Senior Web Application Developer

Job Title: Senior Web Application Developer

Department: Information Technology

Reports To: Development Lead

FLSA: Exempt

Grade: 13

The Senior Web Application Developer is a key resource on the IT team responsible for providing system solutions and frameworks for the MSBA websites and front-end interfaces that best meet the needs of the Authority. Responsibilities include analysis, architecture, development, testing, and implementation of the front-end applications which include complex and high-profile projects, ensuring accurate and positive overall user experience. This position requires overall business and technical expertise ensuring application interfaces reflect the Authority’s mission, while adhering to defined requirements, UI standards and best practices. The Senior Web Application Developer works closely with IT team members and provides supervision for the Web Application Developers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analyze user requirements and translate them into the application architecture and front-end design.
• Design, develop, test, and implement component-based applications (enhancements and new interfaces as defined) including more complex and objective laden projects, within defined schedules. 
• Stay current on new and evolving technologies and provide recommendations to best meet business needs and ensure a scalable, maintainable, user-friendly platform.
• Stay current and continue to maintain a strong understanding of MSBA business processes and workflow in order to develop and align web applications appropriately with MSBA business goals and objectives.
• Provide recommendations and prototypes for new and enhanced front end designs and technologies to ensure the code base is current and to provide positive usability and intuitive user designs.
• Work with the Business Analyst and Database Development Team to design and develop cohesive solutions to support business needs.
• Write and maintain comprehensive documentation, including dependencies, UI standards, version control, basic troubleshooting, and daily operations documents. Maintain and reengineer existing Authority custom applications, as required.
• Provide continuous review of computer systems and applications.
• Maintain quality and version control of all applications, as they are updated and revised.
• Support the Authority’s and client users of web applications through problem solving and troubleshooting of various issues as they arise.
• Provide guidance and be a resource to other Web Application Developers on the team
• Support the development and ongoing maintenance of MSBA website, as required.
• Define and follow software release and archiving procedures.
• Follow policies, procedures, and Engineering standards and best practices.
• Adapt easily to changing technologies and support them, if required.
• Support the operational strategies and priorities of the Authority.
• Cross- train with colleagues on relevant services
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Interview, onboard, and train employees assigned.    
• Lead employees to accomplish departmental and individual performance results.   
• Communicate job expectations and establish, monitor, and appraise employee performance results.   
• Supervise and mentor employees and ensure compliance with MSBA and department policies and procedures.  

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and 10+ years of relevant professional
• Experience supervising and mentoring a web application development team
• Excellent understanding of software design, architecture and programming principles of clean, efficient, maintainable, and scalable code
• Proficient in advanced programing skills with both front-end and back-end languages, frameworks, and libraries.
• Strong understanding of UI design best practices and overall usability
• Expertise in C#, VB.net/ASP.NET/ ASP.NET MVC and Core frameworks and Web Services/Restful APIs using Visual Studio 2019/2022 above, including application development, debugging, implementation, testing and publishing.
• Expertise inHTML5/XML/CSS3/BootStrap/JavaScript/JQuery/AJAX/LINQ/Silverlight and other latest server-side and client-side technologies
• Strong understanding of version control practices, such as Git and DevOps, database management, web application security mechanism, and website hosting on IIS server 10
• Experience with Azure environments/apps/services for web application development and hosting
• Direct experience with the various stages of the SDLC
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Must be self-directed, highly motivated, with a strong work ethic and customer service approach
• Great attention to detail and strong time-management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with Microsoft technologies
• Ability to work in an Agile environment.
• Excellent analytical, technical, problem solving and project management skills with ability to coordinate complex projects with competing priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to work creatively, learn quickly and solve complex problems in high-pressure situations
• Task driven mindset as well as effective multitasking and follow-up skills
• Professional interpersonal style: ability to work and build trust with a diverse range of people

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Relevant Microsoft Certifications
• Masters in technical discipline
• Experience with PHP and Drupal
• Understand database concepts and ADO.net data retrieval. 

$104,383 - $125,000 a year

This job description is intended to be general and will evolve over time. The description is subject to periodic updating. At management’s discretion, the employee may be assigned different or additional duties from time to time.