American Institutes for Research · 1 day ago
Drupal Developer
American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution that conducts behavioral and social science research. They are seeking a Drupal Developer to support the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) project, focusing on developing web-based functions for the FEWS NET website and ensuring compliance with standards.
EducationNon Profit
Responsibilities
Designing and implementing new features and functionality, ensuring high-performance and availability, and managing all technical aspects of the CMS
Helping to formulate an effective, responsive design and turning it into a working theme
Working closely with other developers and team members to ensure an effective, visually appealing, and intuitive implementation
Theming and implementing highly visible, user-facing features with data visualization components
Programming custom PHP and web application development using Drupal
Maintaining (security patches, upgrades), troubleshooting, testing, and deploying code to a repository at high quality
Researching and following Drupal best practices
Performing other related duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Master's Degree in Statistics, Computer Science, Economics or other related field and 4+ Years of Professional Full Stack, Back-end, or Front-end Drupal website development experience OR Bachelor's Degree and 6+ years of experience
Experience using templating and styling to develop user interfaces for websites and/or web applications
Experience working with and creating automated tests, such as using Playwright, Behat, Selenium, etc
Ability to write JavaScript with and without the use of frameworks such as jQuery
Advanced site-building experience including deep familiarity with Drupal modules such as Views, Blocks, CKEditor, Layout Builder, Media Library, Taxonomy, Paragraphs, Search API, Webform
Ability to develop CSS with consistent styles across platforms and browsers
Ability to convert comprehensive layout and wireframes into working HTML pages
Experience developing web solutions in Drupal and PHP implementations in a LAMP environment
Experience developing sites to 508 compliance standards
Experience creating custom Drupal modules
Experience building responsive websites using Drupal CMS, HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, and JavaScript/jQuery
Knowledge of PHP, PHP files, Twig and similar theme functions, and knowledge of the Drupal theme layer
Thorough understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (e.g. Requirements, Design, Development, Testing) and exposure to Agile or iterative SDLCs
Website development and maintenance, and use of relevant software are required
Preferred
Experience working in an Agile team environment
Experience using GitHub or similar code repositories
Experience working with U.S. government or international development
Benefits
AIR’s Total Rewards Program, is designed to reward our staff competitively and motivate them to achieve our critical mission.
Company
American Institutes for Research
An independent, not-for-profit corporation which performs basic and applied research
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$9.86MKey Investors
U.S. Department of EducationJim Joseph Foundation
2017-11-01Grant· $7.8M
2014-09-08Grant· $0.8M
2010-10-10Grant· $1.26M
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