Full-Time Web Developer

• Design, implement, and deploy web experiments on the ROAR platform from initial design and architecture through development, test, and deployment.
• Work with experimental psychologists to refine both core functionality and look and feel of web experiments to maximize reliability and validity.
• Contribute to internationalization of web experiments on the ROAR platform.
• Work with the ROAR team to integrate web experiments into existing infrastructure and packages.
• Work with the Language and Cognition Lab's LEVANTE team to facilitate data transfer between ROAR experimental data and external repositories.

Core Duties:

• Design, implement, and deploy web-based applications and websites from initial design and architecture through development, test, and deployment.
• Implement and maintain content management systems, including installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and creation of Stanford-specific modules.
• Evaluate third-party modules for functionality, accessibility, security, and maintainability.
• Perform selected website administration duties for existing clients. Ensure web server and site technical performance.
• Create web pages and tools for Stanford websites using core technologies. Create and/or modify clean, well-structured, search engine optimization-friendly documented code.
• Provide technical expertise in front- and back-end web development. Support web infrastructure by providing end-user support, applications maintenance, product evaluation, back-end development, and internal management tools.
• Interpret website design and layout visually in a creative, contemporary style and fully integrated manner. Ensure high quality and consistent look and feel across multiple devices and browsers.
• Optimize the display of original online content, and collaborate with content manager to produce animated gifs, static buttons, and email and landing pages.
• Work with site architects to develop and document functional specifications based on requirements gathered from stakeholders. Support the implementation of life-cycle.
• Help develop and deploy upgrade/migration plans for existing content management system as needed.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education & Experience:

Bachelor's degree and three years of relevant experience or a combination of education and relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong skills with Javascript (ES5, ES6), HTML5 and CSS3.
• Familiarity with Vue.js (preferred), React, Angular, or a similar modern web development framework.
• Familiarity with Firebase services including Firestore, Authentication, and Hosting.
• Knowledge of modern development tools, like Git.
• Experience in consuming and designing RESTful APIs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with experimental psychology tasks and approaches, e.g., online experiments for measuring cognitive capacities such as memory, attention, and reasoning.
• At least 1+ years of experience in Vue.js with knowledge of components and the composition API.
• Ability to write efficient, secure, clean, and scalable JavaScript/TypeScript code.
• Please provide a link to a publicly accessible pull request on GitHub in which you contribute significantly to a web development project.

If your previous work experience prohibits you from sharing a pull request (e.g., due to licensing restrictions), you may read through the ROAR application developers guide, and submit a GitHub link to the web assessment that you create while working through the guide.

Certifications and Licenses:

None

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:

• Constantly perform desk-based computer tasks, grasp lightly/fine manipulation.
• Frequently sitting.
• Occasionally stand/walk, use a telephone.
• Rarely writing by hand, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds.
• Strong visual acuity.

* - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.