Are you an experienced Salesforce administrator who thrives in a high-demand environment and takes pride in delivering reliable, well-designed solutions? Do you enjoy partnering with stakeholders to translate real operational needs into scalable Salesforce functionality? If so, keep reading below for this Salesforce Administrator opportunity!

ASU EdPlus is a dynamic unit of Arizona State University focused on the design and scalable delivery of digital teaching and learning models to increase student success and reduce barriers to achievement in higher education. We advance the economic, social, cultural, and overall health of the local, national, and international communities served by ASU.               

Want to know more about working at EdPlus? Watch this short video!

We are seeking a highly capable Salesforce Administrator to join our Product and UX Technology team to support and advance a large, complex Salesforce ecosystem serving recruitment and enrollment stakeholders across the University. You will be a senior individual contributor reporting directly to Salesforce leadership. 

Every day you will make a difference in the lives of others by being hands-on and execution-focused, with primary responsibility for declarative configuration, backlog and ticket execution, and day-to-day system enhancement. You will partner closely with stakeholders, provide informed advisory guidance, and independently drive assigned work forward by setting a strong standard for quality, reliability, and follow-through. 

Why EdPlus?

• Mission-Driven Work: Support recruitment and enrollment efforts that expand access to higher education. 
• Stable Environment: A mature Salesforce organization with sustained institutional investment.
• Meaningful Impact: Your work directly supports front-line teams and leadership decision-making. 
• Collaboration: Partner with stakeholders across enrollment, data, marketing, and the broader University. 

Essential Duties: 

Salesforce System Administration and Configuration

• Serve as an administrator responsible for configuring, maintaining, and enhancing Salesforce functionality in support of recruitment and enrollment operations.
• Maintain and improve automation, data stewardship processes, and overall system reliability in an environment with ongoing demand and a sizable backlog.

Solution Design and Delivery

• Implement scalable, maintainable declarative solutions aligned with business needs and platform best practices, with guidance from senior team members on more complex design decisions.
• Translate business requirements into practical Salesforce solutions, asking thoughtful questions and recommending approaches.
• Support assigned projects and enhancements from intake through delivery, coordinating with other Salesforce team members and stakeholders, and escalating complex decisions as needed.

Stakeholder Engagement & Cross-functional Collaboration

• Partner with front-line recruitment teams and enrollment leadership, along with data and marketing stakeholders.
• Contribute to the ongoing expansion of recruitment use cases into an established Salesforce environment.

Data Management & Quality

• Support data quality efforts including deduplication, data hygiene, and selective use of ETL tools such as Data Loader, Workbench, DemandTools, and Salesforce Inspector.

Documentation & Release Management

• Maintain system and process documentation in alignment with University standards and team practices.
• Participate in release activities and deployments, including occasional after-hours work as required.
• Assume or coordinate other duties or projects as assigned or directed.

NOTE: This is an in-person, hybrid position. You must be able to reliably commute to Scottsdale AZ.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and three (3) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Experience administering Salesforce in a production environment. 
• Experience supporting Salesforce Sales and Service Clouds. 
• Demonstrated working knowledge of declarative Salesforce development, including configuration, automation, reporting, dashboards, and user management. 
• Experience supporting data models, with attention to relationships, reporting needs, and data integrity. 
• Experience creating clear, accurate documentation. 
• Demonstrated ability to gather requirements, analyze business processes, and deliver effective Salesforce solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a high-demand environment while maintaining attention to detail and quality. 
• Evidence of strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. 
• Evidence of Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator I. 
• Evidence of Salesforce Platform Administrator II and/or Salesforce Platform App Builder certification is a plus. 
• Experience working with DevOps and CI/CD tools such as Gearset. 

NOTE: Please answer the following questions in your cover letter:

• Describe a Salesforce configuration, automation, or enhancement you built to solve a specific business problem. What was the problem, and how did your solution address it? Be as specific as possible.
• How do you approach prioritizing and managing your workload when supporting multiple stakeholders with competing requests?

Salary & Benefits:

$83,000 - $100,000 per year; DOE

ASU offers a total compensation package that includes valuable employee benefits. See the ASU Benefits website to explore options.

• Healthcare
• Financial Security
• Retirement
• Family Resources
• Tuition Reduction (Eligible ASU Employee, their dependents and spouse.)
• Discounts

Working Environment: 

Your desk will be in the beautiful, cutting-edge, and collaborative workspace at SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center. The Center houses a diverse business community that links technology, research, education, and entrepreneurship to position ASU and Greater Phoenix as global leaders in the knowledge economy.

ASU EdPlus supports flexible work options, ranging from alternate work schedules to hybrid work schedules, subject to approvals per ASU policy. 

Applicant must be eligible to work in the United States. ASU EdPlus will not be a sponsor for this position.

Department Statement: 

As a central enterprise unit for ASU, ASU EdPlus supports the university charter by focusing on the design and scalable delivery of digital teaching and learning models to increase student success and reduce barriers to achievement in higher education.

ASU EdPlus defines itself through a culture of curiosity, risk-taking, and refusing to accept the status quo. Our employees are valued, respected, and encouraged to be their unique selves. We know that our ability to deliver high-quality services and educational experiences is strengthened by our culture of innovation, driving outcomes through serving learners, achieving milestones, striving for excellence, solving problems, embracing urgency, and being bold.

ASU EdPlus

Apply by 11:59 pm Arizona time on Monday, November 16, 2026

Are you an AI-forward master of managing complex, cross-functional work? Are you energized by building something that does not yet have a playbook? Are you exceptionally skilled at creating clarity, alignment, momentum, and accountability as the work evolves? Then apply today for this Project Manager Senior, EDU.FYI opportunity!

ASU EdPlus is a dynamic unit of Arizona State University focused on the design and scalable delivery of digital teaching and learning models to increase student success and reduce barriers to achievement in higher education. We advance the economic, social, cultural, and overall health of the local, national, and international communities served by ASU.

Curious about what it’s like to work at EdPlus? Watch this short video, then explore more stories on the EdPlus at ASU YouTube channel.

We are seeking a Project Manager Senior to support EDU.FYI, a strategic partnership between ASU and FYI focused on reimagining how people learn, create, and solve problems with artificial intelligence.

FYI is an AI-powered platform and technology company founded by will.i.am, built around the belief that AI should amplify human agency, creativity, and potential. Through EDU.FYI, ASU and FYI are bringing together ASU’s leadership in education and innovation with FYI’s technology to explore a new model for AI-powered learning that moves beyond simply using AI tools to actively build, create, and solve meaningful problems alongside AI. 

The highly dynamic, evolving partnership is building and testing new AI-enabled learning experiences, products, and programs designed to help learners develop the skills, mindset, and agency to thrive in an increasingly AI-powered world. 

You will play a critical role in turning that ambition into coordinated execution. Every day you will make a difference in the lives of others by bringing structure to ambiguity, translating partnership and leadership priorities into actionable plans, and driving progress across multiple interconnected workstreams spanning technology, academic programming, research, marketing, enrollment, partnerships, and new initiatives. Success in this role requires sound judgment, discretion, and the ability to build alignment and navigate complex stakeholder environments as priorities and organizational needs evolve.

Essential Duties:

Project Planning and Execution — 35%

• Develop, maintain, and actively manage the integrated EDU.FYI project plan across partnership workstreams, translating priorities and decisions into clear deliverables, owners, milestones, timelines, and next steps.
• Drive day-to-day execution against established plans and milestones; maintain project schedules and tools, monitor progress, follow up with owners, and adjust plans as priorities and requirements evolve.

Cross-Functional Coordination and Follow-Through — 30%

• Serve as a primary project management partner across ASU and FYI teams, building alignment and coordinating activities and dependencies across partnership workstreams, senior stakeholders, and functional and organizational boundaries.
• Facilitate recurring project working sessions and drive follow-through on decisions and commitments, ensuring clear ownership and proactively surfacing work that is delayed, blocked, or at risk.

Risk, Issue, and Dependency Management — 15%

• Proactively identify and track project risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery constraints, working with responsible stakeholders to develop and monitor mitigation plans.
• Exercise sound judgment in resolving project issues and stakeholder conflicts at the appropriate level, recognizing when leadership alignment or intervention is required and escalating significant risks, unresolved dependencies, priority conflicts, and decisions to the Director of Enterprise Delivery with clear context and recommended next steps.

Reporting and Partnership Visibility — 15%

• Maintain accurate, current visibility into EDU.FYI initiatives and milestones, consolidating workstream updates into concise, decision-ready project status reporting for the Director of Enterprise Delivery and partnership leadership.
• Maintain documentation of key decisions, commitments, risks, dependencies, and changes to project scope or timelines, and support executive updates by gathering, validating, and synthesizing complex or sensitive project information for senior stakeholders.

Project Management Infrastructure and Continuous Improvement — 5%

• Establish and maintain consistent project management practices, tools, templates, and core governance artifacts, including the integrated roadmap, RACI, project plans, and decision and risk logs.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve operating cadence, workflows, communication, accountability, and scalable project management infrastructure as the partnership evolves.
• Assume or coordinate additional duties or projects as assigned or directed.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and seven (7) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, project management, technology, higher education administration, or a related field.
• Experience independently leading complex, cross-functional projects involving multiple teams, senior stakeholders, external partners, and concurrent priorities.
• Experience translating broad priorities and objectives into actionable project plans, milestones, owners, and timelines.
• Experience building alignment and driving execution and accountability across stakeholders with differing perspectives, priorities, and levels of authority, including without direct supervisory authority.
• Experience managing project dependencies, risks, issues, and changing priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in highly ambiguous environments, bringing structure, clarity, and forward momentum to work where priorities, requirements, or processes are not yet fully defined.
• Experience facilitating cross-functional working sessions and driving clear follow-through from meetings and decisions.
• Experience communicating with and supporting senior leadership, including synthesizing complex or sensitive information, anticipating stakeholder needs, and tailoring communications to enable timely decisions and alignment.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments with sound judgment, discretion, diplomacy, and awareness of organizational context and competing priorities.
• Demonstrated judgment in determining when to independently resolve issues, when to build stakeholder alignment, and when to elevate decisions, risks, or competing priorities to leadership.
• Experience using project management tools such as Smartsheet, Asana, Monday.com, Microsoft Project, or comparable platforms; Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or comparable project management training preferred.
• Experience working in higher education, technology, digital products, strategic partnerships, or similarly complex environments.
• Evidence of strong written and verbal communication skills, executive-level judgment and discretion, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize effectively in a complex, fast-moving environment.

NOTE: Please answer the following questions in your cover letter:

• Describe a complex, cross-functional project or initiative you independently managed involving multiple teams, stakeholders, or concurrent workstreams. How did you translate priorities into an actionable project plan, establish ownership and timelines, and drive accountability through execution? 
• Describe a time you managed a project in a fast-moving environment where priorities, requirements, or timelines were evolving, and stakeholders had differing needs or perspectives. How did you build alignment; identify and manage risks, issues, and dependencies; and determine what to resolve independently versus what required leadership engagement?

Salary & Benefits:

$85,000 - $95,000 per year; DOE

ASU offers a total compensation package that includes valuable employee benefits. See the ASU Benefits website to explore options.

• Healthcare
• Financial Security
• Retirement
• Family Resources
• Tuition Reduction (eligible ASU Employee, their dependents and spouse)
• Discounts

Working Environment: 

Your desk will be in the beautiful, cutting-edge, and collaborative workspace at SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center. The Center houses a diverse business community that links technology, research, education, and entrepreneurship to position ASU and Greater Phoenix as global leaders in the knowledge economy.

ASU EdPlus supports flexible work options, ranging from alternate work schedules to hybrid work schedules, subject to approvals per ASU policy. 

Applicant must be eligible to work in the United States. ASU EdPlus will not be a sponsor for this position.

Department Statement: 

As a central enterprise unit for ASU, ASU EdPlus supports the university charter by focusing on the design and scalable delivery of digital teaching and learning models to increase student success and reduce barriers to achievement in higher education.

ASU EdPlus defines itself through a culture of curiosity, risk-taking, and refusing to accept the status quo. Our employees are valued, respected, and encouraged to be their unique selves. We know that our ability to deliver high-quality services and educational experiences is strengthened by our culture of innovation, driving outcomes through serving learners, achieving milestones, striving for excellence, solving problems, embracing urgency, and being bold.

ASU EdPlus

Apply by 11:59pm Arizona time on Thursday, November 19, 2026.

Are you an experienced software engineer who excels at creating and enhancing technology solutions for a variety of learner needs? Do you enjoy working in collaborative, mission-driven, innovative environments? Then apply today for this Software Engineer Lead opportunity!

ASU EdPlus is a dynamic unit of Arizona State University focused on the design and scalable delivery of digital teaching and learning models to increase student success and reduce barriers to achievement in higher education. We advance the economic, social, cultural, and overall health of the local, national, and international communities served by ASU.            

Curious about what it’s like to work at EdPlus? Watch this short video, then explore more stories on the EdPlus at ASU YouTube channel.

We are seeking a motivated, self-directed Software Engineer Lead to join our Solutions Engineering team. Every day you will make a difference in the lives of others by helping solve some of the most complex challenges facing transfer learners in higher education.

You will lead the design and development of digital solutions that simplify the transfer experience, from transcript ingestion and course-equivalency evaluation to articulation, review, and learner-facing reporting. These solutions will use artificial intelligence, automation, and modern cloud technologies to reduce friction, improve transparency, and shorten a learner’s path to completing a degree.

This role extends beyond traditional software development. You will provide technical direction, guide architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and help advance modern engineering practices across the organization, including the responsible use of AI-assisted development tools and agentic workflows.

The EdPlus Solutions Engineering team creates and enhances technology solutions for a variety of learner challenges. Working collaboratively across disciplines, the team develops thoughtful, forward-looking experiences that support the strategies and goals of ASU and EdPlus.

Essential Duties:

• Design, develop, and support secure, scalable digital services that improve the experience and outcomes of transfer learners.
• Provide technical leadership across backend services, integration layers, asynchronous processing systems, and learner- and administrator-facing web applications.
• Architect end-to-end transfer workflows, including document ingestion and storage, AI-assisted extraction, queued processing, equivalency evaluation, articulation-system integration, human review, reporting, and document generation.
• Own and evolve HTTP and event-driven contracts between services and client applications, including API versioning, payload design, compatibility, and coordinated delivery across repositories.
• Design durable integrations with University platforms and third-party services, accounting for availability, data consistency, retries, idempotency, auditability, and operational failure modes.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, architects, institutional stakeholders, and engineering teams to translate learner needs and organizational goals into effective technical solutions; lead technical planning and architectural discussions to clarify scope, integrations, risks, dependencies, and implementation approaches.
• Establish and promote engineering practices for architecture, code quality, test-driven development, documentation, observability, security, accessibility, and production support; ensure appropriate handling of student academic records and other sensitive information in accordance with ASU data-governance requirements, security policies, and FERPA obligations.
• Maintain clear technical documentation, including domain glossaries, architecture decision records, API contracts, operational runbooks, and repository guidance for engineers and AI-assisted development tools.
• Mentor engineers, provide thoughtful technical direction, and support effective delivery within a collaborative, inclusive, agile working environment; maintain technical currency, pursue professional development opportunities, and contribute to the broader information technology and engineering community across Arizona State University.
• Define responsible approaches for building and operating AI-powered and multimodal applications, and evaluate emerging technologies for alignment with organizational needs, security requirements, and technical standards.
• Assume or coordinate additional duties or projects as assigned.

NOTE: This is an in-person, hybrid position. You must be able to reliably commute to Scottsdale, Arizona.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and seven (7) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field.
• Strong experience designing and developing RESTful APIs, microservices, and web applications using JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, HTTP, and JSON; and experience with a modern Node.js backend framework, including dependency injection, modular architecture, request validation, and API contract documentation. NestJS is preferred.
• Strong front-end development experience with Vue 3 or a comparable modern single-page application framework; experience with the Composition API, Vue Router, Pinia, and Vite is preferred.
• Demonstrated strong knowledge of relational databases, transactional processing, and data-persistence tooling, including schema design, ORM patterns, and managed migrations; PostgreSQL and TypeORM are preferred.
• Strong experience building secure, resilient cloud applications on AWS, using services such as S3, SQS, Textract, ECR, ECS, CloudFront, and IAM.
• Experience designing asynchronous and event-driven systems, including message queues, worker consumers, long-running jobs, retries, idempotency, error handling, and operational failure recovery.
• Demonstrated knowledge of application security, federated identity, authentication, and authorization using technologies and standards such as IAM, JWT, OAuth, API keys, and cloud access policies.
• Experience designing durable integration and anti-corruption layers that protect internal applications from the complexity, availability constraints, and evolution of external systems.
• Evidence of expertise in CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code practices using technologies such as GitHub Actions, Terraform, Docker, container registries, OIDC-based cloud authentication, automated testing, and gated environment releases.
• Demonstrated strong testing discipline grounded in test-driven development, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing using tools such as Jest, Supertest, and Vitest.
• Practical experience using AI-assisted development and agentic engineering practices to improve planning, implementation, testing, documentation, code review, and delivery quality.
• Experience applying accessibility standards, including WCAG 2.1 AA, to public-facing digital applications, and working in agile or Scrum environments, including participation in planning, refinement, reviews, retrospectives, and delivery tracking using Jira or comparable tools.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership, exercise sound judgment, mentor engineers, solve complex problems, and communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical partners.

NOTE: Please answer the following questions in your cover letter:

• Describe your experience leading the development of secure, cloud-native workflow platforms that integrate multiple systems and process sensitive user records or documents.
• Describe a production system you helped lead that involved complex workflows, external integrations, asynchronous processing, or sensitive data. What was your technical role, what architectural decisions did you own, and how did you ensure the system was reliable, secure, and maintainable?

Salary & Benefits:

$120,000 - $130,000 per year; DOE

ASU offers a total compensation package that includes valuable employee benefits. See the ASU Benefits website to explore options.

• Healthcare
• Financial Security
• Retirement
• Family Resources
• Tuition Reduction (eligible ASU Employee, their dependents and spouse)
• Discounts

Working Environment: 

Your desk will be in the beautiful, cutting-edge, and collaborative workspace at SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center. The Center houses a diverse business community that links technology, research, education, and entrepreneurship to position ASU and Greater Phoenix as global leaders in the knowledge economy.

ASU EdPlus supports flexible work options, ranging from alternate work schedules to hybrid work schedules, subject to approvals per ASU policy. (This is an in-person, hybrid position.)

Applicant must be eligible to work in the United States. ASU EdPlus will not be a sponsor for this position.

Department Statement: 

As a central enterprise unit for ASU, ASU EdPlus supports the university charter by focusing on the design and scalable delivery of digital teaching and learning models to increase student success and reduce barriers to achievement in higher education.

ASU EdPlus defines itself through a culture of curiosity, risk-taking, and refusing to accept the status quo. Our employees are valued, respected, and encouraged to be their unique selves. We know that our ability to deliver high-quality services and educational experiences is strengthened by our culture of innovation, driving outcomes through serving learners, achieving milestones, striving for excellence, solving problems, embracing urgency, and being bold.

ASU EdPlus

Apply by 11:59 pm Arizona time on Tuesday, November 17, 2026.

Are you a design leader passionate about elevating UX design strategy and execution? Do you enjoy translating abstract ideas, strategies, and emerging opportunities into tangible experience concepts? Are you energized by collaborating across teams and functions? Then apply today for this UX Designer Senior opportunity!

ASU EdPlus is a dynamic unit of Arizona State University focused on the design and scalable delivery of digital teaching and learning models to increase student success and reduce barriers to achievement in higher education. We advance the economic, social, cultural, and overall health of the local, national, and international communities served by ASU.               

Want to know more about working at EdPlus? Watch this short video!

We’re seeking a UX Designer Senior to join our Product & UX Technology team. Every day you will make a difference in the lives of others by leading design across complex, high-impact student experiences, including nondegree pathways (take a class), undergraduate admissions, and related ASU enterprise products. 

You will own experience design from early problem framing through concepting, detailed design, and implementation. You will work independently, bringing strong craft, judgment, and taste to visualize simple and cohesive solutions. You will navigate complex systems, balance user needs with constraints, and turn abstract ideas into creative design direction. You will also help raise the quality of work across the team by shaping patterns, standards, and design practices.

NOTE: This is an in-person, hybrid position. You must be able to reliably commute to Scottsdale AZ.

Essential Duties: 

• Lead UX strategy and execution within a portfolio of enterprise digital products, owning complex student experiences from concept development through implementation and iteration. 
• Develop a deep understanding of student needs, motivations, and behaviors by leveraging research, analytics, and post-launch feedback to continuously improve design direction.
• Apply strong design judgment to distinguish between solutions that simply function and experiences that demonstrate exceptional coherence and delight.
• Translate abstract ideas, strategies, and emerging opportunities into tangible experience concepts, using storytelling, wireframing, prototyping, and other design methods to make future possibilities understandable.
• Create sophisticated, high-fidelity designs, interaction prototypes, and animations that account for complex requirements, states, and edge cases.
• Maintain a high bar for visual and interaction design craft, demonstrating strong hierarchy, typography, composition, interaction behavior, accessibility, responsiveness, graphical effects, and attention to detail. 
• Think beyond individual screens or features to understand how decisions affect the broader student journey, product ecosystem, operational processes, and long-term scalability of the experience.
• Partner with product managers, engineers, researchers, content strategists, business stakeholders, and other collaborators to shape product direction and ensure that user experience is represented in strategic and implementation decisions.
• Facilitate design and discovery activities that help teams explore possibilities, align on shared direction, and move from ambiguity toward actionable solutions.
• Work closely with engineering by providing design guidance and conducting design QA testing to ensure that shipped experiences meet the intended level of quality.
• Elevate the work of other designers through thoughtful critique, mentorship, and knowledge sharing to establish a culture of quality and curiosity.
• Assume or coordinate other duties or projects as assigned or directed.

NOTE: This is an in-person position. You must be able to reliably commute to Scottsdale AZ.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field.
• Proven ability to lead design of complex products from ambiguous problem spaces through strategy, execution, and iteration.
• Demonstrated strong design taste and judgment, with ability to evaluate quality, distinguish strong solutions, and clearly articulate rationale.
• Demonstrated creativity and conceptual thinking, including translating abstract ideas into compelling product experiences.
• Experience with advanced interaction design skills across complex workflows, system states, edge cases, information architecture, and reusable patterns.
• Demonstrated strong visual design skills with mastery of hierarchy, typography, composition, motion, consistency, and responsive design.
• Experience contributing to or evolving design systems, reusable patterns, and scalable design practices across products.
• Demonstrated ability to clearly communicate and influence design direction across product teams, stakeholders, and leadership.
• Experience with industry-standard design, research and AI tools (Adobe CC, Figma, Claude, Codex, User testing, etc.).
• Experience in multiple mediums of design such as print, merchandise, graphic design, presentations, infographics, and email marketing.
• Strong digital portfolio that demonstrates exceptional UX, interaction, and visual design craft across complex, end-to-end digital products may be required.

NOTE: Please answer the following questions in your cover letter:

• Describe a complex digital experience you led from problem/concept through design and delivery. What was your role in shaping the final outcome?
• Describe a project where your design judgment meaningfully improved the final experience. What alternatives did you consider, and how did you determine that your solution was the strongest direction?

Salary & Benefits:

$74,200 - $85,000 per year; DOE

ASU offers a total compensation package that includes valuable employee benefits. See the ASU Benefits website to explore options.

• Healthcare
• Financial Security
• Retirement
• Family Resources
• Tuition Reduction (Eligible ASU Employee, their dependents and spouse.)
• Discounts

Working Environment

Your desk will be in the beautiful, cutting-edge, and collaborative workspace at SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center. The Center houses a diverse business community that links technology, research, education, and entrepreneurship to position ASU and Greater Phoenix as global leaders in the knowledge economy.

ASU EdPlus supports flexible work options, ranging from alternate work schedules to hybrid work schedules, subject to approvals per ASU policy. 

Applicant must be eligible to work in the United States. EdPlus at ASU will not be a sponsor for this position.

Department Statement: 

As a central enterprise unit for ASU, ASU EdPlus supports the university charter by focusing on the design and scalable delivery of digital teaching and learning models to increase student success and reduce barriers to achievement in higher education.

ASU EdPlus defines itself through a culture of curiosity, risk-taking, and refusing to accept the status quo. Our employees are valued, respected, and encouraged to be their unique selves. We know that our ability to deliver high-quality services and educational experiences is strengthened by our culture of innovation, driving outcomes through serving learners, achieving milestones, striving for excellence, solving problems, embracing urgency, and being bold.

ASU EdPlus

Apply by 11:59 pm on Tuesday, November 17, 2026.

Are you an experienced programmer who goes beyond writing code and uses Unity 3D to craft engaging, atmospheric experiences? Are you excited about developing innovative educational products and solutions using virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies? Do you have strong artistic and creative sensibilities, with an understanding of immersive experiences, interactive design, gameplay, and user experience? If so, keep reading below for this VR Programmer/Developer opportunity!

ASU EdPlus is a dynamic unit of Arizona State University focused on the design and scalable delivery of digital teaching and learning models to increase student success and reduce barriers to achievement in higher education. We advance the economic, social, cultural, and overall health of the local, national, and international communities served by ASU.             

Curious about what it’s like to work at EdPlus? Watch this short video, then explore more stories on the EdPlus at ASU YouTube channel.

Dreamscape Learn (DSL) is a collaborative venture between Dreamscape Immersive and Arizona State University, merging the most advanced experiential pedagogy with the entertainment industry’s best cinematic storytelling. Our mission is to deliver unique virtual reality and 2D labs and full course experiences that are provably efficacious, readily scalable, and emotionally engaging.

We’re seeking a creative, self-motivated, and collaborative VR Programmer/Developer with a passion for interaction design, technical art, and immersive world-building to join our Dreamscape Learn team. Working under the guidance of senior staff, you will contribute to a wide range of projects, both independently and in collaboration with artists, developers, project leads, and stakeholders. Using emerging technology tools and AI-driven workflows, you will help create story-driven experiences that transform creative concepts into best-in-class VR applications.

Essential Duties:

• Systems & Interaction Design: Develop robust C# systems for VR mechanics, creating interactions that feel intuitive, tactile, and responsive. 
• Creative Prototyping to Product: Transform sketches, storyboards, and animatics into playable prototype levels to full immersive experiences that demonstrate gameplay concepts and user experience. 
• Cinematics & Experience Pacing: Use Unity Timeline and sequencing tools to create narrative-driven moments and shape the pacing, rhythm, and flow of immersive experiences. 
• Creative Collaboration and Communication: Partner with artists, designers, and project leads to translate creative briefs and storyboards into polished, functional VR prototypes that combine strong gameplay feel with cinematic presentation. 
• Problem Solving & Feasibility Support: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop creative solutions, identify production constraints, and provide technical feasibility recommendations. 
• Experience Builds & Review: Package, deploy, and maintain VR builds for internal reviews and stakeholder feedback, ensuring features are stable, playable, and presentation-ready. 
• Core Development: Work closely with team leads to develop new gameplay systems, create internal development tools, and resolve bugs to support ongoing production. 
• Technology Integration & Testing: Evaluate and integrate new SDKs, tools, and platform updates while collaborating with the team to solve technical challenges and improve project infrastructure. 
• Mentorship & Academic Integration: Demonstrate the ability to mentor, lead, provide feedback, and professional guidance toward continuous growth within a fast-paced production environment. 
• General: Assume or coordinate other duties or projects as assigned or directed. 

NOTE: This is an in-person, hybrid position. You must be able to reliably commute to Tempe, Arizona.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, game development, or a related field, 
• Expert-level experience developing VR experiences and interactions with Unity 3D and game engine development, including extensive experience with Unity Timeline or similar cinematic sequencing tools. 
• Experience developing and integrating art, gameplay, and functionality directly in-engine, including assets, animation, audio, VFX & UI/UX. 
• Evidence of strong C# programming skills and understanding of object-oriented and/or data-oriented programming. 
• Experience working with virtual reality headsets and hardware. 
• Experience using version control systems such as Git, Perforce, Unity Version Control (Plastic) and/or Bitbucket. 
• Evidence of mobile VR Optimization with 3D assets, textures, materials, shaders, and draw calls; rework VFX and particle systems; and implement light-baking to improve rendering performance, maintain visual quality, and achieve stable frame rates on mobile and standalone VR devices. 
• Experience leveraging agentic coding tools and AI-assisted development workflows to support rapid prototyping, debugging, automation, and implementation of interactive VR systems and pipelines. 
• Demonstrated familiarity with project management and collaboration tools such as Notion, Jira, ShotGrid, or Trello. 
• Demonstrated ability to quickly adapt to new technologies, workflows, and creative direction. 
• Evidence of strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines. 
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently and within collaborative teams as well as across multidisciplinary teams. 
• Demonstrated passion for building engaging, immersive, and accessible educational experiences. 
• Evidence of strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A portfolio or links to relevant projects demonstrating your programming, Unity 3D, VR/AR development, interaction design, or technical art skills may be required.

Salary & Benefits:

$90,000 - $100,000 per year; DOE

ASU offers a total compensation package that includes valuable employee benefits. See the ASU Benefits website to explore options.

• Healthcare
• Financial Security
• Retirement
• Family Resources
• Tuition Reduction (eligible ASU Employee, their dependents and spouse)
• Discounts

Working Environment: 

You are a part of EdPlus; however, your desk will be in the workspace at Creativity Commons on the Tempe campus with the Dreamscape Learn team. 

ASU EdPlus supports flexible work options, ranging from alternate to remote hybrid work schedules, subject to approvals per ASU policy. (This is an in-person, hybrid position.)

Applicant must be eligible to work in the United States. ASU EdPlus will not be a sponsor for this position.

Department Statement: 

As a central enterprise unit for ASU, ASU EdPlus supports the university charter by focusing on the design and scalable delivery of digital teaching and learning models to increase student success and reduce barriers to achievement in higher education.

ASU EdPlus defines itself through a culture of curiosity, risk-taking, and refusing to accept the status quo. Our employees are valued, respected, and encouraged to be their unique selves. We know that our ability to deliver high-quality services and educational experiences is strengthened by our culture of innovation, driving outcomes through serving learners, achieving milestones, striving for excellence, solving problems, embracing urgency, and being bold.

ASU EdPlus

Apply by 11:59 pm Arizona time on Monday, November 23, 2026