IT Software Engineer

Position Title: IT Software Engineer

Position Number: JR103450

This position is available within the University of Maryland’s Division of Information Technology (DIT).

We're looking for a passionate Full-Stack Software Engineer to help us create next-generation web applications that harness the power of AI to transform the university experience. You'll be building intelligent systems that directly impact student success, faculty research, and campus operations - combining cutting‑edge LLM technology with rock-solid web development fundamentals. This is your chance to work with the latest AI tools while building scalable, production‑ready applications that make education more accessible, efficient, and impactful for the University of Maryland community.

You’ll leverage your proven experience with AWS serverless technologies (Lambda, Dynamo

DB, API Gateway, S3) to build scalable cloud solutions. Using your strong backend development skills in Python OR Node.js and frontend expertise with React or Vue.js, you’ll create full‑stack applications deployed in cloud environments. You’ll apply your experience with version control systems (Git) and agile development practices, maintaining your commitment to code quality, testing, and documentation throughout all projects.

This position is considered essential and may be required to work at the normal work location or an alternative location during a major catastrophic event, weather emergency, or other operational emergency to help maintain the continuity of University services.

This position may be subject to being on call 24/7 during scheduled time periods.

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. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal;

extensive reading.

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Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

Experience: Three (3) years of professional software engineering experience.

Other: Additional work experience as defined above may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for up to four (4) years of the required education.

• Knowledge of custom interfaces and websites, using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.
• Knowledge of software development methodologies.
• Skill in effective written and oral communication.
• Skill in the use of office productivity software such as Office 365 or Google Work spaces.
• Ability to provide basic mentorship to junior staff members.
• Ability to create custom code.
• Ability to interpret and apply policies, procedures, regulations, and laws.
• Ability to multitask while demonstrating a commitment to customer service.

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field

• Experience with AI/ML libraries and LLM integration (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure, Haystack, Lang Chain, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to design, build, and support cloud solutions in both AWS and Azure within a multi‑cloud architecture.
• Knowledge of RAG (Retrieval‑Augmented Generation) implementation.
• Experience with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma
  
  DB, Postgres PG Vector, etc.).
• Advanced React or Vue.js development (state management, component libraries, etc.).
• Database experience beyond Dynamo
  
  DB (Postgre
  
  SQL, Mongo
  
  DB, etc.).
• Infrastructure as Code (Cloud Formation, CDK, Terraform, Bicep).
• Container technologies (Docker, ECS, Fargate, Azure app container).

• 2+ years specifically with AWS serverless development.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Previous experience mentoring junior developers.
• Experience in enterprise or university environments.

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