Senior Python Programmer

Introduction

Your skills will make a difference. You’ll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for our academic programs and research. Your work will make a difference in the lives of university staff, thereby enhancing the student experience. If you’re the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you’ll like working in our department and for UT Austin.

• Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
• Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
• Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• Teachers Retirement System of Texas: a defined benefit retirement plan
• Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
• Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities

For more details, please see: Benefits and Total Rewards.

Must be authorized to work in the United States on an ongoing, full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.

Purpose

Design, develop, implement, maintain, and enhance web-based business applications to ensure efficiency and to meet the business needs of departments supported by Technology Resources (TRecs).

Responsibilities

• Provide direct input for the development of departmental standards, process improvements, and technical documentation. Create software documentation including flowcharts, statements of program objectives, and associated documentation.
• Provide operation support for business application systems and services, including monitoring systems and communicating with a variety of audiences. Support teammates and share knowledge.
• Provide programming, technical, and data analysis. Write custom code, configure software packages, and analyze and debug moderate to complex programming logic. Build integrations between software packages. Accurately scope projects and tasks. Collaborate with others in an Agile environment to deliver effective software solutions.
• As technical lead, work closely with product owners to determine business requirements and system objectives for small and medium efforts. Investigate available software configurations and capabilities. Make well-considered recommendations and decisions with ambiguous information. Ensure technical tasks are defined for the project team.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrate ability to analyze complex problems and propose and implement good solutions
• Resourceful problem solver
• Experience programming in Python
• Display ability to analyze, test, and debug code
• Experience with Github or other Version Control
• Self-motivated and capable of managing shifting priorities and tasks to meet deadlines independently and collaboratively
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with both non-technical and technical audiences
• Exhibit professional demeanor with excellent interpersonal skills
• Bachelor’s degree or higher

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience or familarity with the following systems, languages, or frameworks: Django, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Javascript, HTML, Stonebranch, AWS
• Experience with implementing/integrating vendor software packages into a production environment
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing technology
• Experience with waterfall, agile, scrum, or hybrid software development processes

Salary Range

$96,000

Working Conditions

Environmental Demands

• Standard Office

Physical Tasks

• Keyboard

Required Materials

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.