Standard Job Description

A standard job description describes work at a high level and connects UW job titles to similar job titles in the market. It is a general set of responsibilities, without regard to any specific employee, that describes the work an employee performs and their role and impact to the organization.

Salary information for jobs outside of salary ranges 15-35 is located on the UW System Compensation Appendices webpage.

Title Details
Job TitleSoftware Engineer/Developer II
Job CodeIT003
Scaled JobNo
Salary Grade23
Family NameInformation Technology
Sub Family NameApplication and Web Development
Job Overview
Job SummaryDesigns, develops, tests, debugs, operates, and troubleshoots software and applications to support information technology business operations.
Job Responsibilities
  • Reviews application design specifications, codes new applications, and makes enhancements to existing applications
  • Tests and debugs programs, and prepares systems test data
  • Prepares program documentation and training requirements
  • Develops or modifies technical specifications for moderately-complex projects using disciplined software development practices
  • Prepares detailed system design specifications for system integration and upgrades
  • Maintains and troubleshoots applications, systems, or websites
  • Implements data structure and systems performance strategies
Additional Information
Employee CategoryAcademic Staff (AS)
Supervision RequiredNo
FLSA ExemptExempt
Education*Associate's Degree - Preferred Minimum
FLSA Threshold Exemption

*All preferred education can be fulfilled with comparable experience, unless education is listed as required for the job.

Scaled Jobs in the Library

The title and salary structure continues the idea of creating additional job titles for some jobs found systemwide or university-wide based on a small, medium, and large designation. We call this scaling. If there is a scaled job available, universities should choose that job for their employees.

  • Scaling is not title progression.
  • Scaling is a type of further refining the market pricing for a job.
  • For example,

    Title

    TTC Title

    ASSOC DIR, ATHL/L

    Athletics Assoc Dir

    ASSOC DIR, ATHL/M

    Athletics Assoc Dir (B)

    ASSOC DIR, ATHL/S

    Athletics Assoc Dir (C)

Key

Institution Scale
System A – no ( )
Milwaukee A – no ( )
Eau Claire (B)
La Crosse (B)
Oshkosh (B)
Platteville (B)
Stevens Point (B)
Stout (B)
Whitewater (B)
Green Bay (C)
River Falls (C)
Parkside (C)
Superior (C)

Scale is based on the size and budget of a university.

(Inst)

(Inst) typically designates institution-wide or systemwide scope and a non-institution version of the same job title typically indicates use at a School/College/Division/Department-level.

Minimum Education Requirements

The minimum preferred education represent the systemwide shared minimum elements of each job description. When posting for an open position, universities can add additional requirements or preferences to their specific recruitment.