- Move the portfolio to its next home. This role will
assess every custom application and decide whether to re-platform,
replace, or retire it as HHMI leaves the Microsoft 365 tenant. The
position keeps a current inventory of applications, integrations,
and vendor products, and calls out where Workday, Google Workspace,
or the data platform can do the job without custom code.
- Make AI-assisted development routine. This role will
bring tools like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot into the team’s
daily work and define how AI-generated code is reviewed, tested,
and secured. It will also work with the Everyday AI team to find
places where agents, retrieval, and automation can replace what
used to need a custom app.
- Decide what gets built, and when. This role will work
with Operational Capabilities leadership and delivery management to
take in, size, prioritize, and forecast requests.
- Be the technical owner for partners and vendors. This
role will build trusted relationships with business partners at HQ
and Janelia, and bring technical judgment to requirements,
evaluation, and implementation. It also owns the technical side of
vendor products and renewals, such as e-signature, document
management, and event management, alongside business owners and
Procurement.
- Build the team. This role will hire people whose skills
complement each other, set high expectations, and help them grow.
The position assigns the work, measures how the team is doing, and
leads the upskilling on Google’s platform, modern web development,
and AI-assisted practices.
What we are looking for
- Still close to the code. The ideal candidate has eight
or more years building web applications and workflow automation for
business users, and can review a design or a pull request with real
opinions.
- Leads through the weeds. This person has led a
development team for three or more years. They have hired, coached,
and handled the difficult performance conversations.
- Rebuilds while running. This person can move a team
through a platform transition without letting service drop. They
have worked on a migration or a large modernization, or can show
how they would approach one.
- Judgment over reflex. This person can tell when to
build, buy, or retire, and will say so when an AI capability or an
enterprise platform should replace custom code.
- AI in the real workflow. This person has used
AI-assisted development tools with a team, and has a point of view
on how to review and test what they produce.
- Fluent in the stack. This person knows modern web
development (React or similar, TypeScript or JavaScript, Python),
relational and cloud data stores, GitHub workflows, CI/CD, and
identity patterns like SSO, OAuth, and role-based access. AWS,
Google Workspace (Apps Script, Workspace APIs) or Google Cloud
serverless experience is what we need most.
- Translates both ways. The candidate can explain a
technical trade-off to a senior leader and to a frontline
colleague, and can turn a vague business need into a clear
requirement.
- Customers come first. This person treats colleagues
across HHMI as customers, answers the urgent request from a finance
or HR lead before defending the design, follows up until the
problem is actually fixed, and holds the team to the same
standard.
- Calm with ambiguity. This person makes good calls when
the plan is incomplete, handles competing priorities without drama,
and acts when they spot a problem instead of waiting to be
asked.
Nice to have
- Experience with Microsoft 365, Azure, Power Platform,
SharePoint, or Dataverse. It will help during the migration
period.
- Experience running agile development processes across several
teams or partners.
- A degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related
field.
What this role is not
- A role for someone who only manages. This role is hands-on with
architecture, standards, and review.
- A maintenance job for a stable portfolio. Most of what the team
runs today will be moved, replaced, or retired.
- A pure project management role. This role owns technical
decisions, not just tracks them.
Practical details
This role is based at HHMI Headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland,
and reports to the Director, Operational Capabilities. This
position leads a team of developers and analysts, plus contractors
and consultants as needed. We require a bachelor’s degree or
equivalent experience, eight or more years of professional software
development experience, and three or more years leading a
development team.
Physical Requirements
Remaining in a normal seated or standing position for extended
periods of time; reaching and grasping by extending hand(s) or
arm(s); dexterity to manipulate objects with fingers, for example
using a keyboard; communication skills using the spoken word;
ability to see and hear within normal parameters; ability to move
about workspace. The position requires mobility, including the
ability to move materials weighing up to several pounds (such as a
laptop computer or tablet).
Persons with disabilities may be able to perform the essential
duties of this position with reasonable accommodation. Requests for
reasonable accommodation will be evaluated on an individual
basis.
Please Note
This job description sets forth the job’s principal duties,
responsibilities, and requirements; it should not be construed as
an exhaustive statement, however. Unless they begin with the word
“may,” the duties described above under “What this role will
actually do” are “essential functions” of the job, as defined by
the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Compensation and Benefits
Our employees are compensated from a total rewards perspective in
many ways for their contributions to our mission, including
competitive pay, exceptional health benefits, retirement plans,
time off, and a range of recognition and wellness programs. Visit
our
Benefits at HHMI site to learn more.
Hiring Pay Range
$171,694.40 - $214,618.00
Pay Type:
Annual
The posted range reflects HHMI’s good faith estimate of the
anticipated hiring salary range for this role at the time of
posting. Actual hiring compensation is determined by a candidate’s
qualifications, experience, and internal equity.
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