Systems Analyst/Programmer 2 at University of Washington
Seattle, WA
$71,448–$96,096from the description
Jul 20, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A small institute IT team is looking for a software developer to build and maintain a web-based platform that centralizes scientific data and research workflows for roughly 200 scientists. Day-to-day work spans designing system architecture, writing and integrating web applications (PHP or Python, SQL, JavaScript), and supporting data from sources such as electron microscopy, mass spectrometry, and biological assays. The role suits a developer comfortable working closely with researchers and handling both new feature development and ongoing maintenance.
Mid level · 2+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 8,800 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2,600–13,200
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,959 (middle half $135,720–$216,519). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The job title is 'Systems Analyst/Programmer 2' (a UW civil-service classification), but the role's primary day-to-day work is building and maintaining a custom web-based research data platform — squarely Software Developer work. 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is noted as a runner-up given the title and the requirements-gathering/design-specification duties (30% of the role).
The posting lists PHP or Python as interchangeable options for the same requirement; both are captured as a single skill with the other in alternatives.
The '2-3 years of hands-on experience' requirement is stated against a cluster of skills (IDEs, Git, large-dataset applications) rather than at the overall role level; the overall years minimum is set to 2 reflecting this as the closest proxy for a role-level floor. The minimum qualification also references '1 year experience as a Systems Analyst/Programmer 1', but the additional qualifications' 2-3 year demand is the operative experience gate.
A Bachelor's degree in CS, informatics, or life sciences is listed under Minimum Requirements but the posting explicitly states 'equivalent experience may substitute for minimum qualifications,' so the degree requirement is set to None.
Life sciences background and several soft skills appear only under Desired Qualifications and are not captured as skills per extraction rules (no concrete named technology).
No specific web framework is named (only 'frameworks' generically), so no framework skill is emitted.
The role is on-site at the University of Washington / Institute for Protein Design; no remote option is indicated.
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