Sightline Sr. Software Engineer (Sightline Information Technology) - #Staff

Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore (MD); Remote; USD 88,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins University Remote is seeking a Sightline Sr. Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and maintenance of enterprise-wide application systems, including data pipelines and analytics platforms.

You will translate business requirements into technical specifications, oversee code, tests, and documentation, and mentor junior staff while guiding architecture and strategy. The role offers remote work with a competitive salary and full-time schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and related experience.
• 6+ years of experience with computer systems and applications.
• Experience with cloud-based analytics, data pipelines, and Python data engineering.

Responsibilities

• Define and analyze complex business/clinical/education problems with clients.
• Design, develop, test, and document complex application solutions.
• Lead architecture strategy and supervise junior staff.
• Develop data inputs, pipelines, and data transformation in code.
• Provide monitoring, guidance, and leadership in application design.

Skills

Technical leadership

Software design

Systems thinking

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Cloud Data Engineering (Azure)

CI/CD & DevOps

IaC

Python Data Engineering Notebooks

Data Lake/Lakehouse

Data Architecture (Cloud)

Azure Data Services

Job description

We are seeking a Sightline Sr. Software Engineer who will be responsible for the creation, implementation, maintenance, performance, production support and documentation of various departmental and enterprise-wide application systems. This includes installation, modification, and testing of new and/or upgraded applications (packages or home grown), operating systems, file structures, hardware, communication devices, and productivity tools. Applies analysis techniques and procedures to gather and then translate business requirements into functional/technical specifications and designs. Using functional specifications and designs, produces all or part of the deliverables. Maintains databases and application system code.

Responsible for full life cycle of large/long-term highly complex projects. Typically manages multiple projects of varying complexities. Based on expert technical knowledge, skills and experience, develops broad-based solutions involving multifaceted technologies, and business processes. Leads overall strategy, design & architecture for solutions.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Analysis & Requirements Gathering

• Define highly complex business/clinical/education problems by meeting with clients to observe and understand current processes and the issues related to those processes. Provide written documentation of findings to share with the client and other IT colleagues.

• Gather highly complex system requirements by meeting with clients and researching existing technology to understand the business requirements and possible solutions for new applications.

Design & Development

• Develop detailed tasks and project plans by analyzing project scope and milestones for highly complex projects to ensure product is delivered timely according to software lifecycle

• standards. Direct lower-level staff by reviewing tasks and milestones for adherence to quality of deliverables.

• Write functional/technical specifications from the highly complex system requirements, putting them into functional and technical descriptions for use by programmers and business analysts to develop technical solutions. Direct lower-level staff by reviewing their completed work.

• Develop/change data input, files/database structures, data transformation, algorithms, and data output by using appropriate computer language/tools to provide technical solutions for highly complex application development tasks. Direct lower-level staff by reviewing their work.

• Document code and associated processes by adhering to development methodologies, adding code comments and appropriate documentation to various knowledge-based system(s) to simplify code maintenance and to improve support. Direct lower-level staff by reviewing their work.

• Provide monitoring and guidance in application design and development to more junior staff. Give direction and leadership in techniques and tools to lower-level staff.

• Provide experienced leadership for strategic planning in designing and developing comprehensive innovative integrated solutions.

Testing & Documentation

• Create and document highly complex test scenarios using the appropriate testing tools to validate and verify application functionality.

• Test all changes by using the appropriate highly complex test scenarios to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way.

• Author and maintain documentation by writing audience-appropriate materials to serve as technical and/or end-user references.

• Mentor junior staff in testing tools and technologies by reviewing their work.

Implementation & Maintenance

• Implement changes by adhering to the change management policies and procedures for any given project to communicate to all parties the nature, significance, and risk factors of the solution.

• Monitor changes and resolve highly complex problems requiring the highest level of technical expertise by responding as they occur, by reviewing all processing and output of the newly implemented solution, and by proactively ensuring the solution works successfully to satisfy the customer requirements and to provide a smooth transition to the new solution.

• Provide support by investigating and resolving highly complex issues to ensure prompt, effective service.

• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (or foreign equivalent) in computer science, computer information systems, information technology, electronic engineering, or a related field.

• Six years of related experience with computer systems and applications.

• Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Microsoft Fabric or similar cloud-based analytics and data engineering platforms.

• Experience designing and maintaining data pipelines in cloud environments.

• Experience developing and maintaining Python-based data engineering solutions.

• Familiarity with DevOps methodologies, version control systems, and CI/CD deployment practices.

• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using industry-standard tools and frameworks.

• Knowledge of modern data lake, lakehouse, and data warehouse architectures.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure and related data services.

• Understanding of data governance, security, and data lifecycle management principles.

Preferred Technical Skills

• Microsoft Fabric - Intermediate

• Lakehouse Architecture & Data Management - Intermediate

• Cloud Data Engineering (Azure Preferred) - Intermediate

• Python Development & Data Engineering Notebooks - Intermediate

• CI/CD and DevOps Practices - Intermediate

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - Intermediate

• Data Platform Monitoring & Observability - Intermediate

• Cloud Data Architecture - Intermediate

Classified Title: Sr. Software Engineer

Job Posting Title (Working Title): Sightline Sr. Software Engineer (Sightline Information Technology)

Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PF

Starting Salary Range: $87,635 - $153,545 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: Remote

Department name: Sightline

Personnel area: University Administration

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.