Your question is Motivation for Academic Engineering Work. Take a moment with it on the right.
Talk me through your thinking if you like. When you're confident, submit your answer and I'll grade it like a real screen (7/10 or better passes).
Why do you want to work as a Software Engineer in an academic environment, and what experiences have shaped how you would contribute to students, faculty, or staff through the software you build? Please give a specific example that shows how you've aligned your engineering work to a mission beyond just shipping features.