Junior Front-End and Cloud Developer

Job Category

Job Profile

Job Title

Department

Compensation Range

The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge qualifications and experience for the the normal course employees will be hired transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.

Posting End Date

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

This position is expected to be filled by promotion/reassignment and is included here to inform you of its vacancy at the University.

At UBC we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research innovation and learning for all faculty staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary
The Junior Front-End and Cloud Developer will support research activities in the Computational Psychiatry Lab at UBC. This position will focus on developing and maintaining front-end features using modern JavaScript libraries integrating applications with back-end components and supporting cloud-based deployment on AWS. The incumbent will ensure that systems are functional user-friendly secure and aligned with the labs research goals.

Organizational Status
The position is based in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia. The incumbent will report directly to the Principal Investigator (PI) of the lab who will provide direct supervision and guidance. The developer will work closely with researchers trainees and collaborators but will not have supervisory responsibilities

Work Performed
Develop test and maintain front-end features using JavaScript libraries particularly React.
- Connect front-end components with back-end services and APIs to support research applications.
- Implement and maintain cloud-based services and infrastructure primarily in AWS for secure storage processing and deployment.
- Collaborate with researchers to translate project requirements into functional software features.
- Ensure web applications are accessible usable and optimized for performance.
- Manage version control documentation and testing of applications.
- Monitor and troubleshoot technical issues to ensure continuity of research activities.
- Support integration of machine learning or natural language processing models into cloud-hosted applications where applicable.
- Ensure compliance with institutional and ethical standards for data security and privacy.

Consequence of Error/Judgement
Errors in judgment or programming may delay research progress compromise data integrity or result in data loss. Security misconfigurations may expose sensitive research or patient-related information. Accuracy attention to detail and adherence to data security protocols are critical.

Supervision Received
The incumbent will work under the direct supervision of the Principal Investigator who will provide ongoing guidance assign tasks and review progress.

Supervision Given
This position does not include supervisory responsibilities.

Minimum Qualifications
Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline. Minimum of one year of related experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

- Willingness to respect diverse perspectives including perspectives in conflict with ones own

- Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing ones own awareness knowledge and skills related to equity diversity and inclusion

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering
- Professional experience as a software developer.
- Proficiency with JavaScript and modern front-end frameworks particularly React.
- Experience connecting front-end components with back-end services and APIs.
- Experience deploying and managing applications in AWS (e.g. EC2 S3 Lambda RDS).
- Familiarity with version control (Git/GitHub) containerization (Docker) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong problem-solving skills attention to detail and ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a research environment.