Assistant Professor — Computing & Software Systems (Multiple)

Description

The Computing & Software Systems Division of the School of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) at the University of Washington Bothell (UWB) invites applications for multiple tenure track positions at the rank of assistant professor. The successful candidates will join our faculty on a full-time (100% FTE) basis for a nine-month academic year appointment beginning September 16, 2025.

The base salary range for this position will be $13,778-14,166 per month during the nine-month academic year ($124,002-$127,494 annually), commensurate with experience and qualifications, or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination.

Candidates will be considered across a wide range of research and teaching interests, including but not limited to: software engineering, cybersecurity, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, systems architecture, embedded systems, Internet of Things, and human-computer interaction. Successful candidates will be expected to develop externally sponsored research programs, supervise graduate students, engage in excellent teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and to support and enhance learning for students from diverse backgrounds. 

CSS is among the largest computer science departments in the Pacific Northwest. We currently offer or collaborate in the offering of a BS in Computer Science and Software Engineering, a BA in Applied Computing, a BS in Computer Engineering (jointly run with Electrical Engineering in the Division of Engineering and Mathematics), an MS in Computer Science and Software Engineering, an MS in Cybersecurity Engineering, and a graduate certificate in Software Design and Development with a total of 700 FTE undergraduates and 200 FTE graduate students. We also offer several minors and degree options in computer science and in cybersecurity. All our curricula are broadly-based in computer science and software engineering.  

The 26 full-time CSS faculty members are committed to excellence in research and teaching in a number of areas, including: artificial intelligence, augmented reality, bioinformatics, computational biology, computational neuroscience, computer graphics, computer science education, computer vision, cybersecurity, data mining, high-performance computing, human factors in computing, Internet of Things, parallel and distributed computing, social computing, software engineering, and wireless networks. In the past few years, members of the CSS faculty have been successful in earning grants from NSF, NSA, DHS, and other agencies, foundations, as well as in collaboration with local IT companies including Microsoft, T-Mobile, and Amazon. The division has well-equipped labs and facilities to conduct teaching and research. Learn more about the Division of CSS here: https://www.uwb.edu/stem/about/divisions/css 

The School of STEM is the largest school at UW Bothell, and we are a school committed to attracting diverse faculty and staff who create an exceptional student experience in support of our core values of Collaboration, Opportunities, Responsibility, and Engagement. Our faculty members are dynamic educators who engage in innovative, evidence-based pedagogies. Nearly every School of STEM faculty member engages undergraduate and master’s students as research collaborators, and we pride ourselves on our community engaged teaching and research to realize our vision to be an indispensable partner in the region. We offer twenty-three undergraduate and graduate degrees and eight minors across four Divisions (Biological Sciences, Computing and Software Systems, Enginee