Senior Student Portal Developer

Abundance Network; Redwood City (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford University is seeking a Senior Portal Developer to join the Student and HR Systems team on the Redwood City campus. This on-site role requires at least two days per week on campus as part of a hybrid-eligible arrangement.

The candidate will execute programming tasks across the full software development lifecycle—design, develop, implement, and maintain enterprise applications, ensuring security, reliability, and scalability. Strong collaboration with campus stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and eight years of relevant experience.
• Experience in designing, developing, testing, and deploying applications.
• Strong understanding of data design, architecture, relational databases, and data modeling.
• Experience leading activities on structured team development projects.

Responsibilities

• Support and development of applications, including (but not limited to) Students and Faculty Portal
• Propose, conceptualize design, implement, and develop solutions for complex system/programs independently
• Supervise professional staff, as necessary, working on all phases of application development projects
• Engage in long-term strategic planning
• Define complex application development administration and programming standards
• Oversee the support, maintenance, operation, and upgrades of applications
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical problems
• Review the physical design of existing systems for optimizing performance
• Lead projects, as necessary, for special systems and application development in areas of complex problems
• Work with other technical professionals to develop standards and implement best practices
• Provide innovative programming and analysis
• May mentor junior software developers

Skills

Programming skills

SDLC knowledge

Relational databases

Team leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Please Note: This is a Hybrid-eligible role; we will not consider remote candidates for this position. This role requires candidates to be on-site at Stanford's Redwood City Campus at least 2 days/week.

If you’re passionate about a high-energy environment and meaningful work, this job is for you! Our group is a fun, hardworking and encouraging team. You won’t be bored, you will find your work valued and the work you do, makes a difference.

The Stanford University Student and HR Systems team is responsible for the support, maintenance, operations and upgrades of the HR and Student applications. Collaborating with the Technical Manager of Campus Solutions and HR Systems group within Enterprise Technology (ET), Senior Portal Developer will be applying a strong combination of technical skills. The developer will be responsible for executing all programming tasks, including programming, analyzing, designing, developing, implementing, modifying, and maintaining computer programs. You should have confirmed a track record of conceptualizing and developing enterprise wide information systems that meets user requirements and is secure, reliable, scalable, and extensible.

Responsibilities:

• Support and development of applications, including (but not limited to) Students and Faculty Portal
• Propose, conceptualize design, implement, and develop solutions for complex system/programs independently.
• Supervise professional staff, as necessary, working on all phases of application development projects.
• Engage in long-term strategic planning.
• Define complex application development administration and programming standards.
• Oversee the support, maintenance, operation, and upgrades of applications.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical problems.
• Review the physical design of existing systems for optimizing performance.
• Lead projects, as necessary, for special systems and application development in areas of complex problems.
• Work with other technical professionals to develop standards and implement best practices.

At Stanford, every employee plays a part in our mission for a better tomorrow—from researchers to operations and from food services to educators. Join our team to work towards a future you believe in.

The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classifications and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. See Admin Guide 1.7.4: Equal Employment Opportunity, Non-Discrimination, and

Analyze, design, develop, implement, modify, and maintain computer programs for administrative, business or research applications. Interface with users to define system requirements or modifications, debug, and document computer application programs to meet the needs of the user’s system.

Core Duties:

• Propose, conceptualize, design, implement, and develop solutions for difficult and complex applications.
• Contribute to all phases of a project, including systems analysis, program design, development, and implementation. Serve as project lead for some projects.
• Oversee testing, debugging, change control, and documentation for major projects.
• Lead and mentor professional staff, as necessary, working on all phases of application development projects.
• Engage in long-term strategic planning.in collaboration with staff and project leadership.
• Define complex application development administration and programming standards.
• Oversee the support, maintenance, operation, and upgrades of applications.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical problems.
• Review the physical design of existing systems for optimizing performance.
• Lead projects, as necessary, for special systems and application development in areas of complex problems.
• Work with other technical professionals to develop standards and implement best practices.
• Provide innovative programming and analysis.
• May mentor junior software developers.

Minimum Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree and eight years of relevant experience, or a combination of education and relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and programming tools.
• Demonstrated experience in designing, developing, testing, and deploying applications.
• Strong understanding of data design, architecture, relational databases, and data modeling.
• Thorough understanding of all aspects of software development life cycle and quality control practices.
• Ability to define and solve logical problems for highly technical applications.
• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical clients.
• Demonstrated experience leading activities on structured team development projects.
• Ability to select, adapt, and effectively use a variety of programming methods.
• Ability to recognize and recommend needed changes in user and/or operations procedures.