Web Developer IV - 530925
About The Position
The Web Developer IV writes and maintains front-end and/or back-end code for complex enterprise-level University websites and web applications. The role applies expert-level knowledge of web code standards and frameworks to develop complex, dynamic websites and applications that meet University and governmental policy standards. It provides guidance, leadership, and training to other developers and works under minimal supervision. Reporting to the Associate Director of University Web Strategy, the position works with developers, strategists, designers, and campus partners as the platform and deployment lead for the Division of Strategic Communications. It authors and maintains continuous integration and deployment infrastructure, including GitHub Actions workflows, self-hosted runners, and build tooling for WordPress, React and Next.js, and static site applications deployed to on-premises and managed hosting targets. The role also writes and maintains production PHP and JavaScript across division web properties, including custom WordPress plugins, design-system components, theme templates, and internal web applications. The position maintains WordPress environments across on-premises multisite and managed single-site platforms and administers hosting platform accounts and environments. It monitors site performance, uptime, and load, and diagnoses and resolves issues across code, platform, and network layers. The role owns the deployment path and hosting platform layer, including patch and update scheduling, rollback and hotfix response, pipeline and build configuration, release readiness, and approval of administrative access requests. Attendance at a monthly in-person divisional staff meeting is required. The position is eligible for remote work subject to University policy.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and six years of web development experience, or master's degree and four years of web development experience.
- Proficiency writing and maintaining production PHP in a WordPress context, including custom plugins, blocks, and theme templates.
- Proficiency with modern JavaScript, including React and Next.js, sufficient to independently author, review, and maintain application code.
- Proficiency with HTML and CSS to production standards.
- Strong command-line proficiency and fluency with Git-based version control workflows, including branching strategy, merge-conflict resolution, and code review.
- Working knowledge of npm and Node.js build tooling.
- High proficiency with WordPress administration, including core, plugin, and theme maintenance across multisite and single-site environments.
- Understanding of DNS fundamentals and record management.
- Working knowledge of WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards and ability to implement accessible markup and interaction patterns in code.
- Ability to diagnose and resolve issues spanning application code, hosting platform, and network layers.
- Ability to instrument and monitor site performance, uptime, and load using platform-native tools and web analytics.
- Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills for coordinating with central IT partners and other campus web teams.
- Successfully pass a pre-employment background investigation, including review of information obtained from social media and other internet sources.
Nice To Haves
- Six years of professional web development experience, with additional experience in platform engineering or systems administration.
- Demonstrated experience authoring WordPress plugins, blocks, or custom themes in PHP.
- Experience developing and deploying React or Next.js applications.
- Experience configuring and operating self-hosted GitHub Actions runners or comparable CI/CD runner infrastructure.
- Direct experience with Pantheon or comparable managed WordPress hosting platforms.
- Experience with WordPress multisite administration.
- Experience with static site generators such as Astro, Hugo, or Eleventy.
- Experience with component documentation tooling such as Storybook.
- Experience contributing to a shared design system or component library.
- Knowledge of Redis, Varnish, or similar caching layers used with WordPress.
- Experience administering hosted web platforms and managing multiple deployment environments.
Responsibilities
- Write and maintain front-end and/or back-end code for complex enterprise-level University websites and web applications.
- Apply web code standards and frameworks to produce complex, dynamic websites and applications that meet University and governmental policy requirements.
- Provide guidance, leadership, and training to other developers.
- Serve as platform and deployment lead for the Division of Strategic Communications and campus partners.
- Author and maintain continuous integration and deployment infrastructure, including GitHub Actions workflows, self-hosted runners, and build tooling.
- Write and maintain production PHP and JavaScript across division web properties, including custom WordPress plugins, design-system components, theme templates, and internal web applications.
- Maintain WordPress environments across on-premises multisite and managed single-site platforms.
- Administer hosting platform accounts and environments.
- Instrument and monitor site performance, uptime, and load; diagnose and resolve issues across code, platform, and network layers.
- Own the deployment path and hosting platform layer, including patch and update scheduling, rollback and hotfix response, pipeline and build configuration, release readiness, and approval of administrative access requests.
- Coordinate with central IT partners and other campus web teams on supported platforms.
- Attend the monthly in-person divisional staff meeting.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
