You will join the Schroeder Institute Software Development Team to design, build, and deploy novel approaches to reducing tobacco use. The team is a small, collaborative, tight-knit group that has been operating as a startup within the foundation. Our team encompasses a range of experience across industry, research, and public health. This team works to reshape how the treatment of substance abuse is conceptualized and delivered, with an emphasis on online social networks, text messaging, and mobile applications. We are currently expanding our team in response to new research-oriented projects as well as a major initiative funded internally by Truth Initiative. We value diversity of background and experience. The Senior PHP Developer position has a flexible work schedule with option to work remotely.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Improve and maintain https://BecomeAnEX.org, Truth Initiative’s smoking cessation website. We will be conducting a major overhaul to the website over the next 12-18 months including migrating the community to a new platform, replacing the CMS, overhauling the UI/UX, adding new features, improving existing ones and strengthening integrations between the custom application site and the community.
Work with other senior developers and the Sr. Manager of Software Development to propose and implement solutions to the various challenges of the above migrations and upgrades while increasing the overall quality of the site for users both internal and external.
Write code using these tools:
PHP
HTML and CSS
JavaScript
Quality Assurance: every feature we release undergoes systematic testing by another member of the team not involved in code generation;
Code Review: every feature also undergoes thorough code review by another team member prior to release;
DevOps: we are expanding operations automation for the https://becomeanex.org site. We use Ansible for other projects, but are open to other tools;
Product Planning: our engineers are involved in all major product decisions (and a lot of minor ones too), We also hold quarterly meetings to identify areas to improve our development process, procedures, and tools, and conduct bi-weekly sprint retrospectives.
COMPENSATION PACKAGE:
Salary is competitive based on experience with EXCELLENT benefits (4 weeks vacation, generous 401k contribution, paid health and dental, transportation stipend, and much more).
Interested applicants should submit their resume with salary history and (3) referencesthrough our application system.
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SVP, Human Resources
Attn: Senior PHP Developer
900 G Street, NW
Fourth Floor
Washington, DC 20001
Fax: (202) 454-5597
No telephone calls please.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status or disability.
