Instructional Technology Software Engineer

Auburn University; Auburn (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Auburn University is hiring an Instructional Technology Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and maintenance of software supporting veterinary student instruction. The role collaborates with faculty and clinical leadership to define needs, scopes projects, and deliver robust production applications.

Responsibilities cover the full software lifecycle, including architecture, coding, testing, deployment, and documentation, with an emphasis on instructional systems and integration

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree—no specific discipline.
• 6 years of relevant IT experience including complex programming in university or business settings.

Responsibilities

• Write, modify, and review complex program code for instructional and academic systems.
• Provide technical oversight for coding standards, testing, and security reviews.
• Create detailed specifications to guide program development and ensure alignment with requirements.
• Lead design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation across the software lifecycle for instructional applications.
• Evaluate software products and languages for instructional use and make recommendations.
• Conduct QA reviews and guide other staff as needed.
• Act as technical lead for instructional projects, translating academic needs into deliverables.
• Serve as primary technical contact for instructional apps, coordinating with vendors and university IT teams.

Skills

Complex programming

Technical leadership

Unit testing

Security reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree (any discipline)

Job description

Overview

This is an onsite position and requires the employee to work on campus.

College of Veterinary Medicine is hiring for a Instructional Technology Software Engineer.This role serves as a technical lead for the design, development, and maintenance of software applications that support veterinary student instruction. Works with faculty, instructional staff, and clinical leadership to define needs, scope projects, and deliver production applications. Monitors, defines, creates, and modifies procedures to solve complex instructional application problems considering resource capacity, operational requirements, and integration with existing clinical and academic systems. Responsible for program design, coding, testing, debugging, deployment, and documentation across the full software development lifecycle.

Formal AU Title: Sr App Systems Analyst

This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• HIS Reviews, modifies, and writes complex program code and comprehensive application systems for the implementation of instructional and academic business requirements. Provides technical oversight and coordination for coding in accordance with best practices for associated programming languages, applications, and systems.
• Provides technical oversight for the application of and compliance with technical standards such as code reviews, unit testing, and security reviews.
• Prepares and reviews detailed specifications from which programs will be written in order to ensure compliance with instructional and technical requirements.
• Plans, leads, and implements the program design, coding, testing, debugging, documentation, and support of application software used in veterinary instruction, including integrations with clinical systems used for instruction and university enterprise platforms.
• Coordinates and participates in the evaluation of software products and programming languages. Makes recommendations based on the evaluation of software products and programming languages for their applicability to instructional systems or projects.
• Conducts quality assurance reviews to ensure that programs, applications, and systems meet instructional and technical requirements. Provides work guidance to other staff members.
• Serves as technical lead on assigned instructional application projects, coordinating with business analysts, instructional staff, faculty subject matter experts, and end users to translate academic and clinical requirements into delivered software.
• Serves as the primary technical point of contact for assigned instructional applications, supporting end-user inquiries, coordinating with vendors and central university IT groups, and maintaining technical and operational documentation including architecture diagrams, deployment procedures, integration specifications, and end-user reference materials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree-no specific discipline.
• 6 years of relevant IT experience to include increasingly complex business programming in a business or university setting.

Desired Qualifications:

• Master's degree in a related field preferred.

Contract Type

Continuing

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Posted Date

8/24/2026