Boston College

Boston College Introduction

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,484 full-time undergraduates and 5,250 graduate and professional students. Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 888 full-time and 1,281 FTE faculty, 2,711 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.5 billion.

Job Description

Boston College seeks a Project Lead/Senior developer who will be responsible for providing technical support and project leadership across a variety of academic and student related applications and integrations. This individual will work closely with internal IT partners, as well as departmental partners to implement new software solutions and maintain existing systems. The position will also provide support as needed for the daily operations of EagleApps (our Student Information System), focusing on the technical administration, maintenance, development, and testing as well as integrations to internal and external applications. 

This role serves as both a Project Leader and a Senior Developer. As a Project Leader; this person will be responsible for the integration, project management and provision of coordinated support for EagleApps and other systems within Academic applications. As a Senior developer; this person is responsible for the research, analysis, and determination of system solutions to include business requirement definition review, technical requirement specification and documentation, integration strategy and documentation, reporting strategy and documentation, test strategy and plans, and execution. The incumbent will be responsible for the design, development and completion of development activities in support of business requirements. This person will also provide technical support to other developers as needed.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Design and implement service-based architectures using Java and integrate with Oracle databases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, design solutions, and implement features.
• Write clean, scalable, and efficient code for both back-end and front-end components.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs for service communication.
• Optimize database performance by tuning Oracle queries and utilizing best practices.
• Lead code reviews and provide mentorship to junior developers.
• Ensure the scalability and maintainability of the architecture as the system grows.
• Manage the deployment and maintenance of services using containerized environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues in a timely manner.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices to drive continuous improvement.

Full-Time Equivalent Hiring Range: 110k - 144k - salary commensurate with relevant experience.

Requirements

Requires:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or closely related field plus
• Minimum of five years of technical experience to include applications development.
• Strong experience in Java development with a focus on service-based architecture.
• Expertise in RESTful API design and integration.
• Experience with Oracle databases, including writing complex queries, stored procedures, and optimization.
• Hands-on experience with React and Next.js for front-end development.
• Deep knowledge of modern Java frameworks like Spring Boot, Hibernate, or Java EE.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Solid understanding of containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control tools like Git.
• Proficient in writing unit and integration tests with frameworks like JUnit and Mockito.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum development methodologies and experience in an Agile environment.
• Strong hands-on experience with SQL, including writing complex queries, optimizing performance, and working with stored procedures and triggers in Oracle databases.
• Experience leading technical teams.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

May be required to work additional hours to meet project/unit deadlines and timeframes.

Closing Statement

Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:

• Tuition remission for Employees
• Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
• Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Low-Cost Life Insurance
• Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans
• Paid Holidays Annually
• Generous Sick and Vacation Pay
• Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook

Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.

Boston College is an equal opportunity employer. In concert with our Jesuit, Catholic mission, Boston College is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications for women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and covered veterans. To learn more about how BC supports diversity and inclusion throughout the university please visit the Office for Institutional Diversity at https://www.bc.edu/diversity.

Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination.