IT Software Developer IV
IT Software Developer IV
Job Summary
IT Software Developer IV
The IT Software Developer for UIT's University Support Services will provide a primary role in the development and support of custom research-oriented web-based applications used by the University of Utah at large. Works closely with dynamic team web engineers, UI designers, and product managers with the goal of creating and maintaining innovative and feature-rich applications for users on campus including: Research departments, researchers, and others.
About UIT: University Information Technology (UIT), the central IT service provider for the University of Utah, reports to the U's Chief Information Officer and is responsible for many of the U's shared IT services including the wired and wireless network; Campus Information Services (CIS) portal; UMail, telephone, and online collaboration; digital learning technologies; information security; software licensing; and a host of other IT systems and services.
About the University of Utah: Located in Salt Lake City, the U is the flagship institution of the State of Utah's system of higher education, home to arts and museum venues and a member of the BIG-12 Conference. Skiing and snowboarding opportunities are a short distance from campus, and opportunities to pursue activities from biking to hiking to fishing abound. Salt Lake City is home to the Utah Symphony and Opera, Ballet West, professional sports teams, and a wide range of other cultural and recreational activities.
The University of Utah offers a comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees including:
- Excellent health, dental, and wellness coverage at affordable rates
- 14.2% retirement contributions
- Generous paid leave time
- 11 paid holidays per year
- 50% tuition reduction for employees after completing probationary period, and spouse, and dependent children after three years
- Flex spending accounts
- Free transit on most UTA services
- Employee discounts on a variety of products and services including cell phones & plans, entertainment, health and fitness, restaurants, retail, and travel
- Professional development opportunities
- A wellness program to promote health and quality of life
- Learn more about the great benefits of working for University of Utah: benefits.utah.edu
For more information regarding how our salary and benefit offerings impact the overall compensation here at the University of Utah, please see our Total Compensation Calculator: https://www.hr.utah.edu/comp/totalcomp.php
Responsibilities
IT Software Developer, IV
Manage research applications, including pre award tracking of grant funded research proposals.
Support award management by tracking changes to research awards and associated project financial data throughout the award lifecycle.
Maintain and enhance system integrations with University platforms such as PeopleSoft, as well as third party research applications.
Partner with the Office of the Vice President for Research to support research related processes and system needs.
Collaborate with business partners to ensure the University of Utah remains compliant with evolving federal, state, and agency regulations.
Research, design, develop or direct software system testing or validation procedures, programming, or documentation.
Analyze user needs and develop software solutions, applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.
Working with a small Scrum team to confer with systems analysts, business analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design systems and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
Ability to work on small to large projects from analysis through development, testing, QA, and delivery.
The primary technologies will be in the area of Java enterprise web-development (Spring Boot, Java, SQL, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, API, Kotlin, etc.), but the Engineer may require working with team members with different backgrounds to help them complete tasks outside of your area of expertise.
Update software, enhance or modify existing software to correct errors, adapt it to new hardware, or upgrade interfaces and improve performance.
May maintain databases within an application area, working individually or coordinating database development as part of a team.
Prepare reports or correspondence concerning project specifications, activities, or status.
Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan installation of a new system or modification of an existing system.
Consult with customers or other departments on project status, proposals, or technical issues, such as software system design or maintenance.
Confer with data processing or project managers to obtain information on limitations or capabilities for data processing projects.
Coordinate installation of software system.
Supervise and assign work to programmers.
Minimum Qualifications
EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).
Department may hire employee at one of the following job levels:
IT Software Developer, IV: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 8 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 6 years of directly related work experience.
Preferences
Scrum Master experience
Experience writing clean, maintainable, and testable Java code (including unit tests), using design patterns, industry standards and best practices.
Demonstrated experience with Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, React, Angular, AngularJS, HTML, and CSS, among others.
Demonstrated experience with API and data and server security.
Strong understanding of Object Oriented design and programming and the Software Development Lifecycle.
Experience developing Java applications using the Spring Boot Framework
Experience working with docker container, technologies such as Tomcat, HTTP Request/Response-cycle, including using Ajax, XML, JSON, Web Services (SOAP, REST), web presentation technologies such as Thymeleaf or Freemarker, ORM tool such as JPA or Hibernate
Knowledge of PeopleSoft and understanding of PeopleSoft Integration Broker and App Package
Fundamental understanding of relational database design including data normalization, ERD modeling and SQL.
Proficient with HTML/CSS/JavaScript and a good knowledge of jQuery
Comfortable developing using an IDE such as Intellij, Eclipse, Netbeans, using a Version Control System such as CVS or Git, and working on java web projects in a team environment to deliver goals in a timely manner
Utilization of AI Coding tools such as Windsurf, Co-Pilot or GitHub Copilot
Proficient with web standards and best practices and in writing clean, maintainable, semantic code.
Ability to code detailed, functional pages from mockups in collaboration with designers
Proficiency in UNIX and Windows environments along with basic desktop application suites.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
Special Instructions
Requisition Number: PRN44305B
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Work Schedule Summary: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Department: 00417 - UIT Univ Support Services
Location: Campus
Pay Rate Range: $75,000 - $125,000
Close Date: 4/15/2026
Open Until Filled:
To apply, visit https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/196718
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