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University of Washington Software Development Manager II, Visualizations in Seattle, Washington
Req #: 233998
Department: INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH METRICS & EVALUATION (IHME)
Job Location Detail: Office is located in Seattle; position is eligible to work fully remote within the U.S. (excluding U.S. territories)
Posting Date: 05/08/2024
Closing Info: Closes On 05/22/2024
Salary: $9,584 to $13,688 per month
Shift: First Shift
Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230119_a11y.pdf)
As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.
UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent research organization at the University of Washington. Its mission is to deliver to the world timely, relevant, and scientifically valid evidence to improve health policy and practice. IHME carries out its mission through a range of projects within different research areas including the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors; Future Health Scenarios; Cost Effectiveness and Efficiency; Resource Tracking; and Impact Evaluations.
IHME is committed to providing the evidence base necessary to help solve the world’s most important health problems. This requires creativity and innovation, which are cultivated by an inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment that respects and appreciates differences, embraces collaboration, and invites the voices of all IHME team members.
About the team The Global Impact Group (GIG) serves IHME’s vision of all people living long lives in full health through innovative communication and collaboration. GIG explains, amplifies, and delivers research findings of the most critical health challenges across a range of channels to reach its target audiences, working with scientists and decision-makers to strengthen the evidence base of research, allowing them to take informed action. Within GIG, the Data Visualization team produces timely and relevant visualizations to amplify research findings.
POSITION PURPOSE We are seeking a Software Development Manager II to strategically manage a team of high performing and highly creative individuals who develop innovative and engaging ways to interact with our research results. This includes our work on internally facing and externally facing data visualization tools. The primary purpose of the position is to lead the development, support, and improvement of the team’s vast software portfolio. This role includes management of software dependencies, both within the Data Visualization team and across other research teams. The Software Development Manager II should have strong prior experience with team and people supervision and strategic project management, allowing them to work independently and collaboratively in these areas. The Software Development Manager II is responsible for improving the efficiency and automation of data visualization and web development processes and working with engineers to develop and implement best practices for software development and testing.
This position is contingent upon project funding availability, and currently has funding until at least the end of June 2026.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Supervision
Supervise employees, to include hiring and training, assigning work hours, managing workflow, priority setting, contributing to professional growth and performance development, resolving complaints, and provide course-correcting guidance when necessary.
Ensure the team delivers to the highest standards of the organization.
Ensure the team works effectively with other groups at IHME; promote cross-organization teamwork.
Advise on short- and long-term team structure including providing input on recruitment's.
Identify and foster opportunities to advance individuals’ knowledge and abilities.
Proactively assess and map project deliverables to resource needs.Management and Planning
Oversee the ongoing software development, improvement, and maintenance of the team's software portfolio.
Independently identify problems and direct optimizations and improvements to software to enable efficient updates and stable tools and pipelines.
Gather requirements, help prioritize across research and technical decisions, dependencies, integrated testing, and deployment to production.
Manage engineering projects such that they meet their timelines.
Work collaboratively to develop software engineering best practices, protocols, and processes for the full software development lifecycle.
Maintain coding standards, code reviews, source control management, deployment pipelines, automated testing, and operations for engineers within the team.
Provide strategic vision for assessing and mapping project deliverables and timelines.Research Learning
Become familiar with substantive areas of expertise at IHME and their comprehensive data needs in order to independently perform and guide others in complex interdisciplinary analyses.
Understand the methods and technologies used in the storage, manipulation, and display of information.
Understand the mapping of complex research objectives into practical deliverables for the purpose of tracking accompanying work.Other Responsibilities
Take on other duties as part of GIG's overall work as needed. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or related technical degree and five years’ related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Five years of experience in designing and developing software.
Three years of strong experience supervising and coaching a team of software developers, including directing, prioritizing, and monitoring projects and tasks. Proven track record of building and managing high-performing engineering teams.
Established expertise in developer tools or software development lifecycle (SDLC) systems (continuous integration, version control, source code repositories, build systems, package management, deployment pipelines, test frameworks, etc.).
Experience in Javascript, Node.js, PHP, Python, MySQL, D3.js, React.
Experience with data and metadata standards and relational database development.
Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle (e.g., requirements, design, development, testing) and implementing code in an Agile environment or iterative SDLCs.
Demonstrated experience in gathering the true requirements underlying feature requests, managing stakeholder expectations, communicating with developers, and prioritizing development work to achieve project and organizational aims.
Ability to pay attention to details and maintain a strategic vision while operating in a fast-paced, energetic environment.
Strong work ethic and ability to manage multiple work streams and numerous stakeholders simultaneously, setting and shifting priorities as needed.
Experienced in prioritizing work, managing evolving priorities, and helping team members to prioritize projects accordingly.
Adaptable, comfortable with change, ability to contribute a solutions-oriented mindset.
Ability to bring a focus on accountability and results while able to meet ongoing deadlines.
Professional maturity with an ability to work both independently and collaboratively to achieve objectives, displaying good judgment and strong decision-making skills.
Outstanding organizational skills, attention to detail, commitment to accuracy and high-quality work.
Ability to work effectively in a team-based structure with excellent interpersonal skills and strong communication skills that foster productive relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organization including senior leadership, external partners, and the Institute’s third-party service providers.
A commitment to working to alongside others at IHME to illuminate the health impacts of systemic racism and to work within IHME to make our organization more diverse and inclusive. See IHME’s DEI statement here: https://www.healthdata.org/about/dei DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience with application containerization using Docker, Kubernetes, and Rancher in a professional environment.
Professional experience with cloud services like AWS, Azure, etc.
Statistics and/or public health interest.
Automation experience and/or a desire to automate all the things.
Experience with distributed systems or HPC.
Experience working and communicating effectively with academic and scientific researchers
Experience developing innovative ways to utilize and enhance data visualization that can be applied to the scientific research process, including methods of data exploration, validation of results, and visualizing analytic process. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Weekend and evening work sometimes required.
This position is open to anyone authorized to work in the U.S.
Valid passport or the ability to obtain one is required.
Office is located in Seattle, Washington. This position is eligible to work fully remote in the US, excluding US territories. Work schedule required to overlap 50% with standard IHME operating hours, 9am to 6pm Pacific Time. Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.
University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.