Values:

AccelerEd’s values are at the core of everything we do, from our ongoing relationships with clients and partners to our daily interactions with team members across the organization. Adopting these values is essential to supporting the company’s objectives and inspiring employees to new levels of productivity while helping them achieve their professional goals. Our values include Act with Integrity; Focus on Customers; Engage with Respect; Collaborate Always; and Innovate with Passion. Please read more about these values at the end of this document.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Lead Developer | Student Portal is responsible for designing, architecting, planning, developing, documenting and maintaining software solutions that are managed by the AccelerEd Student Portal team. This front-end developer position includes the use of web framework technologies to deliver an innovative and optimal user experience in an agile environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop high-quality software solutions based on requirements.
• Work in several web technologies, including Next.js, React, AngularJS, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, and CSS.
• Collaborate with the Portal team to estimate, plan, and deliver user stories, bug fixes and tasks within the sprint.
• Collaborate with other teams to identify and implement solutions.
• Serve as a development lead and provide guidance to colleagues.
• Follow best practices to guarantee adherence to WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards.
• Perform code, environment, and design reviews to ensure that quality work is being completed.
• Contribute to and lead delivery and deployment processes.
• Collaborate with testers to ensure proper test coverage and resolve any defects; oversee the development and coordination of test plans and execution with QA resources, where appropriate.
• Manage testing environments across systems to execute end-to-end test plan.
• Manage deployment CI/CD.
• Troubleshoot, escalate and respond to incidents, problems, and emergencies with the appropriate level of urgency and professionalism and respond or delegate as needed.
• Monitor traffic and alerts.
• Participate in daily scrum stand-ups and Agile ceremonies
• Present to the team solutions to improve the current code base or platform.
• Approve all code releases to production and perform deployment tasks including code deployment, data migration, and verification testing.
• Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Education

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to analyze technical problems and propose solutions
• Possesses expertise in the development, testing, and operational support of web applications.
• Experience working in an agile development environment.
• Knowledge and experience using the following technologies: Next.js, React, AngularJS, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JSON, JavaScript, Web Services, XML, and related technologies.
• Proficient with Visual Studio Code
• Experienced Front-end developer

Experience in these areas a plus

• Development in support of customer portals and mobile experiences
• Work in higher education
• Experience with Peoplesoft, Mulesoft
• Experience with GitHub Copilot, AWS CodeWhisperer
• Full-stack experience is desired.
• Ability to demonstrate experience around design and user experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

This job is a hybrid position and is currently based at one of our client's sites in Adelphi, MD. This job operates in a professional office environment.

Must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer. We are not offering sponsorship now or in the future.