Software Engineer – Full Stack, Texas McCombs

Job Posting Title:

Software Engineer – Full Stack, Texas McCombs

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Hiring Department:

Red McCombs School of Business

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

Texas McCombs is a top business school at the center of one of the most innovative cities in the U.S. The McCombs community champions hands-on experiences alongside the ground-breaking research and thought leadership of a world-class faculty.

The collaborative spirit and enterprising drive of the Longhorn alumni network, one of the largest university networks in the world, is embedded in our culture, making us human-centered and future-focused in all our endeavors. We are shaping those who will shape tomorrow, and solving challenging problems while remaining committed to creating a community that is dynamic, supportive, and challenging. What starts here really does change the world.

To learn more about the McCombs School of Business, please visit https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/

Purpose

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer with expertise in Apex, Java, C#, SQL, JavaScript, Middleware and strong experience in software application design. This position reports to the Director of Applications and Data and serves as a member of cross-functional teams supporting the needs of faculty, staff, and students at the McCombs School of Business. The scope of this role includes designing, developing, testing, and maintaining scalable, high-quality software solutions. The ideal candidate will have experience in both backend and frontend development, as well as in designing application architectures that drive digital transformation.

The work involves developing an understanding of the business needs; eliciting, documenting, and clarifying requirements; designing, developing, and testing applications, databases, and business intelligence solutions; integrating custom, commercial, and software-as-a-service applications.  A strong candidate has a clear understanding of designing and developing applications that are secure, scalable, reliable, and easy to use.  Strong communication skills and teamwork are highly valued.  

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and implement custom applications and solutions to support business processes.

• Design and architect software applications and services, ensuring scalability, flexibility, and performance using Apex, Java or C# technologies.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code adhering to best practices in software design patterns.
• Develop and optimize SOQL and SQL queries, ensure efficient data design and data modeling.
• Design user-friendly interfaces and experiences in collaboration with front-end developers using JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS and modern frameworks (e.g., Visualforce, Aura Components, Lightning Web Components, React or Angular).
• Design and run automated data imports, programmatic data mapping, and data transformation in a relational database using best practices and tools.
• Work within DevOps to perform hands-on software development and unit testing.

Perform software integration testing, facilitate user acceptance testing and support production validation.

Lead and participate in the design of system architectures and data flows, ensuring seamless integration between front-end, back-end, and external systems.

• Work with University’s shared technical environment, campus IT architecture, best practices from peer institutions and industry to implement technologies and services.
• Stay up to date with the latest trends, technologies, and methodologies in software design, architecture, and development.

Perform regular system maintenance, upgrades, and troubleshooting, ensuring IT application infrastructure is running optimally.

• Use best practices for continuous build, release, enhancements and bug fixes as needed.
• Ensure that systems are developed with a focus on scalability, security, and maintainability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex software issues, particularly those related to system design, scalability, and integration.

Participate, and collaborate with cross-functional teams, in the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), including business requirements gathering, high level architecture decisions,