WEB DEVELOPER

UW Medicine - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Entry Level

Seattle, WA

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington (UW) is seeking a Web Developer to join its web team. This role is crucial in building websites, themes, templates, and web applications that support the College's mission of enhancing storytelling and attracting students and faculty. The web team collaborates with designers, communications professionals, and clients to ensure design excellence and well-informed code, while also ensuring compliance with federal and university standards. The position emphasizes delivering excellent user experiences and maintaining secure, robust, and resilient websites. The Web Developer will report to the Director of Web Services.

Responsibilities

• Develop websites and web applications that meet the needs of our units.
• Develop and design new features for existing websites.
• Revise user interface and website features based on user feedback.
• Conduct thorough testing of user interfaces in multiple platforms to ensure all designs are rendered correctly, and systems function properly.
• Validate the technical feasibility of website designs while applying best practices in designing and testing for accessibility.
• Verify that websites comply with current operational procedures and UW policies, including security, privacy, and accessibility.
• Integrate internal and third-party web tools and applications as needed.
• Maintain thorough documentation of all programs and procedures.
• Contribute to web strategy discussions, offer solutions, and perform other tasks related to our dynamic and collaborative approach to web development.
• Maintain awareness of technology advances and collaborate on applying new approaches.
• Respond to support requests from units and provide appropriate and timely solutions.
• Troubleshoot and respond to errors and issues as they arise.
• Provide training to content contributors on using our customized Drupal framework and following best practices for authoring web content.
• Work with colleagues to provide routine website upgrades, and maintenance and to enhance security.
• Work with Web, Communications, and Advancement teams to improve processes and increase efficiency.

Requirements

• BS in information systems, web design, computer sciences or a related field and minimum of 2-3 years of professional work experience.
• Expert knowledge of HTML and CSS.
• Familiar with PHP and the latest web techniques, technologies, languages and libraries.
• Familiarity with content management systems and theming, preferably Drupal.
• Working knowledge of LESS, SASS, or other CSS pre-processors.
• Experience managing code and projects with Git in collaboration with other developers.
• Basic knowledge of package management systems.
• Working knowledge of WCAG standards and demonstrated ability to apply enhancements for accessibility.
• Strong working knowledge of responsive web design, cross-platform compatible coding techniques, and troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of UX standards and/or Universal Design.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences and colleagues.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to adhere to project schedules and communicate effectively about deliverables and deadlines.
• Must be comfortable using project management and productivity tools such as Wrike, Microsoft Office 365, and Google Suite.
• Ability to communicate through a variety of tools such as Slack, MS Teams, and Zoom.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience building sites in Drupal 10 or greater, with an emphasis on front-end development.
• Experience creating a user interface suitable for less technical content creators.
• Experience integrating third-party libraries and APIs.
• Experience using Git with a command-line interface.
• Experience using a cloud-based hosting platform.
• Experience with Composer.
• Experience with CSS frameworks and JavaScript libraries.
• Knowledge of in-browser graphics such as CSS animations, WebGL, SVG animations, etc.

Benefits

• Generous benefits and work/life programs.
• Professional growth opportunities.
• Unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.