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Posted: 30-Jul-22
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Salary: Open
Please attach a cover letter as the first page of your resume. It should address your specific interest in the position and outline your skills and related experience.
We are embarking on a 5 year project to build a next-generation platform for delivering digital social science artifacts to a global research community on a cloud-native platform, and we need a Senior Software Engineer who specializes in NextJS and React to join our team. We focus on delivering value quickly in an Agile environment that fosters creativity, exploration, and learning. As a member of our team, you will help implement a microservices-based architecture using technologies such as Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes (OpenShift), relational & non-relational databases, and AWS services. You will work with a small, diverse team committed to delivering high-quality products and user experiences through modern development practices. If you love creating secure code within a test-driven development framework, and can coach others in best practices, we want to talk to you!
You will report to a Computing & Networking Services development manager.
ICPSR Overview
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is part of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. The consortium maintains the world's largest archive of social science data with 10,000+ studies relating to education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and more. A global leader in data science, we also support continuing education in research design, statistics, and data analysis.
- Develop secure code in an agile framework.
- Write automated test cases for the code you write.
- Analyze requirements, design software modules, and document design specifications.
- Provide technical consulting, assist the technical lead in making architectural decisions, perform code reviews, coach junior team members.
- Work with the team in an agile environment by participating in daily stand ups, sprint planning, and estimation meetings.
- Other tasks as assigned.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or a combination of education and equivalent experience.
- 5 or more years’ experience working in a full-stack web development with JavaScript, including React, NextJS, NodeJS, and TypeScript.
- 2 or more years’ experience with test automation using tools such as Jest, Mocha, Cypress, React Testing Library, LightHouse, etc.
- Experience with progressive web applications including most of server-side rendering, static file serving, lazy loading, optimization, dynamic imports, middlewares, SEO.
- Experience with frontend tooling including webpack, eslint, etc.
- Experience with building component libraries using Storybook.
- Experience with test-driven development.
- Experience with CI/CD automation in a containerized environment.
- Experience developing secure Java applications with Spring framework and/or Spring Boot.
You may be asked to provide samples of your programming work. An assessment to evaluate candidate skill level may be administered as part of the interview process.
This will be filled at the senior level salary range of $95,000-115,000. Candidates with lesser experience are encouraged to apply and may be considered if the primary goal is not met. Lesser-experienced candidates will be reviewed at the intermediate level salary range of $80,000-95,000.
Aspects of the Appointment
We have a separate devops team with an on-call rotation that handles most real time issues. However, this job may require occasional work outside normal working hours to analyze and correct critical problems that arise in ICPSR's 24/7 operational environment.
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 any eligible family members, and plan for a secure future. 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
- Vision, Dental, and Life insurance
- Long-term disability coverage
- Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses
- Tuition reimbursement
Learn more about U-M benefits.
The Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan wants to employ a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the diverse people of Michigan, to maintain the excellence of the university, and to ground our research in varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.
Institute for Social Research job openings are posted for a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar days. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.
The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
U-M COVID-19 Vaccination Policy
COVID-19 vaccinations, including boosters when eligible, are required for all University of Michigan students, faculty and staff across all campuses, including Michigan Medicine. This includes those working remotely. More information on this new policy is available on the Campus Blueprint website or the UM-Dearborn and UM-Flint websites.
