Software Applications Developer
Penn State UniversityState College, Pennsylvania, United States • Reston, Virginia, United States
Posted December 1, 2025
76700 - 129500 USD
Full Time
About the Company
Penn State is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Job Description
We are seeking a talented, experienced, and highly-motivated Software Developer to join the Visualization and Decision Support Division of the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State. You will assist in providing our customers with state-of-the-art visualization and decision support software based solutions.
Requirements
- Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable software solutions
- Lead complex software development projects from architecture to delivery
- Work with data scientists to transition research-level code into production-level software applications using sound software development principles
- Conduct code reviews and provide mentorship to junior developers
- Identify performance bottlenecks and optimize system efficiency
- Maintain and improve existing codebases and development practices
- Ensure software follows modern security and compliance best practices
- Stay current with emerging technologies and propose their adoption when applicable
- Execute tasking within an Agile development process
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Robust retirement plans
- Substantial paid time off which includes holidays, vacation and sick time
- Generous 75% tuition discount
