Assistant Professor of Teaching in Systems – Tenure Track

Academic Job Category Faculty Bargaining Job Title Assistant Professor of Teaching in Systems – Tenure Track Department Faculty | Tenure and Tenure Stream | Department of Computer Science | Faculty of Science (Joanna McGrenere) Posting End Date October 14, 2026

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Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date. Job End Date Ongoing Salary will be within the range of $150,000 - $175,000 CAD.

The University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Teaching position in the Department of Computer Science, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2027. Salary will be within the range of $150,000 - $175,000 CAD.

This position focuses on contributing to the delivery and further development of the department’s systems courses. The department’s greatest current needs are in operating systems and computer architecture, and applicants with expertise in these areas will be given preference. We also welcome applicants with expertise in networking, distributed systems, database systems, cloud computing, and systems security.

This position provides the opportunity, with strong institutional support, to pursue a career based on excellence in teaching and educational leadership, while participating in the intellectually exciting atmosphere of a top-tier department. Successful candidates will have an opportunity to make an impact on education both within and beyond the classroom, as well as both within and beyond UBC.

Assistant Professor of Teaching is the first rank in UBC’s Educational Leadership Stream, followed by Associate Professor of Teaching (with tenure), and then Professor of Teaching. This path is analogous to the Research stream faculty progression of tenure-track Assistant Professor, tenured Associate Professor, and Full Professor. Faculty members in the Educational Leadership stream are eligible to apply for Study Leave (sabbatical) under similar terms to faculty members in the Research stream.

The usual teaching load is four course sections per year, typically two in the fall and two in the spring. Educational leadership faculty also engage in self-directed service, scholarly activity, and other initiatives at the department, faculty, university, national, or international level.

UBC’s campuses are located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Syilx (Okanagan) Peoples and of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil Waututh) Nations.

UBC Computer Science ranks among the top departments in North America, with over 70 tenure-track faculty (including 13 Educational Leadership faculty), approximately 290 graduate students, and about 3,000 undergraduate students. Teaching and educational leadership activities are well supported by the department and the university. Internal funding opportunities support curriculum development, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and other activities.

• A Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field is required by the start date.
• Candidates who are currently completing their Ph.D. are welcome to apply.
• In exceptional cases, applicants with other advanced degrees and/or relevant experience may be considered.
• Candidates must provide evidence of ability and commitment to undergraduate teaching; as well as evidence of scholarly and reflective teaching practice.
• Candidates for Assistant Professor of Teaching must show promise of educational leadership.
• Educational leadership can take many forms but always creates impact beyond one’s own classroom at UBC; some example activities are provided below in the description of the…