Sr. Research Software Engineer

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The University of Miami/UHealth Department of SCCC has an exciting opportunity for a Full Time Sr. Research Software Engineer to work at the UHealth campus in Miami, Fl.

The Sr. Research Software Engineer designs, modifies, develops, and implements AI/Machine Learning (ML)/Virtual Reality (VR)/Augmented Reality (AR) software systems as part of the University of Miami’s Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC). The incumbent oversees the successful completion of all extended/augmented reality research projects initiated through UMVerse and IDSC’s Creative Computing Program.

• Develop and maintain web applications using Node.js and React, ensuring high performance and responsiveness.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including designers and product managers, to define, design, and ship new features.
• Write clean, reusable, and efficient code following industry best practices and coding standards.
• Build and optimize server-side components and APIs for seamless integration with front-end applications.
• Conduct thorough testing and debugging of applications to identify and resolve any issues or bugs.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, improve performance, and share knowledge with team members.
• Collaborate with the UI/UX team to implement visually appealing and user-friendly interfaces.
• Act as a content/product owner for software deliverables, ensuring that technical documentation, deployment instructions, and user-facing guides are clear, accurate, and enable adoption.

• Provides leadership in technical and project management involving the design, modification, development, and implementation of next-generation software systems initiated through UMVerse and IDSC’s Creative Computing Program to leverage rich multimodal data sets, making AI/ML experiences more interactive, personalized, and realistic.
• Defines and develops software specifications using pseudo-code, flowcharts, block diagrams, and layouts in collaboration with students and other software engineers.
• Utilizes big data computation and storage tools to create prototypes and data sets.
• Develops scalable solutions using AI tools and machine-learning models and maintains ML infrastructure to support the training and deployment of ML models.
• Works closely with teams in developing and executing performance tests on AI/ML systems to measure and evaluate their efficiency in handling large amounts of data, complex algorithms, and processing speeds to ensure optimal performance.
• Establishes the release calendar and addresses issues that may impact progress, ensuring timely delivery of projects.
• Manages daily operations at the Virtual Experience and Simulation Lab (VESL), ensuring smooth functioning and maintenance.
• Maintains codebase repositories, documentation archives, and 3D model repositories, ensuring they are up-to-date and accessible.
• Supervises and offers technical guidance to junior engineers and students, coordinating projects across multiple sites.
• Maintains awareness of state-of-the-art development tools, programming and problem-solving techniques, and computing equipment to ensure the use of the most current technologies.
• Participates in various aspects of end-user consulting, systems analysis and design, and vendor contract management.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required

Experience:

Minimum 4 years of relevant experience required

• Skill in collecting, organizing, and analyzing data.
• Ability to design user interactions and interfaces in a VR environment.
• Ability to recognize and solve a variety of…