Software Engineer IV - Python

ARUP Laboratories; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 130,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

ARUP Laboratories, based in Salt Lake City, UT, seeks a Software Engineer IV to lead software development, influence architecture, and drive release readiness. You will mentor engineers, apply best practices for security and observability, and coordinate with DevOps to ensure scalable systems that meet clinical needs.

The role emphasizes collaboration with medical directors and scientists, contributing to a high-impact health tech environment in a senior capacity.

Qualifications

• Concurrence, distributed systems, and observability fundamentals.
• Experience in performance optimization and security considerations.
• Data modeling fundamentals and system integration knowledge.
• Knowledge of deployment strategies and release readiness.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and maintain software products and services with high quality.
• Define technical requirements that advance product goals and ensure reliability.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with adjacent teams on roadmaps and strategy.
• Communicate complex decisions to non-technical stakeholders and align with clinical needs.

Skills

Concurrency

Distributed systems

Observability

Security

Performance

Data modeling

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Associates Degree in Computer Science or related field

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Schedule :
Monday - Friday (40 hrs/wk)
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Department: Biocomputing - 331

Primary Purpose :

A Software Engineer IV is a senior engineer and leading contributor to software development projects, designing and delivering software products and services. The engineer takes responsibility for product quality, stability, and release readiness. The engineer applies broad experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, mentors other engineers through technical guidance, and coordinates technical efforts with adjacent teams.

About ARUP :

ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and an enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

ARUP proudly hires top talent to create a work environment of diversity, professional growth and continuous development. Our workforce is committed to the important service we provide to over one million patients each month. We always strive for excellence and have a strong desire to have involvement with the advances in medicine and the role laboratory services plays within each patient’s life. We never forget that there is a patient behind every specimen we receive.

We are looking for individuals who want to contribute to ARUP's culture of accountability, integrity, service, and excellence. Consider joining our dynamic team.

Essential Functions :

Software Development

Architects, builds, and maintains software products and services, launching new systems and shared libraries as the organization requires.

Trusted to make high-impact technical decisions that set direction for the team's technical approach.

Drives software quality by embedding security, observability, and performance into systems designed for concurrency and scale.

Evaluates and deploys AI development tools that accelerate the team, establishing standards for tool configuration and documentation across projects.

Independently leverages AI tools to automate routine development work, boost personal productivity, learn new concepts and technologies, explore solution alternatives, and discover root causes of issues.

System Design

Defines technical requirements for services and applications that advance product goals.

Evaluates data modeling alternatives and defines non-functional requirements for performance, scalability, and reliability.

Embeds reliability engineering into application and service design from the start.

Maintenance and Ownership

Sets and enforces team quality standards, testing strategies, and coding practices while keeping a pulse on overall codebase health.

Diagnoses complex production issues and defines the monitoring and alerting strategy for owned products.

Drives resolution of significant technical debt and evaluates emerging tools and frameworks for team adoption.

Steers team planning with technical insight and proactively clears blockers for other engineers.

Shapes the team's deployment strategy and release readiness criteria, coordinating with DevOps and Operations teams on pipeline and infrastructure needs.

Communication and Collaboration

Mentors engineers across skill levels and partners with adjacent teams to solve cross-cutting technical challenges.

Translates complex technical decisions into clear business and user impact for non-technical stakeholders.

Works directly with medical directors and lab scientists to align technical solutions with clinical needs, and partners with product and project managers on roadmap priorities.

Documents system architecture and design patterns that serve as durable references for the engineering team.

Elevates the team through technical teaching and plays a key role in hiring through technical interviews, expanding toward principal-level organizational influence.

Other duties as assigned.

Physical and Other Requirements :

Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.

Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Mobility: The person in this position needs to occasionally move between work sites and inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

Communicate: Frequently and effectively communicate with others.

PPE: Biohazard laboratory environment that requires use of personal protective equipment in accordance with CDC and OSHA regulations and company policies.

ARUP Policies and Procedures: To conduct self in compliance with all ARUP Policies and Procedures.

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Fine Motor Control: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

Vision: Having close, far, and peripheral visual acuity to perform a variety of tasks such as make general observations of depth and distance.

Qualifications

Education

Required

High School Diploma or Equivalent or better.

Preferred

Associates Degree or better in Computer Science or related field.

Bachelor's Degree or better in Computer Science or related field.

Experience

Required

One or the following education and experience combinations:BA/BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field and 8+ years of professional technical experience;OR AA/AS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field and 9+ years of professional technical experience;OR High school diploma or equivalent and 10+ years of professional technical experience without a degree

Subject matter expert understanding of concurrency, distributed systems, optimization, security, and observability

Subject matter expert Knowledge of data modeling fundamentals

Subject matter expert application features and functionality interact within a system

Preferred

10+ years of experience as a software engineer or equivalent

Deep expertise in many technical skills such as languages, databases, frameworks, paradigms, etc.

Understanding of software deployment strategies and their impact on application design

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