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Software Developer

Michigan Technological University

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 1 Dec 2024

💰 $65,000/yr

About the role

Department: College Of Engineering

Sub Department: Center for Technology & Training

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer that provides equal opportunity for all, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

If you require any auxiliary aids, services, or other accommodations to apply for employment, or for an interview, at Michigan Technological University, please notify the Human Resources office at 906-487-2280 or humanresources@mtu.edu.

Job Description Summary

The CTT is looking for a Software Developer with a customer driven focus and who is passionate about their craft and excited to build software. This position provides a self-motivated candidate the opportunity to demonstrate their software development skills within a cross-functional team of software engineers, civil engineers, technical writers and administrative staff to design, program, test, document, and maintain our software. We support and maintain multiple products so there are considerable opportunities for personal and professional growth. The ideal candidate is results-driven and adept at converting system requirements and specifications into sound technical solutions.

PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a remote position. It requires working in-office in Houghton, MI.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned)

Assists in the design of programs and/or systems for requirements.
Ensures that the specifications provided are thorough and detailed to avoid problems in coding development.
Verify the design with system stakeholders. Makes changes as appropriate.
Translates program and/or system requirements into technical specifications.
Codes, modifies, and tests program modifications and ensures that the programs conform to technical specifications.
Verifies test results with stakeholders and makes modifications as appropriate.
Responsible for providing support in development and testing activities of other engineers.
Assists with end user documentation on the programs.
Documents and demonstrates solutions by developing documentation, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code.
Responsible for the maintenance of the completed/existing programs.
Provides technical support to the software end users.
Adheres to departmental and generally accepted industry standards, policies and procedures for system development.
Apply safety-related knowledge, skills, and practices to everyday work.
Commit to learning about continuous improvement strategies and applying them to everyday work. Actively engage in university continuous improvement initiatives.
Other duties as assigned.

Required Education, Certifications, Licensures (minimum requirements)

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities are acquired; OR the successful completion of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar field within 4 months from hire date as a condition of employment.

Required Experience (minimum requirements)

Professional experience in writing, modifying, and testing software in a production environment.
Experience developing desktop or web applications in C#, VB.NET or other .NET programming languages.
Experience developing web applications using at least one popular framework (ASP.NET, Vue.js, Angular, react.js, Node.js, Bootstrap, etc.)
Experience with source control (e.g. GIT, SVN, TFS).

Desirable Education and/or Experience