Senior Student Portal Developer

Please Note: This is a Hybrid-eligible role; we will not consider remote candidates for this position. This role requires candidates to be on-site at Stanford's Redwood City Campus at least 2 days/week.
If you’re passionate about a high-energy environment and meaningful work, this job is for you! Our group is a fun, hardworking and encouraging team. You won’t be bored, you will find your work valued and the work you do, makes a difference.
The Stanford University Student and HR Systems team is responsible for the support, maintenance, operations and upgrades of the HR and Student applications. Collaborating with the Technical Manager of Campus Solutions and HR Systems group within Enterprise Technology (ET), Senior Portal Developer will be applying a strong combination of technical skills. The developer will be responsible for executing all programming tasks, including programming, analyzing, designing, developing, implementing, modifying, and maintaining computer programs. You should have confirmed a track record of conceptualizing and developing enterprise wide information systems that meets user requirements and is secure, reliable, scalable, and extensible.

Responsibilities:
• Support and development of applications, including (but not limited to) Students and Faculty Portal
• Propose, conceptualize design, implement, and develop solutions for complex system/programs independently.
• Supervise professional staff, as necessary, working on all phases of application development projects.
• Engage in long-term strategic planning.
• Define complex application development administration and programming standards.
• Oversee the support, maintenance, operation, and upgrades of applications.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical problems.
• Review the physical design of existing systems for optimizing performance.
• Lead projects, as necessary, for special systems and application development in areas of complex problems.
• Work with other technical professionals to develop standards and implement best practices.

Responsibilities
Core Duties:

• Propose, conceptualize, design, implement, and develop solutions
for difficult and complex applications.

• Contribute to all phases of a project, including systems
analysis, program design, development, and implementation. Serve as
project lead for some projects.

• Oversee testing, debugging, change control, and documentation for
major projects.

• Lead and mentor professional staff, as necessary, working on all
phases of application development projects.

• Engage in long-term strategic planning.in collaboration with
staff and project leadership.

• Define complex application development administration and
programming standards.

• Oversee the support, maintenance, operation, and upgrades of
applications.

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical problems.

• Review the physical design of existing systems for optimizing
performance.

• Lead projects, as necessary, for special systems and application
development in areas of complex problems.

• Work with other technical professionals to develop standards and
implement best practices.

• Provide innovative programming and analysis.

• May mentor junior software developers.

Minimum Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree and eight years of relevant experience, or a
combination of education and relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and
programming tools.

• Demonstrated experience in designing, developing, testing, and
deploying applications.

• Strong understanding of data design, architecture, relational
databases, and data modeling.

• Thorough understanding of all aspects of software development
life cycle and quality control practices.

• Ability to define and solve logical problems for highly technical
applications.

• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical
clients.

• Demonstrated experience leading activities on structured team
development projects.

• Ability to select, adapt, and effectively use a variety of
programming methods.

• Ability to recognize and recommend needed changes in user and/or
operations procedures.