Teaching Applications Technical Lead - Toronto, Canada - University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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Toronto, Canada

4 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Date Posted:04/19/2023

Req ID: 30778

Faculty/Division:
Faculty of Arts & Science

Department:
Dept of Computer Science

Campus:
St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Position Number:

Description:

About us:

The Faculty of Arts & Science is the heart of Canada's leading university and one of the most comprehensive and diverse academic divisions in the world.

The strength of Arts & Science derives from our combined teaching and research excellence in the humanities, sciences and social sciences across 29 departments, seven colleges and 46 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs.

We can only realize our mission with the dedication and excellence of engaged staff and faculty.

The diversity of opportunities and perspectives within the Faculty reflect the local and global landscape and the need for curiosity, innovative thinking and collaboration.

At Arts & Science, we take pride in our legacy of innovation and discovery that has changed the way we think about the world.

Established in 1964, the Department of Computer Science is ranked among the top computer science departments in the world.

Our faculty have been presented with a wide variety of honours and awards over the years, including the Turing Award, and many other national and international honours.

We provide diverse programs and research opportunities while consistently producing high-impact research that is among the mosthighly cited in computer science.

Your opportunity:

Your responsibilities will include:

Analyzing, recommending, and designing highly complex software architecture
Reconciling business requirements with information architecture needs for highly complex system integration
Writing complex technical code
Developing and overseeing new system elements
Building and strengthening relationships with stakeholders and partners of strategic importance
Defining requirements and scope of complex projects with broad impact and longterm consequences
Directing a small group in a limited area, including responsibility for scheduling and/or workflow

Essential Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
Eight years of recent and relevant experience in highly complex software development, including at least two years in a lead role in a development team.
Demonstrated experience in web development using relational database backends such as mysql, mariadb, postgresql, DB2 or Oracle
Experience with the use of UNIX/Linux for software development at the commandline level, including shell scripting.
Demonstrated awareness of and commitment to appropriate information security and privacy practices in a web development environment, including secure software design, authentication, patching, appropriate use of encryption, log analysis and general secure software development practice.
Excellent time management, prioritization and organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize effectively when working with multiple, often changing, tasks and projects, exercised individually and in leadership of a development team.
Strong analytical and problemsolving skills exercised in an environment with frequently changing demands, demonstrating initiative, creativity and flexibility.
Demonstrated interpersonal skills under pressure, including a keen ability and interest in helping staff, faculty and students, while exercising unfailing goodjudgment, discretion and tact, both individually and as a team lead.
Ability to communicate effectively and accurately, both orally and in writing, to a diverse group of clients, including the ability to communicate technical concepts to persons with limited technical backgrounds, and to take requirements and processes conveyed in nontechnical terms, interpret them accurately, and translate them into appropriate technical language.
Ability to work effectively independently when necessary, as a team lead of the development team, and as either a team member or team lead on adhoc project teams.
Ability to learn continually 'onthejob', on own initiative, often without instructors, courses, texts, or other formal educational resources, to keep abreast of often rapid changes in requirements, software and technology in a highly dynamic leading Computer Science department.

Assets (Nonessential):

Solid understanding of Agile software development principles.
Experience developing software for university teaching.

To be successful in this role you will be:

Articulate
Communicator
Motivated selflearner
Problem solver
Selfdirected
Team player

This role is currently eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to the University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto's Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline.

Closing Date: 05/07/2023, 11:59PM ET

Employee Group:

USW

Appointment Type:
Budget - Continuing

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