Senior Software Engineer –

Over 7 million people visit the City of Philadelphias website every year. Whether theyre looking for information on the Philadelphia Marathon checking whether trash pickup is on-schedule looking for after school activities or applying for public assistance programs for many Philadelphians their experience on represents the image they have of government. For the past few years weve been working closely with content creators City colleagues and the public to rewrite service information and to design features that better meet the needs of City residents. You can see the progress at .

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 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 Senior Software Engineer youll join the Citys internal development shop and work on critical business and resident-facing applications. Youll work alongside UX professionals content strategists and other members of the Digital Services team. Your leadership will guide the implementation of City standards for . Youll be primarily responsible for building out new features on our WordPress platform using PHP and and following well-documented City standards while contributing to new ones. Youll get to work alongside stakeholders in a variety of different departments as you help design solutions both from a tech and process perspective. As a Senior Engineer youll be expected to help mentor other engineers who arent as far in their careers and provide a safe space for code reviews and help foster a collaborative work environment. Youll join a city government that has the largest GitHub organization among cities ( works in the open and leverages open-source tools and cloud infrastructure to improve the experience of interacting with City government online.

This job is primarily a full-stack 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 as well as doing UI development. 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 and others have contributed to. Youll also be responsible for working with stakeholders at OIT and other departments as part of our agile software development process.

Competencies Knowledge Skills and Abilities

The following are must haves:

• You have experience writing and establishing software patterns for an enterprise CMS
• Some experience with PHP and PHP frameworks
• Experience with SQL or Postgres databases
• You have deep experience working alongside other developers
• Strong experience with Vuejs is highly preferable but not required so long as you can demonstrate competency with another component based web framework.
• Youre someone that loves to learn; youre proud of your Google-fu 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
• You care about the other engineers on your team and work hard to ensure they are supported

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
• Have built maintained or supported WordPress websites
• Know how to debug complex problems using logic and following a clear pattern

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 also accepted and encouraged.
• At least 3 years of experience developing modern web applications in a production environment.

Additional Information :

Salary Range: $75000- $90000

Important: To apply candidates must provide a cover letter and resume.

All applications should include the following: 
    A one-page cover letter clarifying your interest and qualifications for the role. It really helps us understand why youre interested in this position. We read every single one!
    Your resume or curriculum vitae. 
    Optionally an online professional portfolio or public GitHub account.

We wont accept or review incomplete applications.
 

Work Setting: in-person (onsite)

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   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
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Join the City of Philadelphia team today and seize these incredible benefits designed to enhance your financial well-being and personal growth!

*The successful candidate must be a city of Philadelphia resident within six months of hire

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time