Lead Developer, Data Security, Cybersecurity

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- ** Job Description
**** The Department of Neurology has an open opportunity for a Lead Developer to join a new initiative focused on brain health, aging, and resilience.
** The Lead Developer will play a critical role in advancing the Department’s mission to improve brain health across the lifespan by leading the design, development, and maintenance of secure, scalable, and research-ready software platforms. This position supports interdisciplinary initiatives focused on brain aging, cognitive resilience, and precision-medicine approaches by building technical infrastructure that enables high-quality data collection, integration, analysis, and translation.

Working at the intersection of neuroscience, aging, population health, and data science, the Lead Developer will partner with faculty, clinicians, and researchers to translate scientific and clinical priorities into robust digital systems that support longitudinal research, biomarker pipelines, digital phenotyping, and personalized risk and resilience modeling. The position emphasizes scalability, accessibility, responsible data stewardship, and alignment with UW and UW Medicine standards for security, privacy, and compliance, ensuring that technology solutions effectively support research innovation and public impact.

The Lead Developer must convert evolving research questions in brain health, aging, resilience, and precision medicine into clear, adaptable technical solutions. This includes supporting diverse and complex data types while ensuring systems remain flexible, maintainable, and scalable over long research timelines. This position will collaborate closely with clinicians, neuroscientists, researchers, analysts, and community-engagement staff and successfully aligning technical development with diverse priorities, workflows, and timelines will require strong communication skills and the ability to translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
** DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
***** Software Development & Delivery – 40%**
* • Serve as a hands-on developer for complex features, core services, and mission-critical components
• Oversee the full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance
• Ensure code quality, performance, accessibility, and security through rigorous review, testing, and monitoring practices
• Guide implementation of CI/CD pipelines, version control workflows, and automated testing strategies
*** Technical Leadership & Architecture – 30%**
* • Lead the architectural design and technical implementation of software platforms supporting research, clinical programs, registries, and community-engaged initiatives
• Define system architecture, data models, APIs, and integration strategies that enable scalable and interoperable solutions
• Establish and maintain technical standards, development best practices, and documentation aligned with UW and UW Medicine guidelines
• Evaluate, select, and implement appropriate technologies, frameworks, and cloud services to meet evolving institutional needs
*** Data Governance, Security & Compliance – 10%**
* • Ensure systems adhere to UW, UW Medicine, and regulatory requirements related to data security, privacy, and compliance (e.g., HIPAA, IRB, as applicable)
• Implement best practices for data governance, access controls, auditability, and long-term data stewardship
• Proactively identify and mitigate technical risks, vulnerabilities, and technical debt
*** Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement – 10%**
* • Work closely with faculty, researchers, clinicians, project managers, and community partners to translate programmatic and research needs into technical requirements
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders
• Support grant-funded projects by contributing to technical sections of proposals, progress reports, and documentation
*** Innovation & Continuous Improvement – 5%**
* • Stay current with emerging technologies, development methodologies, and…