Technical Application Engineer-1

University of Washington Medical Center•Seattle, WA

About The Position

This position will support the Transportation Data Equity Initiative project within the Taskar Center sponsored by the USDOT program. This innovative data infrastructure project, with a broad partnership among state departments of transportation, transportation service providers, industry and community partners, seeks to enable mobility equity by creating an interoperable, shared data infrastructure to fill in gaps in current transportation data and ultimately, provide travelers needed information they can trust. Detailed, accurate data about pedestrian networks, travel environments (transit facilities, etc.) and on-demand travel services is crucial for any trip planner, trip concierge, wayfinding, or exploratory mobile application, in particular applications and mobile experiences serving the needs of people with disabilities, older adults, veterans, suburban and rural populations. The Technical Application Engineer (Research Consultant 3) is a junior-level full-stack developer responsible for architecting, building, and maintaining the core software infrastructure of the Transportation Data Exchange supporting research being conducted by faculty and graduate students in the Taskar Center for Accessible Technology. This role supports the development of scalable, secure, and inter-operable applications that power public-facing dashboards, internal data tools, and geospatial analytics platforms. The engineer will implement technical design and implementation across multiple projects, including Walksheds tools, ADA Transition Plan dashboards, and internal data-sharing interfaces. This position is essential to ensuring the TDEI's tool ecosystem is performant, accessible, and aligned with open data standards. This position reports to the Technical Applications Lead at the Taskar Center. The Technical Application Engineer (Research Consultant 3) is a junior-level full-stack developer responsible for architecting, building, and maintaining the core software infrastructure of the Transportation Data Exchange supporting research being conducted by faculty and graduate students in the Taskar Center for Accessible Technology. This role supports the development of scalable, secure, and inter-operable applications that power public-facing dashboards, internal data tools, and geospatial analytics platforms. The engineer will implement technical design and implementation across multiple projects, including Walksheds tools, ADA Transition Plan dashboards, and internal data-sharing interfaces. This position is essential to ensuring the TDEI's tool ecosystem is performant, accessible, and aligned with open data standards. This position reports to the Technical Applications Lead at the Taskar Center.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in related field, and at least 4 years of Full-stack web development experience, or relevant experience.
Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or Urban Informatics.
Full-stack web development experience, including the following:
Front end experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript and at least one component framework. Examples of component frameworks include React, Vue, and Angular.
Back end experience with building web APIs using common object-oriented programming languages and frameworks. Examples include TypeScript + Express, Python + DJango, Java + Spring Boot.
Experience with at least two programming languages commonly used in full-stack web development. Examples include JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Java, Scala, Go, and Rust.
Experience with interactive web mapping technologies, e.g., Mapbox GL, MapLibre GL, Leaflet.
Experience with distributed, event-driven architectures, e.g., Apache Kafka.
Experience with civic tech, open data platforms, and geospatial applications
Experience with open-source tools and community collaboration (e.g., GitHub, OpenStreetMap)
Strong background in API design, microservices, and cloud-native architecture
Experience with best practices in authentication, authorization, and web security.
Familiarity with best practices in web UI design.
Familiarity with best practices in building accessibility-first web applications, accessibility standards and equity-focused design

Responsibilities

Full-Stack Development: Architect and implement scalable web applications, APIs and applications internal to the interoperable data infrastructure of the TDEI and dashboards.
Data Integration: Design and implement pipelines to ingest, clean, and harmonize data from transit agencies, DOTs, and community sources.
Infrastructure & DevOps: Manage cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, dockerizing and system monitoring.
Collaboration & Design: Work with UX designers, GIS specialists, and stakeholders to ensure tools meet user needs.
Documentation & Support: Produce technical documentation and provide support for internal and external users.