Web Developer

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Position Summary

The Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies (GSCS) connects Rice University to Houston and the world, offering exemplary educational opportunities for career changers, game-changers, lifelong learners, and everyone in between. We are committed to pushing the boundaries of digital innovation and delivering exceptional solutions to our programs. With a collaborative and supportive work environment, we offer opportunities for growth, skill development, and meaningful contributions. As a Web Developer, you’ll play a key role in shaping the future of our digital projects and driving our schools success.

In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining cutting-edge web applications that meet the need of our programs and exceed their expectations. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, scalable, and user-friendly solutions that drive business growth and success. This position may perform special projects upon request and, on occasion, provide guidance to others at the school.

We celebrate diversity of all kinds, and we are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment. We seek to hire, develop, and retain talented people from all backgrounds. We are part of a private university, but our team comes from various backgrounds and includes people who attended universities and community colleges, as well as people who did not graduate from college.

The ideal candidate will be a talented and experienced web developer who is highly motivated, skilled, and can create and maintain websites. The individual will help design, build, and implement new, highly-quality, high-performance web-based applications and tools that leverage available technology infrastructure.

This position offers a flexible work schedule and can be fully remote. This position requires U.S. work authorization.

The minimum annual hiring range is $73,326, contingent upon qualifications and experience.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Two (2) years of related professional experience in web development

Skills:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to develop web content management systems
• Demonstrated ability to develop complex websites and web applications using open source tools, languages, libraries, and current standards-compliant code
• Knowledge of web content development and cloud services
• Expert level knowledge of front-end development languages and ability to hand code HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Solid understanding of web standards and usability methods
• Expert knowledge of content management systems, such as Drupal, including the ability to perform standard installation and configuration
• Demonstrated ability to write, compile, test, debug, and deploy software
• Knowledge of web analytics tools and related analyses
• Ability to design and manage relational databases
• Ability to design and implement web services
• Ability to interact positively with and build consensus among a diverse group of colleagues, clients, and senior leadership

Preferences

• Four (4) years of demonstrated experience in both front and back-end web development
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to develop web content management systems
• Demonstrated ability to develop complex websites and web applications using open source tools, languages, libraries, and current standards-compliant code
• Knowledge of web content development and cloud services
• Expert level knowledge of front-end development languages and ability to hand code HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Solid understanding of web standards and usability methods
• Expert knowledge of content management systems, such as Drupal, including the ability to perform standard installation and configuration
• Demonstrated ability to write, compile, test, debug, and deploy software
• Knowledge of web analytics tools and related analyses
• Ability to design and manage relational databases
• Ability to design and implement web services
• Ability to interact positively with and build consensus among a diverse group of colleagues, clients, and senior l…