Senior Software Developer

The Senior Software Developer is accountable for every phase of the Software Development Lifecycle, encompassing analysis, design, implementation, testing, and documentation.
This involves crafting user information solutions through the development, integration, and maintenance of applications, along with providing guidance and mentorship to junior team members.
The role entails writing well-designed, testable, and efficient code, employing best software development practices, and possessing expertise in developing secure APIs while interfacing with a diverse range of data through APIs.
Additionally, the Senior Software Developer formulates application development plans, establishing expectations and feature priorities across the development lifecycle.
The candidate must have a strong commitment to the highest ethical and professional standards along with a good understanding and commitment to the Catholic and Jesuit mission of Creighton University.
At all times employees are expected to uphold Creighton’s core values and demonstrate commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment, while adhering to all University Ethical Standards of Conduct, rules, regulations, and job requirements, including required educational trainings.
Designing, developing, and implementing highly scalable and distributed data platform APIs via integration that enable pervasive and intuitive data consumption campus wide.
Work cross-functionally with campus leadership to develop overall system architecture, drive university goals and roadmap execution using defined standards for data integration.
Integrate data from source systems into a common data layer and integrate with multiple data formats Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications Bachelor's degree in information technology, Engineering, or relevant field and/or equivalent work experience.
Masters’ degree preferred.
Familiarity with Agile development practices highly preferred.
Licenses/Certifications Must currently hold or pass the ITIL V.
4 Foundation Certification Exam within 6 months of start date.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Minimum of 5 years combined experience in one or more of the following: Experience with MVC frameworks, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, AJAX, PHP Experience with Angular, React, Redux and/or Node preferred.
Experience working with data integration using APIs between diverse systems and data bases.
Preferably Salesforce and Azure including experience in consuming various output formats (JSON, XML, CSV) Understanding of design principles, user interfaces, web standards and usability guidelines Knowledge of end user programs and cross-browser compatibility issues in web page design Experience integrating with various relational database management systems (MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, etc.
), including data preparation (cleaning, sorting, aggregating) and storage.
Ability to develop and expose data as a provider and consumer via secure APIs using the current standards (REST, ODATA) Understand data mapping, data transformation between source and target using modular and manageable business transformation logic.
Knowledge of database architectural strategies to address programmatic and business requirements.
Knowledge of coding software (e.
g.
, SQL, Python, R, etc.
) and extensive knowledge in designing, testing, and maintaining database objects, tables, views, packages, functions, procedures, indexes, sequences, and triggers Experienced with data infrastructure both on premise and in the cloud.
Preferable in Azure Familiarity working with webhooks, ODATA, working with messaging or event-based integration (CDC, pub/sub, and push/pull) Securing and managing APIs using Azure API Manager or similar.
Knowledgeable working in environments using Azure DevOps.
Firsthand object-oriented programming or scripting experience in .
NET, C#, Java, Perl, Python, etc.
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Ability to collaborate with university instructional technology team including system and software architects.
Ability to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders to understand requirements.
Ability to be self-directed and prioritize multiple projects in a timely manner.
Change the World From Here AAP/EEO Statement Creighton University is committed to providing a safe and non-discriminatory educational and employment environment.
The University admits qualified students, hires qualified employees and accepts patients for treatment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or other status protected by law.
Its education and employment policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other programs and activities, are administered without unlawful discrimination.
Disclosure Statement This description describes the general nature of work to be performed and does not include an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, or abilities required.
Regular, reliable attendance is an essential function and all employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties as requested by their supervisor.
Employees may also be required to work in excess of normal working hours as workloads and seasonal activities necessitate.
A complete description is available in the Human Resource office located at 3006 Webster Street Omaha, NE.
Creighton University reserves the right to modify duties, responsibilities and activities at any time with or without notice.