Senior Software Engineer - Data Platforms for Science

University of Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Chicago's Center for Translational Data Science (CTDS) seeks a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to open-source platforms and research data tools. You will analyze requirements, design, develop, test, review code, and mentor interns.

The role supports full-stack development with possible backend or frontend specialization and is grant funded. Applicants should have 2–5 years in related roles, strong Python or mixed-language skills, and experience with containers, REST, and

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of work experience in a related software role.
• Experience with web applications, REST APIs, microservices, and containers.
• Strong programming skills across multiple languages.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and maintain web applications and platforms.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and drive solutions.
• Provide mentoring and contribute to hiring processes.
• Design and implement scalable software architectures.

Skills

Python

Golang

Java

C/C++

C#

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Elasticsearch

PostgreSQL

Spark

Hadoop

Docker

Kubernetes

Chef

Salt

Ansible

AWS

GCP

OpenStack

CI/CD

Job description

The University of Chicago's Center for Translational Data Science (CTDS) seeks a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to open-source platforms and research data tools. You will analyze requirements, design, develop, test, review code, and mentor interns.

The role supports full-stack development with possible backend or frontend specialization and is grant funded. Applicants should have 2–5 years in related roles, strong Python or mixed-language skills, and experience with containers, REST, and