The University of Southern California (USC), founded in 1880, is located in the heart of downtown L.A. and is the largest private employer in the City of Los Angeles. As an employee of USC, you will be a part of a world-class research university and a member of the “Trojan Family,” which is comprised of the faculty, staff, and students that make the university a great place to work.
The USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences is seeking a part-time, fixed-term, talented and collaborative Senior Software Engineer in the Psychology Department. The largest and oldest of the USC schools, USC Dornsife functions as the academic core of the university, offering courses and advancing knowledge across the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.
The Senior Software Engineer will join our interdisciplinary research team in building an interactive, online learning platform designed to supplement key components of the proven Pathways-to-Success intervention program for 8th graders. This platform will provide an alternative to the classroom activities for classes lacking teachers and for students who have missed a session or multiple sessions with an accessible digital environment to program to engage the core activities and experience the take-homes of these sessions.
You’ll focus on two main responsibilities:
Developing a scalable, user-friendly web application in close collaboration with researchers, subject matter experts, engineers, and a UI/UX designer. Maintaining and improving the existing Pathways-to-Success teacher resource website.
Key Responsibilities
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
What will set you apart?
Why Join Us?
This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of psychological science, education research, and technology. You will help shape a platform that supports teacher growth and student success at scale. Your engineering expertise will contribute directly to real-world impact in classrooms.
Our team is also actively researching how to build and iterate on large language models (LLMs) for outcome evaluations of the Pathways-to-Success program, offering further opportunities for innovation at the frontier of AI and education.
Salary range: The monthly salary range for this position is $8,000.00 - $11,428.00. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.
Required Documents and Additional Information:
USC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC observes affirmative action obligations consistent with state and federal law. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to the Background Screening Policy Appendix D for specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying.
We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at (213) 821-8100, or by email at uschr@usc.edu. Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.
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