Software Developer | University of California, San Francisco Library

Overview

The UCSF Library is looking for a mid-level Software Engineer to help with ongoing and future technology projects. Our team programs mainly in PHP using the Drupal framework, but we maintain and extend software written in Python and Perl as well.

What do we do? Here are some examples:
• Create online applications to manage and share knowledge,
• Develop curricular software for use by students and faculty,
• Maintain campus-wide, mission-critical online applications
• Harvest and index digital document collections.

Please note: The University of California Regents have approved pay reductions with furloughs due to the state budget crisis, effective September 1, 2009. This position may be subject to all the same cost cutting measures implemented at UCSF.

About Us

The University of California at San Francisco is one of the top medical research institutes in the country. The UCSF Library supports ongoing health science activities at UCSF through a variety of information technology products and services. Our technical team, the Center for Knowledge Management, has a proven track record in:
• Efficiently handling and searching terabytes of information,
• Successfully releasing high quality products on time,
• Listening to our customers and thinking ahead of their needs.

Our academic environment values innovation, code quality over quantity, and work-life balance. Our agile software development process allows for fast decisions and quick releases of a working product.

http://www.ucsf.edu/
http://www.library.ucsf.edu/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_San_Francisco

About You

You are a software professional with at least 4 years of hands-on experience in the full software development lifecycle. You are fully familiar with OO concepts and use them confidently in your programming when appropriate.

You interface well with non-technical people, and are able to take a product feature from the “wish list” stage all the way to production release with minimal supervision. This involves listening to clients, gathering and analyzing requirements, writing specifications and designs, implementing tests, writing production-quality code and technical documentation, and finally building and releasing to a production environment.

Our technology platform is primarily LAMP (Drupal) with a fair amount of Python and Perl. You have solid knowledge of PHP, the core langage, and the associated tools, libraries, and APIs. You have a solid command of the individual components in the LAMP stack: you use the Unix shell effectively, you are confident editing httpd.conf, you can design a database, and program in PHP.

Ideally you would have experience working in academic institutions, or a similar background.

Required Skills

• 4 years of experience developing public-facing software in a professional capacity
• 2 years of experience developing Web applications with PHP (Drupal preferred)
• 2 years of experience writing and maintaining Python and Perl programs
• 3 years of experience working with Unix systems (Linux, Solaris)
• 1 year of experience with RDBMS and SQL (MySQL)
• Experience with Web development tools and techniques: JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, XHTML etc.
• Strong OO analysis and design
• Experience in the full software life cycle development: analysis through release
• Experience working in cross-functional teams
• Ability to communicate effectively in spoken and written English
• Ability to be patient and tactful when communicating with non-technical staff
• A passion for technology and its capacity to solve concrete problems.

How to Apply

Position posted in the UCSF Employment Opportunities Bulletin effective 10/14/09, for 2 weeks. Open until filled thereafter.

Please submit your application for this position through UCSF Campus Human Resources at http://ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/careers/ and refer to Req. Number 31236BR.

UCSF is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to a diverse workforce.

This is a career position, on site in San Francisco, CA.