Senior Software Architect: AI-Driven Enterprise Apps

University System of Maryland Office; Adelphi (MD); On-site; USD 145,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Senior Software Development Engineer at University System of Maryland Office designs, develops, and supports enterprise applications, AI-enabled solutions, and data platforms across USM operations. You will provide senior-level technical guidance to the software development team and lead complex integrations with cloud services and external platforms.

Responsibilities include establishing software quality standards, security, accessibility, and data governance; overseeing website governance

Qualifications

• Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience designing, developing, testing, implementing, and supporting enterprise software applications.
• Experience developing and supporting web-based applications using modern software development tools, technologies, and methodologies.
• Experience working with relational databases, database design, and SQL.
• Experience developing and integrating APIs, web services, and enterprise systems.
• Experience applying software quality assurance, testing, and secure development practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving application, integration, and system issues.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, enhances, and supports enterprise applications.
• Provides technical leadership for application architecture, database design, APIs, systems integration, data flows, and full-stack development.
• Leads complex integrations among USM-wide systems, institutional systems, State of Maryland systems, cloud services, and external platforms.
• Designs, develops, and supports AI-enabled applications, intelligent automation, and data-driven tools.
• Integrates enterprise applications with AI platforms, large language models, knowledge repositories, APIs, and institutional data sources with security and governance.
• Evaluates emerging technologies and develops prototypes to determine applicability to USM needs.
• Establishes and applies software development, testing, code quality, security, and deployment standards.
• Performs code reviews, testing, vulnerability remediation, and performance validation.
• Ensures applications comply with cybersecurity, accessibility, privacy, and data governance standards.
• Identifies technical debt and recommends improvements.

Skills

SDLC knowledge

Security best practices

APIs & integration

Relational databases

PHP

Python

JavaScript

HTML/CSS

Team collaboration

Technical documentation

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

React

Drupal

WordPress

Azure

AWS

CI/CD

LangChain

Azure OpenAI

Job description

The Senior Software Development Engineer at University System of Maryland Office designs, develops, and supports enterprise applications, AI-enabled solutions, and data platforms across USM operations. You will provide senior-level technical guidance to the software development team and lead complex integrations with cloud services and external platforms.

Responsibilities include establishing software quality standards, security, accessibility, and data governance; overseeing website governance