Position Details
Position Information
| Recruitment/Posting Title |
Consulting Application Developer |
| Job Category |
Staff & Executive - Information Technology |
| Department |
OIT-Enterprise Application Services |
| Overview |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, stands among the nation's highest-ranked, most diverse public research universities. The oldest, largest, and top-ranked public university in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area, you'll find us at our main locations in three New Jersey cities, and our footprint can be seen around the region. As one of the nation's most diverse universities, Rutgers draws strength from the rich variety of perspectives and life experiences of our community. We're an academic, health, and research powerhouse and a university of opportunity. The Office of Information Technology (
OIT) is Rutgers' enterprise IT office.
OIT provides university wide services and support and collaborates with department and unit IT professionals on projects and initiatives for the Rutgers community. OIT's services and systems include the Rutgers network; email and calendaring systems; IDs/passwords and identity management; data centers; computer labs; help desk support; wireless connectivity; a software portal; information security, risk, and compliance services; research computing; and many others. OIT's staff members work closely with the broader university community to advance Rutgers' missions of teaching, research, and service. For more information, please visit
https://it.rutgers.edu.
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| Posting Summary |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Consulting Application Developer for the Office of Information Technology. Reports to Assistant Director, Enterprise Business Development within Enterprise Applications and Research Computing (
EARC). This position is a senior application architect with advanced programming skills, and a broad range of technical knowledge. The position provides technical leadership in analysis, architecture design, development, implementation, and maintenance of enterprise middleware applications, managing student workers, and mentoring more junior developers. A key contributor to integration efforts, including myRutgers portal middleware web and mobile applications solutions.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:
- Documents use cases, requirements, incident reports, architecture, and design details to aid in the support of application systems and services.
- Participates in design and code reviews, testing and deployment activities.
- Performs application maintenance and troubleshooting, aids in resolving system issues.
- Performs reporting, metrics collection and analysis to improve quality and performance of applications.
- Stays current with best practices in software development and applies new technology and processes where appropriate.
- Participates in defining architecture and process standards for the middleware, in particular for myRutgers UXP user experience platform.
- Contributes to ongoing evolution and development portal and mobile strategies, roadmaps and plans.
- Participates in the open source community for middleware, and contributes to evaluation, selection and configuration of open source middleware solutions.
- Determines and executes the best way to design, develop and deploy the technical solutions leveraging Next/ReactJS, Firebase, Artificial Intelligence (AI), tooling, and AWS, GCP cloud framework throughout the enterprise.
- Writes new code and maintains existing code to implement new features.
- Prepares tests that will verify that the unit program is working, and also to show through system integration testing that the new or revised programs perform effectively and without adversely impact the operational integrity of systems.
- Works with stakeholders across the businesses and technology functions to establish a long-term sustainable architecture.
- Consults with assistant director, project managers, developers and end users as required to gather and/or clarify requirements for proposed development projects, system enhancements and maintenance.
- Identifies and suggests systems solutions to problems, performs analysis and develops detailed designs for new and existing system requests.
- Manages a group of student workers for web and mobile (iOS, Andriod) apps developments.
- Moreover, provides leadership, guidance, and mentoring to less experienced developers in all aspects of software development lifecycle including tools, methodology and best practices.
- Helps to develop road maps, reference architecture, technical and policy direction and assure integration with OIT technical groups, the University, and peer institutions.
- Researches new technologies, best practices, business processes and procedures.
- Keeps abreast of the latest technologies and considers how they may be used to solve challenges in enterprise middleware solutions.
- Consults with development staff regarding the implementation and use of the various technologies available.
- Develops technical frameworks and architectures for use by development team.
- Provides ongoing maintenance and support of applications.
- Participates in the wider higher ed. technical community and open source community, in particular intranet, portal, and mobile app services.
- Participates in email list, Slack discussions, core development, conferences, meetings, and presentations.
- Coordinates and leads the evaluation, scope, documentation and completion of new development requests.
- Coordinates and leads the evaluation, scope, documentation and completion of system maintenance requests.
- Facilitates app server configurations by collaborating with systems and network administration teams.
- Keeps abreast of all pertinent federal, state and Rutgers' regulations, laws and policies as they presently exist and as they change or are modified.
- Understands and adheres to Rutgers' compliance standards as they appear in RBHS's Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
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| FLSA |
Exempt |
| Grade |
37S |
| Salary Details |
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| Minimum Salary |
121608.000 |
| Mid Range Salary |
147221.000 |
| Maximum Salary |
175737.000 |
| Offer Information |
The final salary offer may be determined by several factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's qualifications, experience, and expertise, and availability of department or grant funds to support the position. We also take into consideration market benchmarks, if and when appropriate, and internal equity to ensure fair compensation relative to the university's broader compensation structure. We are committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation packages to attract and retain top talent. |
| Benefits |
Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees, based on position, which includes:
- Medical, prescription drug, and dental coverage
- Paid vacation, holidays, and various leave programs
- Competitive retirement benefits, including defined contribution plans and voluntary tax-deferred savings options
- Employee and dependent educational benefits
- Life insurance coverage
- Employee discounts programs
For detailed information on benefits and eligibility, please visit:
http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview. |
| Position Status |
Full Time |
| Working Hours (per week) |
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| Standard Hours |
37.50 |
| Daily Work Shift |
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| Work Arrangement |
Consistent with the current application of Rutgers Policy 60.3.22 or the applicable provisions of relevant collective negotiations agreements, this position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement. Flexible work arrangements are not permanent, are subject to change or discontinuation, and contingent on the employee receiving approval in the FlexWork@RU Application System. |
| Union Description |
HPAE 5094 |
| Payroll Designation |
PeopleSoft |
| Seniority Unit |
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| Terms of Appointment |
Staff - 12 month |
| Position Pension Eligibility |
ABP |
Qualifications
| Minimum Education and Experience |
- A bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- 7 years of IT experience with at least 3 of those years in application development, preferably in these key areas: (1) developing front-end web applications with NextJS, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3 and ShadCN or similar UI Framework. (2) designing UI ( User Interface) UX ( User Experiences) and using WCAG 2.2+ to ensure accessbility standards. (3) experience with AI development LLM, RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) with external context. (4) developing server-side application with NextJS, NodeJS, PHP, Java/JSP, .NET, Rails, Python, etc. Strong JS/TS experience with proficient understanding of SSR frameworks/libraries such as NextJS, SvelteKit (Svelte), NuxtJS (VueJS), etc. (5) experience with web services technologies; including REST, AJAX, and JSON. Experience with enterprise architecture, systems design, database management systems, and emerging web technologies.
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| Certifications/Licenses |
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| Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities |
- Excellent analytical, research, problem solving, and organizational skills.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills and the desire to work in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment.
- Experience in performance testing, writing performant code, optimizing existing code.
- Strong attention to detail and debugging skills.
- Experience evaluating, testing/prototyping, and recommending new opportunities for enhancing software and supporting processes.
- Experience doing business analysis and developing project timeline projections.
- Must understands and be proficient in object oriented (OO) design and systems development in a LINUX/UNIX and networked environment.
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| Preferred Qualifications |
- Experience working with NextJS to build SSR (Server Side Rendered) Applications, TypeScript, NextJS REST API and Database fetching, ShadCN / Tailwind CSS or equivalent framework, Accessbility WCAG 2.2 compliance, AI ( Artificial Intelligence ) using LLM, RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation), Zod for TypeScript data validation and data integrity, Prisma ORM ( Object Relational Mapping ) or equivalent ORM library, RBDMS (Oracle, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, etc.) and NoSQL (MongoDB, CouchDB, DynamoDB, etc.). Excellent JS knowledge, including ES6 and/or Flow/TypeScript. Some understanding of Docker, Vagrant, Kubernetes, etc. Some knowledge of Figma, jQuery, *nix Bash, Bug tracking, CSS preprocessing (such as Sass), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Google Gemini, Firebase, Dev-ops Tools (Git, SVN, npm, Grunt/Gulp, Bower, etc.), Software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, etc.). Photoshop experience also a plus.
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| Equipment Utilized |
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| Physical Demands and Work Environment |
- Standing, sitting, walking, talking or hearing.
- No special vision requirements.
- Office environment.
- Moderate Noise.
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| Special Conditions |
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Posting Details
| Posting Number |
25ST1614 |
| Posting Open Date |
07/28/2025 |
| Special Instructions to Applicants |
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| Regional Campus |
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) |
| Home Location Campus |
Off Campus |
| City |
Somerset |
| State |
NJ |
| Location Details |
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Pre-employment Screenings
All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings. Immunization Requirements
Under Policy 100.3.1 Immunization Policy for Covered Individuals, if employment will commence during Flu Season, Rutgers University may require certain prospective employees to provide proof that they are vaccinated against Seasonal Influenza for the current Flu Season, unless the University has granted the individual a medical or religious exemption. Additional infection control and safety policies may apply. Prospective employees should speak with their hiring manager to determine which policies apply to the role or position for which they are applying. Failure to provide proof of vaccination for any required vaccines or obtain a medical or religious exemption from the University will result in rescission of a candidate's offer of employment or disciplinary action up to and including termination. Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
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