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Posted: 17-Dec-25

Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey

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Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 257269

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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking an Application Developer for the Office Institutional Research. This position plans, designs, develops, and maintains a variety of systems serving faculty, university administrative officers, and the Office of Institutional Research and Decision Support (OIRDS). Works directly with the Manager to design, develop, and maintain systems/platforms that serve the University and the OIRDS.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Maintains and improves OIRDS applications (e.g., Faculty Survey, Packet Depot, PubSearch, Data Access Control, OIRDS homepage), ensuring they remain functional, user-friendly, and aligned with organizational objectives.
• Identifies and resolves issues in existing systems; refactor and optimize code to improve performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Ensures all applications comply with university policies and best practices for data privacy, secure access, and information protection.
• Translates functional requirements into detailed technical specifications, prototypes, and well-documented system designs.
• Builds new web-based tools and applications to support OIRDS data workflows, reporting processes, and information dissemination needs.
• Designs and implements secure data connections and workflows for importing/exporting data from internal and external sources (e.g., ORCID, HR systems).
• Ensures integration processes align with security standards and institutional data governance guidelines.
• Designs and enhances user interfaces with a focus on usability, accessibility, and responsive design across devices.
• Supports the creation and improvement of dashboards, web-based visualizations, and tools that help users interact with institutional data.
• Develops user-facing materials, guides, and in-system help content to assist with tool adoption and usage.
• Provides technical assistance for faculty and staff using OIRDS tools, addressing inquiries and troubleshooting issues in a timely and professional manner.
• Creates and maintains instructional materials such as step-by-step tutorials, quick guides, and FAQs to facilitate user self-service.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Informatics, or a related field with three or more years of programming experience with a solid knowledge of current program languages and methodologies.

City: New Brunswick

State: NJ

Salary: IT grade 06 min.$94,047-mid. $118,967-max. $143,887

Posting Number: 25ST1684

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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and the state's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to turning knowledge into solutions for local, national, and global communities. As it was at our founding in 1766, the heart of our mission is preparing students to become productive members of society and good citizens of the world. Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate and postdoctoral; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement. Rutgers is New Jersey's land-grant institution and one of the nation's foremost research universities, and as such, we educate, make discoveries, serve as an engine of economic growth, and generate ideas for improving people's lives.
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