Stanford University is hiring: Web Developer 2 – Hybrid or Remote in Palo Alto

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Web Developer 2– Hybrid or Remote

Note: The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

The School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S) is the foundation of a liberal arts education at Stanford. The school encompasses 23 departments and 25 interdisciplinary programs. H&S is home to fundamental and applied research, where free, open, and critical inquiry is pursued across disciplines.

JOB PURPOSE:

The Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR) is an open-source, online reading assessment platform designed to bridge research and practice. We are looking for an experienced, full-stack web developer to join our team and help build out this platform to scale to meet the needs of large school districts, serving hundreds of thousands of students.

Core to our team’s mission are:

• Research-Practice Partnership model: Develop technology that catalyzes research while supporting practitioners.
• Transparency and open-access: Create technology that meets a critical need in diverse school districts and can be used under an open-access, not-for-profit model.

This is a 100% FTE, 1-year fixed-term exempt position with the possibility of renewal. This position will be based on the Stanford campus and will be considered for an option of telecommuting (hybrid of working on-site and off-site), subject to operational need.

Duties include:

• Design, implement, and deploy web experiments on the ROAR platform from initial design and architecture through development, test, and deployment.
• Work with experimental psychologists to refine both core functionality and look and feel of web experiments.
• Contribute to internationalization of web experiments on the ROAR platform.
• Work with the ROAR team to integrate web experiments into existing infrastructure and packages.
• Work with the Language and Cognition Lab’s LEVANTE team to facilitate data transfer between ROAR experimental data and external repositories.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education & Experience:

Bachelor's degree and three years of relevant experience or a combination of education and relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Familiarity with Vue.js (preferred), React, Angular, or a similar modern web development framework.
• Familiarity with Firebase services including Firestore, Authentication, and Hosting.
• Knowledge of modern development tools, like Git.
• Experience in consuming and designing RESTful APIs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with experimental psychology tasks and approaches.
• At least 1+ years of experience in Vue.js with knowledge of components and the composition API.
• Please provide a link to a publicly accessible pull request on GitHub in which you contribute significantly to a web development project.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:

• Constantly perform desk-based computer tasks, grasp lightly/fine manipulation.
• Frequently sitting.
• Occasionally stand/walk, use a telephone.
• Rarely writing by hand, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds.

* - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

This hybrid/remote role is open to candidates anywhere in the United States. The expected pay range for this position is $77,440 to $111,005 per annum.

WORK STANDARDS:

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety.

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