Temporary Software Engineer

Job Description

The Taskar Center for Accessible Technology (TCAT), housed by the Allen School, develops, translates and deploys open source universally accessible technologies, with a focus on benefiting populations with motor limitations or speech impairment. TCAT's academic mission is to engage undergraduate design and engineering students in participatory design and inclusive design practices. TCAT is joining the CS for GOOD effort at the Paul G.

Allen School in scaling artificial intelligence efforts for public social good, with a focus on inclusive transportation and mobility.

This position will be supporting the Taskar Center to engage flexibly with full stack development, including web development, SQL and No-SQL database design and development, and software engineering procedures. This position is designed for a senior software engineer, to provide independent work and contribute to our engineering practices. The project will entail full stack web development in support of WA State biennium proviso to collect and deploy state-wide data about the built environment to support accessible transportation.

This temporary position will develop tools for human-assisted, semi-automated collection, editing, and integration of data about mobility services gleaned from public sources and combined with existing data stored by UW.

• Develop interfaces for internal and external customers to vet, edit, and save mobility data.
• Web development:
  React;
  Angular;
  Vue;
  Node.js; UX design; frictionless UX; CSS/HTML
• Client-side Java script;
  Jquery; API
• Develop workflows to transform unstructured and semi-structured data from the web into standards-based formats:
  Scala;
  Node.js
• Evaluate and develop data management solutions
• Data management: SQL (MySQL or Postgre
  
  SQL or SQL Server or DB2);
  No
  
  SQL (memcache, Redis, Elasticsearch)
• Integrate interfaces with existing backend APIs and databases such as Cloud:
  Serverless;
  Microservices; AWS or Azure
• Contribute to and apply software engineering best practices in a team environment, based on long-term experience in full-stack development

• Bachelor's Degree in related field, and at least four years of software development experience OR equivalent education/experience may substitute.

• Demonstrated experience with team leadership
• Previous experience with usability focus
• Previous startup/founder experience

Pay Range Minimum:

$55.00 hourly

Pay Range Maximum:

$58.00 hourly

Other Compensation:

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Benefits:

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Shift:

First Shift (United States of America)

Temporary or Regular?

This is a temporary position

FTE (Full-Time Equivalent):

100.00%

Union/Bargaining Unit:

Not Applicable

Working at the University of Washington provides a unique opportunity to change lives – on our campuses, in our state and around the world.

UW employees bring their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to building stronger minds and a healthier world. In return, they enjoy outstanding benefits, opportunities for professional growth and the chance to work in an environment known for its diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.

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University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.