Job Description

Job Summary
Working at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR) means being a part of a team committed to discovery and understanding. It means working for the world?s largest academic social science survey and research organization, and doing work that really matters social science in the public interest. This position is in the Technical Services Group (TSG) within the Survey Research Operations (SRO). SRO is the operations branch of the Survey Research Center (SRC) at the ISR.



In TSG, we are passionate about leveraging technology to drive success and we are looking for an exceptional Software Lead to join our talented team. You are a highly skilled and experienced Software Lead that enjoys solving challenging problems as a team. We design, develop and support software that supports the entire data collection process. This is a hybrid position, and you will be based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Why Work at Michigan?
Benefits at the University of Michigan: In addition to a career filled with purpose and opportunity, the University of Michigan offers a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and eligible family members, and plan for a secure future. https://careers.umich.edu/benefits/

Benefits include:

Generous time off
A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions with immediate vesting upon meeting eligibility requirements
Many choices for comprehensive health insurance
Life insurance
Long-term disability coverage
Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses
Responsibilities*
Architecture, Development and Technical Leadership

Design and implement the technical architecture for our software products
Ensure software solutions are secure, testable, scalable, maintainable and extensible
Design software with the understanding of impacts to database performance
Contribute to the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines to partner with DevOps on CI/CD pipeline design
Conduct code reviews and lead adoption of coding standards
Research and recommend emerging technologies
Troubleshoot and resolve urgent customer technical issues
Collaboration and Mentoring

Advocate for coding standards to ensure high-quality code and maintainable software
Collaborate with our stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications
Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture
Required Qualifications*
Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Applied Mathematics
Working experience as a Software Lead
7+years of experience in software development in .NET, C#, Java, and Python
7+ years of experience designing, implementing and testing a diverse set of software applications, platforms and technologies
Strong proficiency in Angular, React, node.js
Experience in SQL Server relational database design and development or other database technologies such as SQLite, Oracle
Expertise in areas of design patterns, application architecture, platform architectures, secure software lifecycle and distributed systems
Strong proficiency with building DevOps CI/CD pipelines
Excellent technical communication skills with an emphasis on fostering collaboration, accountability and high performance
Experience working in Agile frameworks
Desired Qualifications*
Master's degree in computer science or software engineering preferred
Experience with Cloud computing and designing high throughput microservices
Experience with CQRS design pattern and event sourcing
Hands on experience building CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps