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- A minimum of three (3) years full-time, or equivalent part-time, professional experience writing software
- Excellent communicator: Articulate jargon to general audiences (e.g., City departments and the public), explain the logic behind design decisions, craft compelling narratives about product work, write and speak clearly, and cultivate effective communication among team members.
- Relationship-builder: Work with a variety of people and personalities, listen and ask questions to identify new design opportunities, and cultivate strong relationships to ensure seamless collaboration and continued project support.
- Curious: Practice active listening, ask questions to get to the root of a problem, be open to receiving/giving constructive feedback, and have a sincere interest in learning new skills or growing old ones.
- Compassionate: Turn empathy into actionable solutions that address people's real needs with integrity.
- Self-directed. Given broad direction, you can prioritize your work and allocate your time and resources effectively. Just as important, you know when to ask for help and aren't afraid to do so.
- Systems-thinker. You can envision how a particular feature may affect other, unrelated parts of the project.
- Experience with JavaScript frameworks (Vue.js or React preferred)
- Strong foundation in web fundamentals - JavaScript, HTML, and CSS Including responsive design techniques and front-end frameworks (Foundation, Bulma, etc)
- Experience building modern client-side web interfaces
- Knowledge of PHP
- Experience coding for a CMS (WordPress strongly preferred)
- Experience using Git, or similar version control systems
- Experience with SQL, or other relational database usage
- Experience working with REST APIs
- Experience with, or willingness to learn, Amazon Web Services
- Especially strong candidates will have: Experience using translation frameworks (vue-i18n, for example)
- Build new features and reusable components for phila.gov, with a focus on the front-end.
- We use: JavaScript (Vue.js, jQuery), PHP, Docker, AWS, and WordPress.
- Work closely with a cross-functional team, including other developers, to ensure deliverables meet design, content, and UX standards.
- Ensure the solutions you create meet web standard best practices, accessibility guidelines and language access requirements.
- Collaborate with non-technical colleagues on new features.
- Address bug fixes as needed and consider the maintainability of code.
- Build reusable, testable, and efficient code.
- Implement modern development techniques.
- As a Software Engineer, you will help to expand the phila.gov web presence, following the latest standards in security, design principles, and accessibility.
- Your focus will be on the front-end of phila.gov, where you write new components, and rewrite and replace older technology.
- You'll be an expert in your discipline, working closely with a cross-functional team of designers, software engineers, and User Experience (UX) professionals to amplify the web presence for phila.gov.
- You will work to build accessibility and language access features to the framework.
- Your work will help residents find what they are looking for quickly and easily.
- You'll help create new features, build out new infrastructure, and new workflows
- ID: #43613280
- State: Pennsylvania Philadelphia 19176 Philadelphia USA
- City: Philadelphia
- Salary: USD TBD TBD
- Job type: Contract
- Showed: 2022-06-25
- Deadline: 2022-08-24
- Category: Et cetera