Location: San Francisco, CA
URL: http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/hr_pos/2585
WestEd- "Voted Best Places to Work"
Position Title: Interactive Application Developer
Reports to: Senior Product Developer
Program: WestEd Interactive
Department: Information Services
Salary: Level G – ,271 – ,089
Location: San Francisco, CA
Time Base: 100%
Position No: 2585
WestEd, a nonprofit research, development, and service agency, works with education and other communities to promote excellence, achieve equity, and improve learning for children, youth, and adults. While WestEd serves the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah as one of the nation’s Regional Educational Laboratories, our agency’s work extends throughout the United States and abroad. WestEd has 16 offices nationwide, from Washington and Boston to Arizona, Southern California, and its headquarters in San Francisco.
Anyone can work for a .com for dollars. We’re looking for someone who wants to work for a .org to improve education and learning.
WestEd has been ranked in the top 100 places to work in the Bay Area multiple times and we don’t even have stock options. We provide an indisputably generous benefits package and a great working environment that allows you to collaborate with experts and thought-leaders in all aspects of the educational field, both inside and outside of the organization. And you can go to bed at night knowing that the work you do helps improve children’s lives.
WestEd is a respected leader in the Education sector. We have several hundred active projects at any given time, with an impact that ranges from schools to state departments of education to the federal government. WestEd Interactive, the organization’s technology group, has supported over 100 projects in the last few years, and is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit development teams in the educational industry. We work in a fast-moving, evolving environment—and we are growing rapidly.
Position Description
We are searching for individuals who love solving problems, and who have an insatiable curiosity about emerging web technologies and how they tie together with existing technology and practices.
We are looking for someone to add expertise to an already diverse team of web, media, and database developers. We want someone who is interested in technology’s applications, someone who wants to be here because they want to use some of the most innovative tools available to solve long-standing problems. You will work on multiple projects in small teams to develop intuitive solutions. Almost all of your peers are located in our SOMA office in San Francisco, and that is where you will be based.
We want someone who can drive change in our organization, who can help guide us in how to implement new technologies and approaches to working on the web, who has experience with a wide variety of scripting languages, databases, and platforms. This position will focus initially on a Perl-based authoring system using MySQL databases, but will expand to include other platforms such as Ruby on Rails.
Responsibilities
You will help to develop intuitive, useful web-based applications for the educational sector.
Qualifications
REQUIRED
· Experience with web application frameworks and platforms
· Comfortable working in UNIX-like environments (Linux, Solaris)
· Server-side scripting experience (Perl directly applicable. Ruby, Python
or PHP a plus. The more the better.)
· Database design and SQL experience (MySQL and SQL Server directly
applicable)
· Strong HTML, XHTML, and CSS experience
· Experience working in a team environment; friendly, outgoing manner
· Great communication skills;both verbal and written
· Excellent time management skills to juggle multiple projects
simultaneously
· Able to work in our San Francisco office
PREFERRED
· Experience with Web services, R.E.S.T
· Skill in JavaScript and AJAX
· Experience with the Ruby on Rails application platform
· Knowledge of integrating SQL Server and other products into an open-source
stack
· Understanding of principles and practices of usability and user
interaction design
· Experience with object oriented programming (Perl directly applicable)
NICE TO HAVE
· Experience with web software QA and version control
· Knowledge of security principles; penetration testing experience a plus
· Understanding of principles of XML/XSLT/XML Schema
· Experience in Windows application development platforms and languages such
as ASP.NET, C#, Visual C++, or VB.NET.
· Understanding of accessibility implications in a range of web
technologies, from HTML tags to JavaScript interaction to Flash
· Experience with any of Adobe AIR, Adobe Flex, Microsoft Silverlight, or
Google Gears
· Experience in Internationalization, the Semantic web, or machine learning
· Background in Education
Application Process
We invite you to apply online at www.WestEd.org/jobs or you may send your resume, a letter of interest (specify Job No. 2585) and a list of three references to:
Human Resources
WestEd
730 Harrison Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
FAX: 415-565-3012
http://www.WestEd.org
Benefits Highlights
- All health benefits effective day one of employment
- 15% contribution toward retirement effective day one of employment
- 20 vacation days, 10 holidays, 2 personal days
- 12 sick days
WestEd is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Positions are open until filled.