Research Tools Technical Lead at UC San Francisco (remote)
Remi Frazier
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Job Summary
The Research Tools Technical Lead serves as the principal technical leader and application expert for tools overseen by the Research Tools team, including (but not limited to) UCSF's REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) research data management platform, while also providing enterprise-level IT architecture leadership across multiple technical initiatives. This role combines deep technical expertise in research informatics with strategic architecture capabilities, automation implementation, and technical project leadership.
This position operates at the intersection of research support, infrastructure automation, and technical innovation—serving as both the lead administrator for critical research data systems and a staff-level technical leader for cross-functional projects requiring advanced architectural guidance. This role will use AI/LLM driven technologies to accelerate development when possible and sensible, and may deploy or build new AI technologies as part of the growing Research IT footprint in this area.
This position is posted as an IT Architect 4 within the University of California system and is posted with a pay range between $140K and $210K depending on qualifications.
About our group
Academic Research Services (ARS) serves the needs of the UCSF research community by providing an integrated repository of HIPAA compliant clinical and life sciences data and a centralized, secure, professionally managed infrastructure for the storage and management of research data. ARS empowers medical scientific investigations by offering secure computing environments, data capture, management and analysis tools, and support services that meet researcher’s needs.
This position is part of the ARS Research Tools group, which has a history of successfully deploying technology to enable cutting-edge work by researchers across many domains by providing quality solutions that leverage our affinity for our customers alongside first-in-class design patterns and modern tooling. Our team members have opportunities to provide direct impact for real-world efforts across the basic sciences, socio-behavioral studies, epidemiology, and public and global health initiatives.
Our team is distributed across the United States, and strives to protect a workplace with a strong focus on work/life balance. We work hard to appreciate the diverse backgrounds and life experiences of each of our team members. Our team culture includes an understanding that there can be many pathways for all of our journeys; in support of this we encourage applications from folks with a rich and varied background, including those re-entering the workforce.
Note that although this W-2 position is approved for off-site work, remote workers at UCSF are required to be located within the United States.