Research Software Engineer II - Health Data & Wearables (Hybrid)

University of Southern California; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 106,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Southern California invites applications for a Research Programmer II to join the Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR) on the Los Angeles campus. The role focuses on building data systems, secure portals, and mobile data collection tools for large health and activity studies using wearable devices.

You will work with researchers and IT staff to implement scalable software, pipelines, and reproducible workflows, supporting research publications and data sharing while

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science or closely related field.
• A minimum of three years of relevant programming experience.
• Strong programming skills in Python and PHP.
• Proficiency with MySQL and relational database management.
• Experience with large and complex research datasets.
• Experience with location or geospatial data.
• Ability to translate research requirements into software and data solutions.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with researchers to understand project goals and translate objectives into software and data solutions.
• Design, develop, maintain, and document software systems for large-scale data collection from wearables.
• Develop secure research portals for data access, management, and downloading by researchers.
• Develop and test native Android and iOS applications for health and activity data collection.
• Design and maintain databases and data pipelines ensuring data integrity and security.
• Develop tools and analytical methods to answer research questions using diverse data sources.
• Work with IT staff to deploy and troubleshoot software and infrastructure.
• Contribute to reproducible workflows, documentation, and technical standards.

Skills

Python

PHP

MySQL

Relational DB

Geospatial data

Large datasets

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Android

iOS

Job description

The University of Southern California invites applications for a Research Programmer II to join the Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR) on the Los Angeles campus. The role focuses on building data systems, secure portals, and mobile data collection tools for large health and activity studies using wearable devices.

You will work with researchers and IT staff to implement scalable software, pipelines, and reproducible workflows, supporting research publications and data sharing while