For more than a decade, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation has worked to empower kids to develop lifelong, healthy habits, by ensuring the environments that surround them provide and promote good health. The Alliance, founded by the American Heart Association and Clinton Foundation, operates as an independent 501c3 non-profit organization guided by its own Board of Directors. As one of the nation’s largest children’s health organizations focusing on combating childhood obesity, the Alliance utilizes the best available scientific evidence of programs, policies and practices that positively impact healthy eating and physical activity behaviors among youth. The Alliance’s current work directly impacts more than 25 million children, with a focus on low-income and minority populations who are at increased risk for poor health, obesity and other diseases. To learn more and join the movement, visitwww.HealthierGeneration.org.
It is the goal of the Alliance to fill employment vacancies with the most qualified applicants, whether recruiting internally or externally. Strong consideration will be given to qualified internal candidates. All internal and external candidates must comply with application requirements.
JOB SUMMARY
The Web Application Developer is responsible for defining, developing and deploying custom code to deliver high quality, high impact technology solutions that help drive Alliance strategies and goals. S/he also manages back end code tests and fixes issues and enhances existing code. In addition, s/he will support front-end development efforts as required.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Plan, develop and implement the back end development of web products
Manage, maintain and update complex custom code in order to increase maintainability, performance and scalability as well as meet business needs
Triage software functionality, fix identified bugs, and implement software enhancements to optimize functionality
Provide QA testing for new code deployments
Adhere to and ensure compliance with Alliance technology policies, procedures and standards
Partner with peers within the Technology team to ensure both front- and back-end technologies are aligned with Alliance goals
Other duties as assigned
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Profciency in web performance and coding best practices including object-oriented principles and components; Specific technologies include:
HTML (intermediate)
CSS and CSS Preprocessors (intermediate)
JavaScript and jQuery (intermediate)
PHP (advanced)
SQL (advanced)
Command-line Interface (intermediate)
Amazon Web Services (intermediate)
Git, GitHub and Git-Flow (intermediate)
Web Services (SOAP, REST), OOP, Error Handling and Web Security (intermediate)
Knowledge of database schema creation/design, SQL, joins, views
Knowledge of system architecture, MySQL, Linux
Ability to do form generation and validation
Knowledge of application lifecycle including requirements gathering, experience executing system upgrades, at ease using code control management systems (Git), and issue tracking and prioritization
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- Ability to travel 10% of the time within the United States
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent combination of education and experience required
At least 5 years of software development required
Drupal or Symphony experience preferred
Full stack development experience required
This job description is subject to change at any time.
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation is committed to Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, or veteran status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
