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Job Description
This role sits within OITs reimagined Software Engineering group. Created in 2019 OIT Software Engineering team is a talented group of engineers reshaping how the City develops procures and maintains custom software. Our projects have a huge range and a huge impact from operating and extending the front door to the City at phila to building the Citys Campaign Finance tracking system to building world class GIS applications like .
Were developing more standards and frameworks for ourselves and for other developers to use; we use modern tooling (think AWS GitHub Docker Terraform etc. and are a highly collaborative productive team.
As a Software Engineer youll join the Citys internal development shop and work on critical business and residentfacing applications. Youll work alongside UX professionals content strategists and other members of the Digital Services team. You and your fellow software engineers implement City standards for phila. Youll be primarily responsible for building out new features on our WordPress platform using PHP and and following welldocumented City standards. Youll get to work alongside stakeholdersin a variety of different departments as you help design solutions both from a technological and a process perspective.
Youll join a city government that has the largest GitHub organization among cities (github/CityOfPhiladelphia) works in the open and leverages opensource tools and cloud infrastructure to improve the experience of interacting with city government online.
Essential Functions
This job is primarily a fullstack role with the opportunity to work across the stack to fill in gaps. Youll be collaborating with other team members to design and develop new features and APIs for phila as well as doing UI development. Youll help lead the creation of new APIs to extend our WordPress environment to be more compatible with other applications and new frontend extensions the team is working on. Youll be responsible for reviewing the code of other team members in our Git flow process writing unit tests monitoring features youve launched and supporting the WordPress platform you have contributed to as part of our agile development process.
Competencies Knowledge Skills and Abilities
The following are must haves for us:
You have experience writing and establishing software patterns for an enterprise CMS
o Experience with PHP or PHP frameworks and SQL or MySQL databases
o You have deep experience working alongside other developers using source control tools like Git & GitHub.
o Experience with a plus; most of our frontend development is in Vue. Alternatively you can demonstrate experience in React / Angular.
o Youve built maintained or supported WordPress websites
Youre someone that loves to learn; youre proud of your Googlefu when encountered with obscure error messages
Youre able to see projects holistically and identify and break through roadblocks; you feel a sense of ownership in the projects youre working on
Youre able to take unclear / incomplete requirements and ask the right questions to develop solutions
You believe that unless your code is tested it doesnt count
It would be awesome if you:
Have experience deploying and supporting applications on AWS
Can demonstrate your background writing clear technical documentation for other engineers
Have strong opinions on the right way to do things but an openness to change your mind as you encounter new information and share these in your code reviews
Know how to debug complex problems using logic and following clear patterns
Qualifications :
We care more about what you can do than where you learned how to do it. That said completion of a bachelors degree program at an accredited college or university with major course work in Computer Science a related engineering field or equivalent experience is a good foundation for the work. Boot camps or alternative pathways are okay as well.
At least 2 years of experience developing modern web applications in a production environment.
Additional Information :
Salary Range: $80000 $90000
Starting salary to be determined based on experience and qualifications.
Important: To apply candidates must provide a cover letter and a resume.
Work Setting: inperson (onsite)
Discover the Perks of Being a City of Philadelphia Employee:
We offer Comprehensive health coverage for employees and their eligible dependents
Our wellness program offers eligibility into the discounted medical plan
Employees receive paid vacation sick leave and holidays
Generous retirement savings options are available
Pay off your student loans faster As a qualifying employer City of Philadelphia employees are eligible to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Join the ranks of hundreds of employees who have already benefited from this program and achieved student loan forgiveness.
Enjoy a Free Commute on SEPTA Starting September 1 2023 eligible City employees will no longer have to worry about paying for SEPTA public transportation. Whether youre a fulltime parttime or provisional employee you can seize the opportunity to sign up for the SEPTA Key Advantage Program and receive free Key cards for free rides on SEPTA buses trains trolleys and regional rails.
Unlock Tuition Discounts and Scholarships The City of Philadelphia has forged partnerships with over a dozen esteemed colleges and universities in the area ensuring that our employees have access to a wide range of tuition discounts and scholarships. Experience savings of 10 to 40 on your educational expenses extending not only to City employees but in some cases spouse and dependents too!
Join the City of Philadelphia team today and seize these incredible benefits designed to enhance your financial wellbeing and personal growth!
*The successful candidate must be a city of Philadelphia resident within six months of hire
Effective May 22 2023 vaccinations are no longer required for new employees that work in nonmedical nonemergency or patient facing positions with the City of Philadelphia. As a result only employees in positions providing services that are patientfacing medical care (ex: Nurses doctors emergency medical personnel) must be fully vaccinated.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
