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Senior Web Developer
HarperCollins
Nashville, TN, United States
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HarperCollins Christian Publishing is in search of a Senior Web Developer for their Direct division. The Senior Web Developer manages public web properties, with an emphasis on regular site maintenance and security updates for existing web properties, as well as new site development. The position includes both backend (PHP) and frontend (HTML / CSS / Javascript) development. The Senior Web Developer works on properties ranging from Bible Gateway, with over 150 million pageviews per month, to seasonally busy e-commerce websites built on the Magento platform, to WordPress installations and static sites that receive a few thousand pageviews over their lifetimes.
Responsibilities:
The primary responsibilities of the Marketing Manager include but are not limited to:
Essential Responsibilities:
• Troubleshoot, refactor, and perform routine maintenance on existing websites
• Follow secure development practices.
• Work with inside and outside stakeholders to implement new websites.
• Implement architecture and infrastructure that optimize for flexibility, re-use, scalability, performance, and availability.
• Utilize design and UX best practices to optimize front-end usability.
• Coordinate activities with systems staff to ensure capacity, package support, and other requirements are met.
• Document changes, stage and release code for review and production.
• Write and perform unit and other tests to insure quality of code.
• Create innovative and creative solutions to complex challenges.
• Maintain clean code repository.
Qualifications:
Desired candidate will possess the following knowledge, experience, education and skills:
Knowledge:
• Good knowledge of software engineering life cycle process, including design, development, build/release, testing, Git source control, ticketing (Jira), and QA.
• Good knowledge of Internet Application architectures and protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, etc.)
• Good knowledge of WordPress.
• Knowledge of Laravel and Drupal a plus.
• Knowledge of the Magento e-commerce platform a plus.
• Knowledge of AWS (EC2, S3, DynamoDB, Lambda) a plus.
Work Experience:
• 5+ years’ experience in related field.
• Experience with PHP (5 and 7) and especially WordPress.
• Experience developing in LAMP environment (esp. Red Hat and derivatives).
Education:
• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
Industry Knowledge:
• Familiarity with current technologies, especially responsive design and progressive enhancement (HTML5, CSS, and Javascript).
• Familiarity with high-performance and scalability best practices.
• Knowledge of current and legacy desktop and mobile browsers and how to develop cross-platform solutions.
Skills:
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate complex, interactive design concepts clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
HarperCollins Christian Publishing is an equal opportunity employer.