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Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy

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51 - 200 employees

Founded in 1993, the Baker Institute is one of the leading nonpartisan public policy think tanks in the country. As an integral part of Rice University, the institute has a strong track record of achievement based on the work of Rice faculty and the institute's endowed fellows and scholars.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and deploy high-quality software solutions in TypeScript across the full stack, working independently on systems of moderate size and complexity or on segments of larger systems. • Architect efficient APIs, model application data, and identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex software issues promptly. • Conduct thorough code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and enforce coding standards and engineering best practices. • Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, data scientists, and other engineers to deliver intuitive, user-centered applications, and interact with a diverse client base and external partners. • Participate actively in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives. • Document system builds, application configurations, and technical decisions; maintain and update documentation as needed. • Provide production system support and issue resolution, including participation in on-call rotations as needed. • Serve as a project leader on initiatives of moderate complexity and as a technical resource for the applications you support. • Mentor less experienced engineers and foster a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence. • Compare, evaluate, and integrate new features and technologies into the platform. • Diagnose and address performance bottlenecks in large codebases. • Contribute to Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipeline improvements. • Support database design and optimization across SQL and NoSQL systems. • Stay current with evolving technology trends and bring fresh ideas to the team. • Perform all other duties as assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree. • In lieu of the education requirement, additional related experience, above and beyond what is required, may be substituted on an equivalent year-for-year basis. • Four or more (4+) years of professional software development experience. • Expert knowledge in software application design, development, testing, and deployment • High proficiency with application design and data modeling • Demonstrated ability to define and solve logical problems for highly technical applications • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with both technical and non‐technical clients • Ability to lead activities development projects • Ability to select, adapt, and effectively use a variety of programming methods • Knowledge of application domain • Excellent presentation and project management skills • Five or more years of professional software development experience (preferred) • Hands-on production experience with React and Node.js (preferred) • Experience deploying and operating applications on AWS (or comparable experience on Azure or GCP) and working with CI/CD pipelines (preferred) • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, AWS CDK, Pulumi) (preferred) • Experience with database design and optimization across SQL and NoSQL systems, and with diagnosing performance bottlenecks in large codebases (preferred) • Prior experience building research, data-privacy, or education-technology products, or working with sensitive data in a regulated environment (preferred) • Proficiency in TypeScript and demonstrated ability to design, develop, test, and deploy production applications (preferred) • Experience with at least one modern JavaScript framework such as React, Angular, or Vue.js (preferred) • Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and modeling application data (preferred) • Proficiency with Git and modern version control workflows (preferred) • Experience working in agile or iterative development environments (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) (preferred) • Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing (preferred) • Familiarity with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) (preferred) • Ability to define and solve logical problems for highly technical applications, and to select, adapt, and effectively use a variety of programming methods (preferred) • Strong written and verbal communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders (preferred) • Ability to lead activities on structured team development projects and to operate effectively with minimal supervision (preferred) • Proficiency using AI/LLM-based development tools as part of a daily software development workflow (preferred)

🏖️ Benefits

• Rice University is committed to ensuring Equal Employment Opportunity • Welcoming the fullness of diversity into our candidate pools • Rice provides reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities