Web Developer – Full Stack Drupal

at  Harvard University

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Program in Medical Education (PME) at Harvard Medical School has an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and creative Web Developer – Full Stack Drupal, who will help design, develop, and maintain the PME’s web properties as part of HMS’s greater web presence. This position, reporting directly to the Senior Director of Finance and Administration for PME, will function as an integrated and collaborative member of the HMS IT Web Team.
The Web Developer – Full Stack Drupal will work under the priorities and direction established by the PME’s Web Governance Committee and collaborating with the PME’s Digital Producer and the Office of Communication and External Relations (OCER) to gather and clarify business requirements and develop technical scope and documentation; design, write, test and maintain Drupal modules and themes, and integrate Drupal with external APIs; participate in design and architecture reviews of new applications and major system enhancements; build automated content migrations from the existing websites to Drupal 10; institute stakeholder quality-assurance workflows.
The ideal candidate will bring expertise on user experience and interactive design to the PME offices to create compelling, successful digital experiences for current and prospective students, faculty and staff, and demonstrate a strong customer-service ethic and a positive can-do attitude among members of the HMS community on web-related activities.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of two years’ post-secondary education or relevant work experience

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Development experience in web and internet technologies, preferably in a large organization or in an agency setting.
• Experience building and maintaining sites in modern Drupal, including the development of custom modules and themes.
• Strong knowledge of semantic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Familiarity with front-end development tools such as Sass and Gulp.
• Knowledge of and adherence to Drupal best practices and to web-accessibility guidelines (WCAG 2.0/2.1).
• Motivation to remain current with existing and emerging web technologies.
• Strong attention to detail, and analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple assigned tasks with excellent time-management, organization, and planning skills.
• Ability to function as part of a team and to switch between a big-picture mindset and detailed project work.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to build win-win relationships with partners.
• Active participation in the Drupal community (discussion on issues, patches, contributed modules).
• Experience working on higher-education websites.
• Broad technical-delivery experience and knowledge of agile development practices and toolsets, such as Jira.
• Basic knowledge of use and administration of LAMP stacks.

• Partner with the Digital Content Producer, PME offices and the PME Web Governance Committee to gather and communicate technical requirements and create project plans, schedules, and scope.
• Participate in design and architecture reviews of new applications and major system enhancements.
• Participate and engage in research, iterative design, and experimentation to build, develop and maintain websites on modern Drupal versions and a variety of APIs.
• Write back-and-front-end custom Drupal code for approved modules, themes, libraries.
• Oversee quality assurance on the public-facing and the administrative interfaces of all web properties and collaborate with the HMS IT Web Team on maintaining QA best practices.
• Develop and maintain a modular library of architectural and front-end components that can be reused and repurposed across all our web properties.