Frontend Developer

JOB SUMMARY

Applies skills as an experienced software professional for front-end, web-based applications, with a full understanding of industry practices, community standards, and relevant policies and procedures to medium-sized projects or portions of large projects with moderate scope and complexity. Resolves a wide range of issues dealing with web-based applications. Demonstrates competency in selecting tools, methods, and techniques to obtain results.

• Budgeted Salary: $88,830 - $95,250/year. Salary commensurate with skills, qualifications and experience.
• Benefits Level Eligibility: Full benefits

• Full-time, Fixed
• Percentage of Time: 100%, 40 Hours per Week
• Days of the Week:
  Mon-Fri
• Shift Includes:
  Day

85% - Software Development

• Plans, designs, develops, modifies, debugs, deploys, and evaluates complex front-end software for functional areas.
• Analyzes existing front-end applications or works to formulate logic for new web-based systems.
• Negotiates, develops, and executes moderately complex Quality Assurance test plans.
• Develops conversion and system implementation plans.
• Performs performance and integration testing and builds interfaces for a variety of internal and external constituents. Monitors and employs source code control techniques and configuration management.
• Supports general operations across the portfolio.
• Completes internal and external client modifications to the required specifications.
• Drafts and updates technical documentation. Evaluates and responds to error messages, alerts, and inquiries from peer departments.

15% - Process Improvements

• Gathers, analyzes, prepares, and summarizes recommendations for approval of front-end programming documentation.
• Recommends and implements changes in development, maintenance, and system standards.
• Negotiates with stakeholders on the creation of software specifications.

• Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
• Experience with planning for deployment and creation of feedback mechanisms.
• Experience ensuring that organizational practices, services, and behaviors support and promote collaboration among staff.
• Knowledge of: OAuth2/OpenID, SAML, AD, SSO, Amazon RDS, Red Shift, Thymeleaf, Angular, and AWS tasks.
• Intermediate knowledge of secure software development.
• Demonstrated customer service orientation skills.
• Demonstrated effective verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Skills associated with software design, modification, implementation, and deployment, including front-end web-based programming concepts.
• Demonstrated ability to program in at least one of the following:
  Angular, Type Script, CSS.
• Demonstrated ability to understand market and educational requirements, including Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) requirements, that should inform accessibility needs within the User Interface (UI.)
• Demonstrated ability with advising, applying, and troubleshooting user interface design to front-end applications.
• Demonstrated ability to understand functional needs and how systems can support those needs.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization.
• Able to learn effectively and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Demonstrated knowledge of git, command line tooling, unit testing, and Agile workflow.
• Experience planning and providing deliverables that meet the terms of a contract.
• Certified Scrum Master.

• Selected candidate will be required to pass a pre-employment criminal history background check.
• Selected candidate must pass the employment misconduct disclosure process.
• Ability to work long periods of time at a computer with or without accommodation.
• This is a fully remote position, and the selected candidate must be able to work successfully from a home/remote office and be able to fulfill the requirements of the UCSC telecommuting agreement.
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends as directed.
• Ability to travel nationally.
• Ability to maintain appearance and conduct suitable for working in a professional setting.
• Selected candidate will be required to complete training within established time frames as directed including UC compliance training.
• The University of California has implemented a Vaccination Policy covering all employees. To be compliant with the policy, covered employees must submit proof of vaccination or have an approved exception or deferral, eight (8) weeks from date of hire.
• Exercise the utmost discretion in managing sensitive information learned in the course of performing their duties. Sensitive information includes but is not limited to employee and student records, health and patient records, financial data, strategic plans, proprietary information, and any other sensitive or non-public information learned during the course and scope of employment. Understands that…