Front End Application Developer

Position Details

Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title	Front End Application Developer
Job Category	Staff & Executive - Information Technology
Department	SAS - Dean's Office
Overview	The School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) is the largest academic unit at Rutgers University and the center of the undergraduate experience on the Rutgers–New Brunswick campus and is comprised of 41 academic departments spanning the liberal arts. SAS offers more than 100 majors and minors across the life sciences, humanities, social and behavioral sciences, and mathematical and physical sciences with research centers and institutes across the school. With a diverse student body of more than 20,000 students, SAS has a membership of over 1,700 faculty members, more than 500 administrative staff, and 200,000 living alumni. SAS delivers a wide array of services in support of the teaching, research, and the mission and goals of Rutgers University. The School of Arts and Sciences promotes anti-racist, inclusive, equity-enhancing ideas and practices both inside and outside of the classroom for our community of educators, staff, and students. This includes a diverse set of voices and experiences. All individuals no matter their race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, nationality, history, sexual orientation, religious practices, or socio-economic status are valued and respected. The School of Arts and Sciences is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to and support the diversity and excellence of the organization. Applicants are encouraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will further our commitment to these values.
Posting Summary	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Front End Application Developer for the Instructional Application Development Team in the School of Arts and Science IT Group. We are looking for a candidate that has experience in creating UI/UX design documents and working with customers in gathering requirements for various projects. The Application Developer will be part of a talented software development team that works on mission critical cutting-edge online education and instructional technology applications. The Application Developer will assist in the design and building of the front-end architecture for all SAS systems. Among the key duties of this position are the following: Responsible for estimating resources, skill requirements, time requirements, identifying tools and technologies and participating in proof of concepts during initial phases of the projects. Analyzes high level system specifications, business requirements and/or use cases. Converts information into the appropriate level specifications and system design plan for the development team. This includes working with both the development team as well customer/stakeholders to gather requirements and discuss priorities. Uses comprehensive application knowledge and or technical knowledge to provide guidance and technical leadership to help develop a cohesive front end architecture, and ensure designs are in compliance with specifications. Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review. Recognizes and escalates quality, deadline or deliverable issues within own work environment to team leads and/or management. Perform enhancements to meet changing data requirements, usability, interfaces and future maintainability of software. Drive initiatives to adopt new processes and standards, and contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle of the project as well as write well designed, testable and efficient code.
Position Status	Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift	Day
Work Arrangement
FLSA	Exempt
Grade	05
Position Salary
Annual Minimum Salary	76341.000
Annual Mid Range Salary	96571.500
Annual Maximum Salary	116802.000
Standard Hours	37.50
Union Description	Admin Assembly (MPSC)
Payroll Designation	PeopleSoft
Benefits	Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview .
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment	Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility	ABP

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience	Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field. A minimum of two (2) years of front-end application development experience.
Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	Hands-on knowledge developing SPA using frameworks like Angular 2+, Angular material design, React, Svelte or other similar frameworks, jQuery, NodeJS, Grunt as well as strong knowledge in html,css,javascript etc. Must have experience with design software such as XD, photoshop and illustrator Hands-on experience in responsive design for mobile applications Must be able to provide hands on software development experience as well as working experience in java development. Knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate). Familiarity with Version Controlling system such as GIT/SVN Hand-on experience using MVC and Restful application architecture. Experience developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (GWT, Spring MVC etc.) as well as experience with test driven development.
Preferred Qualifications	Must be able to work independently with little or no supervision. Demonstrate an ability to help make recommendations and decisions on front end. architecture for various applications. Be highly motivated, team-oriented, flexible, organized, detail-oriented, capable of on-the-job learning, and focused on completing projects in a timely manner. Demonstrate ability to work with multiple constituencies, juggle multiple projects and perform on multiple teams, while providing exceptional customer service is required. Ability to effectively articulate technical concepts, both verbally and in writing, to people in non-technical positions.
Equipment Utilized	The Application Developer will be provided with a high end workstation and 2 monitors. The software required for development work as well as a number of robust testing platforms will be provided as needed and will be purchase by the center as needed.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
Special Conditions

Posting Details

Posting Number	24ST0368
Posting Open Date	02/14/2024
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus	Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Home Location Campus	Busch (RU-New Brunswick)
City	Piscataway
State	NJ
Location Details

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