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Applications Programmer 3 - 138798

UC San Diego
vision insurance, paid holidays, retirement plan
United States, California, San Diego
Mar 19, 2026

Remote
#138798 Applications Programmer 3 Filing Deadline: Wed 4/1/2026
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DESCRIPTION

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:

UC San Diego is ranked the 9th best public university in the nation by U.S. News and World Report and is the largest employer based in San Diego County.

Reporting to the VC-CFO, Information Technology Services (ITS) delivers Enterprise information technology services to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) under the leadership of the campus Chief Information Officer (CIO). Information Technology Services (IT Services) uses world-class services and technologies to empower UC San Diego's mission to transform California and the world as a student-centered, research-focused, service-oriented public university. As a strategic member of the UC San Diego community, IT Services embraces innovation in their delivery of IT services, infrastructure, applications, and support. IT Services is customer-focused and committed to collaboration, continuous improvement, and accountability.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are core values at UC San Diego and within Information Technology Services. Crafting a culture around these values allows us to more deeply connect with and appreciate our employees, students, and campus partners. Information Technology Services is continuously working to build a community where we all feel safe, empowered, and encouraged to bring our authentic selves to work. We do this not only because it is what's right, but because we know that diversity drives insight and innovation. We are proud to partner closely UC San Diego's Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, as their dedication to this mission helps us all to drive change.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Applies skills as a seasoned, experienced software professional with a full understanding of industry practices, community standards and relevant policies and procedures to medium-sized projects or portions of large projects with moderate scope and complexity. Resolves a wide range of issues. Demonstrates competency in selecting tools, methods and techniques to obtain results.

Activities include researching, gathering requirements, designing, specifying, writing, testing, debugging, modifying, deploying, and maintaining software applications. Scope of work includes general and discipline-specific learning management system integrations, including student course resource provisioning; design and implementation of user interfaces; development and integration of APIs and web services; integration of cloud services with a variety of local systems and databases; instruction-oriented authorization and authentication systems; leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to improve academic processes; and other systems as required to meet evolving instructional technology needs. Instructs junior staff and student employees on a wide range of DevOps concepts.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Applies skills as a seasoned, experienced software professional to design, write, test, deploy and maintain multiple academic technology service offerings and projects, including student entitlement provisioning

* Leverages continuous integration and deployment tools to automate development processes

* Develops middleware to integrate webapps with campus and cloud-based enterprise systems via open source libraries, APIs and Learning Tools Interoperability (LTIs), using standard authorization and authentication systems

* Use artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to improve academic processes

* Instructs junior staff and student employees on a wide range of DevOps concepts

QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training

  • Advanced skills associated with software design, modification, implementation and deployment, including object-oriented programming concepts. Skilled in building, maintaining, and debugging complex web applications and integrations written in languages such as Python, Java, C#/ASP.net, and JavaScript, leveraging platforms such as Airflow, Kafka and NiFi. Experience with Python web frameworks such as FastAPI or Flask.

  • Demonstrated software repository skills. Demonstrated testing and test planning skills. Knowledge of modern software development methodologies (such as SCRUM/Agile) and use of modern project management and source code control systems and workflows to develop code in a multiperson, distributed workflow.

  • Experience with container-based Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) in a DevOps environment. Write and automate unit, integration and UI tests that are automatically run in containers prior to committing new code, using CI/CD frameworks such as github actions, Bamboo, or Jenkins.

  • Familiarity with Gradle/Maven builds. Deploys applications using frameworks such as CloudFormation, Atlantis, or Teraform.

  • Familiarity with access management systems such as Grouper for student entitlement provisioning.

  • Experience with container technologies, such as Docker. Familiarity with image deployment frameworks such as Helm and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.

  • Demonstrated understanding of and ability to design and implement systems which use relational database systems, including an understanding of SQL, RDBMS theory, indexing and optimization, data integrity and security, views, and journaling.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS
  • Employee must be available to work evenings and weekends.

  • Employee must be available to travel as required.

  • Job offer is contingent upon satisfactory clearance based on background check results.

This position is eligible for full benefits first day of hire:
a) Health/Dental/Vision Insurance.
b) Vacation/holidays (15 vacation days & 13 paid holidays a year).
c) Work/Life Balance.
d) UC Retirement Plan
e) Pet insurance.

For more information about UCSD Benefits and Work/Life.

To calculate an approximate value of the UC Total Compensation package, please click: http://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/total-compensation-calculator.php

Pay Transparency Act

Annual Full Pay Range: $79,200 - $143,400 (will be prorated if the appointment percentage is less than 100%)

Hourly Equivalent: $37.93 - $68.68

Factors in determining the appropriate compensation for a role include experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The Hiring Pay Scale referenced in the job posting is the budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position. The Annual Full Pay Range may be broader than what the University anticipates to pay for this position, based on internal equity, budget, and collective bargaining agreements (when applicable).

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Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

a. "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies governing employee conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, or discrimination, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC's policies addressing some forms of misconduct:

  • UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
  • UC Anti-Discrimination Policy
  • Abusive Conduct in the Workplace


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