Senior Full Stack Engineer

The senior full-stack engineer is responsible for creating and maintaining web components for the University’s top-tier web properties. In addition, the role contributes to code standards, accessibility standards, server maintenance, and crafting world-class digital experiences. The senior full-stack engineer will transition between these programming disciplines daily. The position is 40% frontend development, 40% server-side, and 20% server (Linux distro). A strong background in PHP & Javascript/Typescript is essential. The role will design a system’s architecture, components, and interfaces based on business requirements.

The senior full-stack engineer will be a development lead for high-traffic web properties such as umd.edu, admissions.umd.edu, and alumni.umd.edu. Additionally, the position will contribute to our design system and make minor updates to legacy web properties.

Education (include licenses, certifications, etc.):

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field required.

Experience:

• A minimum of eight years of programming experience.
• A minimum of five years of experience with Javascript – using vanilla JS and frameworks such as React.
• A minimum of five years of experience with server-side code – Node, PHP, Python, Ruby, etc
• A minimum of five years of experience building user interfaces with HTML & CSS

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Advanced knowledge of PHP and other server side programming language experience
• Moderate knowledge of HTML, CSS, and Javascript
• Moderate knowledge of Linux
• Problem solver

Preferences:

• Experience with PHP frameworks such as Laravel, Yii, Symfony
• Experience with CraftCMS and/or Drupal
• Experience building Web Components.
• Experience with AWS: EC2 (Amazon Linux 2), RDS, S3, IAM, Route 53, etc
• Experience with containers: Docker or Kubernetes
• Experience with open source