Software Developer IV for Information Services

Liberty University; Lynchburg (VA); Remote; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Tuition assistance

Retirement plans

Job summary

Liberty University is seeking a Software Developer IV to lead the Student Information Services (SIS) team within IT Development. You will guide the design, development, and delivery of the SIS and related product suite, setting technical direction and ensuring alignment with university goals.

You will mentor engineers, drive architectural governance, and champion modern development practices while collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver high-impact outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software development and architecture design.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Expertise in software architecture and design patterns, including microservices and SOA.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of Liberty’s SIS and related product suite.
• Collaborate with tech leads, PMs, and stakeholders to set technical direction and priorities.
• Own architectural governance, testing standards, and development best practices for the team.
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies to improve team effectiveness and product quality.
• Mentor team members and partner with leadership to shape engineering culture and capacity.

Skills

Leadership

Team mentoring

Architectural knowledge

Cloud architecture

Full-stack development

Testing frameworks

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Microservices

SOA

Containerization

CI/CD

Security best practices

Job description

A Software Developer is responsible for contributing to the design,development, and maintenance of high-quality software solutions.This role supports a range of diverse and technically challengingprojects. Opportunities and responsibilities will expand over time,with increasing technical scope and ownership. Collaboration withcross-functional teams is expected to ensure effective delivery andalignment with business goals.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

This Software Developer IV position will serve as the StudentInformation Services (SIS) Team Lead within IT Development. Thisindividual will lead a dedicated development team responsible for delivering and supporting strategic SIS initiatives that willadvance the university’s long-term student systems roadmap.Anticipated areas of focus include Identity Management (IDM) andcore SIS application capabilities.

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of Liberty’s SIS andrelated product suite, making key technical decisions that ensurescalable, secure, maintainable, and high-quality solutions alignedwith business and architectural goals.
• Collaborate with Tech Leads, Project Managers, andcross-functional stakeholders to establish technical direction,align priorities, shape long-term strategy, and ensure timelydelivery of high-impact outcomes.
• Serve as the primary technical authority for the team, owningarchitectural governance, code quality, testing standards,technical risk management, compliance, security, and developmentbest practices.
• Drive innovation by evaluating, recommending, and implementingemerging technologies, methodologies, and development approachesthat improve team effectiveness and product quality.
• Lead the structure and evolution of complex systems, codebases,and development workflows, balancing priorities, reducing technicaldebt, mitigating risk, and enabling sustainable teamproductivity.
• Communicate technical vision, strategy, tradeoffs, and progresseffectively to executives, stakeholders, and non-technicalaudiences while serving as a trusted liaison across teams andleadership.
• Develop technical talent and organizational capability bymentoring team members, supporting training and personnelinitiatives, resolving technical challenges, and partneringwithleadership to shape department direction and engineeringculture.
• Ensure appropriate team coverage is available to investigateand respond to incidents, including potential High or Criticalincidents that are reported outside normal business hours, using acoverage approach appropriate for the team and its supportedproducts. Take ownership of deliverables for projects and requests,and high-impact incidents, working with the team to resolvetechnical challenges swiftly, minimizing disruption.
• Adhere to Liberty University policies, representing theUniversity in an exemplary and professional manner.
• Work effectively as a team member, embracing and fostering LU’sChristian model and Mission – Training Champions forChrist.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

May supervise a team of 3 or more developers.

QUALIFICATIONS AND CREDENTIALS

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or relatedfield is required.
• 8+ years of experience in software development, with a deepunderstanding of architecture and design patterns, isrequired.
• Architectural Knowledge: Expertise in software architecture anddesign principles, including microservices and service-orientedarchitecture (SOA).
• Technology Stack: Comprehensive knowledge of multipleprogramming languages, frameworks, and tools across the fullstack.
• Performance Optimization: Ability to analyze and optimizeapplication performance at all levels (front-end, back-end, anddatabase).
• Leadership and Influence: Proven ability to lead teams, managecomplex projects, and drive technology adoption.
• Cloud Architecture: Experience designing and implementingsolutions in containerized environments.
• System Design: Strong skills in designing scalable andmaintainable systems and understanding design patterns.
• Advanced Testing Skills: Proficiency in unit, integration, andend-to-end testing frameworks.

ABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES ESSENTIAL TO THE FUNCTION OF THE JOB

Communication and Comprehension

• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally, bothverbally and in writing.
• Proficiency in understanding, speaking, reading, and writingEnglish to support professional correspondence andcollaboration.
• Strong sense of ownership and personal accountability fortechnical outcomes.
• Strong communicator who can explain technical decisions clearlyand build alignment across developers, technical teams, andleadership.
• Collaborative leader who can mentor developers, shareknowledge, establish standards, and raise the technical capabilityof the team.
• Able to balance technical excellence with practical deliveryand make appropriate decisions when requirements, priorities, orconstraints evolve.
• Comfortable establishing patterns and standards for a newproduct and team rather than inheriting a fully defined technicalenvironment.
• Able to work effectively across teams and departments on sharedarchitecture, APIs, integrations, security, data, testing, anddeployment concerns.
• Adaptable and comfortable operating in a large, complex,multi-year effort where the solution will evolve as we learn.

Problem Solving

• Able to think beyond individual features and make soundarchitectural decisions with long-term maintainability inmind.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills; comfortablechallenging assumptions, evaluating trade-offs, and drivingtechnical decisions toward resolution.
• Able to design and guide scalable, reliable, secure, andhigh-quality solutions across complex systems.

Physical and Sensory Abilities

• Frequently required to perform desk-based work, includingcomputer use and data entry.
• Ability to communicate effectively in meetings andcollaborative settings, with or without reasonableaccommodation.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Remote

If the employee is required to travel in performing the duties andresponsibilities of the position, the use of one’s personal vehicle(or LU vehicles) may be required for travel. Proof of a validdriver’s license, an acceptable DMV record, LU Driving Approval,and liability insurance is required when driving in the performanceof the employee’s position.

Time Type

Full time

Location

Remote Location

Pay Range

Compensation is determined based on factors such as qualifications,experience, education, skills, and certifications, along withUniversity needs and external market conditions. Market benchmarksmay be used, as appropriate, in combination with internal equity toensure pay is fair and aligned with the broader compensationstructure.

The position may also be eligible for comprehensivebenefits , including health insurance, retirement plans, andtuition assistance.

$115,000.00 - $135,000.00

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe itis our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility offensuring that all management practices regarding employees areconducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with TitleVII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal andstate statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting forall job classifications will be administered without regard torace, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy orchildbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicablestatus protected by law, including state of employment protectedclasses. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate allemployees and prospective employees strictly according to therequirements of the job. All personnel related activities such ascompensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments,working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs,and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions andprivileges of employment will be administered without regard torace, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy orchildbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicablestatus protected by law, including all applicable state ofemployment protected classes. The University is a Christianreligious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject toreligious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiringpractices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliancewith both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exceptionto the “religion” component of the employment discrimination lawsfor religious organizations (including educational institutions),and permits them to give employment practice preference to membersof their own religious beliefs.