Contract Web Developer, NPR Digital Services - Boston, Ma Or Washington, Dc
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Washington, MAThis was removed by the employer on 5/9/2017 1:44:00 PM PST
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Full Time Job
Overview:
Essential Duties Include:
The Contract Web Developer is responsible for the development of web applications and service APIs. As part of the NPR Digital Services Technology Group, the Web Developer will focus on the building and maintaining applications to support the NPR radio-everywhere mission. This person will be expected to work in a highly collaborative inter-disciplinary team of developers, testers, designers and product managers. This person will contribute to a clear and shared mission to build solid development processes and healthy collaborations between teams, clients and applications.
This position has the flexibility of being based out of Boston, MA or Washington, DC.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 3 to 5 years experience developing database-driven web sites and applications
• Experience with REST API development patterns
• Strong JavaScript knowledge, including Node.js for the server-side and
• Backbone.js for the client-side
• Intermediate PHP knowledge
• 3 years familiarity with HTML, CSS, and client-side Javascript development
• Proficiency with both SQL (MySQL) and NoSQL
• Experience with Git
• Comfort on the command line, wherever it resides
• Desire to learn from and contribute to team’s development practices and patterns
Preferred:
• Working knowledge of responsive design concepts
• Familiarity with server architecture: Apache/Nginx, Memcache/Redis, Varnish, etc.
• Understanding of Amazon Webservices
• Good grasp of Linux and Mac development tools
• Experience with Agile/Scrum software development practices
What else?
• We rely on and give back to the open source community.
• Mac, Windows, whatever. Tell us which you prefer.
• We are a friendly bunch and expect the same from you, too.
• We’re an Agile shop, provide formal Scrum training and use tools geared toward rapid development.
• We are located in a Boston’s Innovation district in South Boston. We are a 10-minute walk to South Station and within 15 minutes of a great range of restaurants, retail, and culture around the Fort Point Channel and Seaport Districts.