenance, security, and sustainability requirements.

Database, API & Systems Integration, Release Management (20%)

• Design and maintain SQL Server database components, queries, stored procedures, and data models, along with RESTful APIs and integrations with internal and external systems.
• Conduct peer code reviews, mentor other developers, and maintain code through approved version‑control practices in Git Hub.
• Follow established change, release‑management, and CI/CD practices across development, testing/staging, and production environments, partnering with QA and project teams to validate acceptance criteria before deployment.

Production Support (15%)

• Provide advanced troubleshooting and production support, resolving defects, performance issues, and integration failures.
• Maintain technical and release documentation, including architecture, integrations, dependencies, configuration, and support procedures, to reduce reliance on undocumented institutional knowledge.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and explain technical options, constraints, risks, and trade‑offs.

This description is a summary of the general level of work and is not intended to be all-inclusive. Duties and responsibilities may evolve based on business need and the approved organizational design. We reserve the right to add or delete duties and responsibilities at the discretion of the supervisor and/or hiring authority.

Hybrid – this role is eligible for a hybrid schedule of three (3) days per week on campus and as…