Senior Software Engineer - Hybrid

Payroll

Title:

APPLICATIONS PROGR 4

Department: CANCER CENTER/Kick it California

Hiring Pay Scale: $97,200 - $130,000 / Year

Worksite:
Greenwich Drive

Appointment Type:
Contract

Appointment Percent: 100%

Union:
Uncovered

Total Openings: 1

Work Schedule:

Days, 8 hrs/day, Monday-Friday

Filing Deadline:
Tue 1/6/2026

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UC San Diego values and welcomes people from all backgrounds. If you are interested in being part of our team, possess the needed licensure and certifications, and feel that you have most of the qualifications and/or transferable skills for a job opening, we strongly encourage you to apply.

This position is a contract position with the possibility of extension/career conversion.

Reassignment Applicants:
Eligible Reassignment clients should contact their Disability Counselor for assistance.

This position will work a hybrid schedule which includes a combination of working both onsite at Greenwich Drive and remote.

Kick It California (KIC) is part UCSD Moore’s Cancer Center and offers free evidence-based counseling services for persons wishing to quit using tobacco. The helpline currently offers services in six languages – English, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and Vietnamese – and have counseled over 600,000 people since 1992. Helpline services have been proven in clinical trials to double a smoker’s chance of successfully quitting.

KIC has a call volume of over 450,000 calls per year. Services are provided to the states of California, Texas, New York, Arizona, Washington, Colorado and Hawaii.

KIC operates on a budget of over 10 million dollars per year and employs over 120 personnel in research, counseling, IT and administrative capacities.

Under minimal direction, serves as Senior Architect and lead Software Engineer for a tobacco cessation survey and research center. Serves as technical lead in designing, coding/developing, deploying and maintaining a proprietary customer relationship management (CRM) system designed to be used by hundreds to thousands of simultaneous users. Constructs document specifications and technical design for large scale system housed on Amazon Web Services, capable of supporting multiple end user interfaces (e.g

Web, iPad, Android phone) against a back-end relational DBMS. Uses expert-level knowledge in APIs and application integration to create connections with a cloud-based contact center.

Prepares detailed specifications from which highly complex applications will be written, and consults on system integrity, recover‑ability and maintenance of a number of applications. Uses advanced knowledge of secure software development, highly complex software systems and data analysis to advise senior personnel on the selection of technological purchases and overall IT direction. Utilizes advanced project management skills and establish metrics for success to evaluate and present results.

Performs other duties as assigned.

• Nine years of related experience, education/training, OR a Bachelor’s degree in related area plus five years of related experience/training.

• Extensive experience in a large scale project utilizing a web framework such as Django, Java Play or .Net Core. Corresponding experience in a language such as Java, Python or C#.

• Demonstrated experience in developing with multiple types of databases (e.g. SQL Server, MySQL) under multiple operating systems (e.g. Linux, Windows).

• Experience connecting external applications and systems to Hub Spot APIs.

• Advanced knowledge of secure software development

• Highly advanced skills associated with software specification, design, modification, implementation and deployment of large-scale scope.

• Excellent project leadership and management skills.

• Demonstrated ability to understand functional needs and how systems can support those needs. Demonstrated ability to develop conversion and system implementation plans.

• Advanced experience with identification and use of code libraries and open-source forums.

• Advanced experience with planning for deployment and creation of feedback mechanisms.

• Demonstrated software repository skills.

• Experience developing and executing…