Web Developer (Analyst, It)

This position is part of the Application Development team which builds and maintains mobile and web applications for customers within Duke University. We have been developing applications using Ruby and Rails since 2005 and also have applications written in JavaScript, PHP, Kotlin, Elixir and Go. Our applications often integrate with and extend existing Duke enterprise systems. A successful applicant will have expertise in web application development and production support for both desktop and mobile with particular skills in Ruby and JavaScript. The applicant must demonstrate the ability to work in an agile team environment and communicate with others effectively.

Work Performed

Deliver both enterprise-level and highly customized web-based software solutions that support the mission of the university by planning, architecting, developing, implementing, and supporting web technology infrastructure.

• Participate in the Code+ program working with organizers and students
• Document all work efforts in relation to customer requests, change requests, maintenance activities, and others as identified
• Troubleshoot and optimize applications for performance
• Work with customers to iteratively identify business requirements and propose solutions
• Employ agile principles to research, design and develop software solutions for business needs
• Collaborate with other developers, systems administrators, students and other IT staff
• Participate in educational and higher education initiatives

Perform other duties as assigned.

Soft Skills

• Ability to learn and adapt to new technologies
• Time management and organization
• Written analysis and evaluation
• Excellent interpersonal and interview skills
• Teamwork
• Self-motivated and goal-oriented
• Excellent communication: Verbal and written, technical and non-technical
• Independent worker, yet able to take direction from management and provide regular status

Qualifications

Required:

• Familiar with Structured Query Language (SQL)
• Experience developing applications for UNIX(Linux) environments
• Ability to continuously learn and apply new technologies
• Expertise in web markup and styling languages (HTML, CSS)
• Understanding of web application request and response lifecycle
• Understanding of object-oriented design and programming
• Experience with version management and source control systems, particularly git
• Proven problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Understanding of relational databases
• Agile software practices
• Problem tracking/resolution
• Experience with the Ruby programming language and Ruby on Rails framework or Elixir programming language and the Phoenix framework
• Requirements gathering and analysis
• Experience creating APIs using REST and GraphQL
• Software and system change and release management, preferably including experience with frequent deployments

• Motivated, focused and self-guiding; works well on a small team
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to interact with both technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred:

• Familiar with technologies like AJAX and WebSockets
• Experience creating, maintaining, and tuning enterprise-scale web applications
• Understanding of JavaScript programming language
• Experience working in a containerized environment, e.g. orchestrated software packaging
• Familiar with mobile application development

• Understanding of software development lifecycle
• Web user interface design and implementation

Education

Preferred:

BA or BS (Computer Science, Engineering or related field) or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

Required:

Equivalent work experience.

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