O'Connor Lab Software Developer

Software Engineer/Developer III

The O'Connor Lab in University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Pathology is seeking an experienced software developer to design, build, and maintain a world-class web platform supporting the Lungfish environmental monitoring project. Lungfish integrates environmental monitoring data, analytical pipelines, and scientific reporting systems to support research, environmental surveillance, and public health decision making.

In this role you will design, implement, and maintain the primary public platform for the Lungfish environmental monitoring project and lead its end-to-end deployment. This platform will allow researchers, public health professionals, and other stakeholders to explore environmental monitoring data through interactive data visualizations, analytical reports, and training resources. The successful candidate will design and implement the architecture of this platform using modern web technologies and professional design assets that establish a cohesive visual identity and user experience.

The developer will work closely with scientists, data engineers, and research computing staff to build interfaces that integrate data from the Lungfish data warehouse and related research data systems including Lab Key. These interfaces must support exploration of large and complex environmental monitoring datasets by audiences with varying technical backgrounds. Prototyping new frontends in collaboration with researchers and determining what architecture best supports these frontends will be a crucial part of this role.

This position requires demonstrated success building complex and production-ready software systems in research settings. The successful candidate will have experience implementing interactive data visualizations, integrating large data systems through APIs, orienting frontend and backend architectures toward a desirable user experience, and participating in collaborative open-source software development using tools such as Git Hub.

The role will also involve using agentic AI assistance to accelerate software development, debugging, and data exploration.

• This position requires work to be completed onsite, at a designated campus work location.

• Prepares program documentation and training requirements
• Reviews application design specifications, codes new applications, and makes enhancements to existing applications
• Develops, prepares, or modifies technical specifications for complex projects, system integrations, and upgrades
• Reviews application modules for quality assurance and checks compliance with application architecture standards
• Conducts systems analysis, reviews and interprets system requirements, and develops detailed system design specifications for system integration and upgrades
• Conducts analysis for the evaluation and selection of vendor software solutions and packages
• Leads sub-functional team for application development or enhancement
• Trains and provides technical guidance to lower level staff
• Designs and implements test plans, and prepares systems test data
• Design, develop, and maintain public and restricted audience websites that often display data
• Develop comprehensive understanding of the research data and biological science domains that underpins application and website development
• Contributes to the development of data structure and systems performance strategies
• Participate in other lab-related and collaborator activities as needed

School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, O'Connor Lab

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is dedicated to the highest quality patient care, cutting-edge and impactful research, and teaching the next generation of pathologists and scientists. We emphasize a healthy work-life balance and provide a supportive work environment committed to the growth and advancement of our members. Our vibrant clinical department integrates anatomic pathology, laboratory medicine, teaching, and a robust research enterprise, and serves the UW, American Family Children's, VA, and other Madison hospitals.

Our basic science and translational…