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Application Developer
at UKA Teacher U in New York
Position: Application Developer
Reports to: Director of Technology & Knowledge Management
Location: New York, NY or Boston, MA preferred
GENERAL SUMMARY
Teacher U regards technology innovation as a fundamental platform of the organization’s strategy. As such, the Application Developer will play a critical role in developing the organization’s technology function by building robust, interactive software designed to provide a high-touch educational experience for Teacher U’s enrolled teachers. This is an outstanding opportunity to play an integral role in public education reform.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
-In conjunction with the Director of Technology & Knowledge Management and the Teaching & Learning team, design and create new, custom academic software;
-Support an existing learning management system (“Course Platform,” developed using Moodle) by fixing tactical issues and creating forward-looking software enhancements;
-Document anecdotal application requirements, and translate documented application requirements to the production of high quality, bug-free software;
-Define, maintain, and promulgate application development standards;
-Enable appropriate data integration between Teacher U systems;
-Train Teacher U’s staff and enrolled teachers on the use of our software;
-Coordinate with third-party application development contractors and consultants, as necessary;
-Maintain and enhance Teacher U’s public website;
-Configure, support, and enhance an existing administrative system (Salesforce); and
-Provide occasional on-site technology support for Teacher U class days at Hunter College, in conjunction with Teacher U’s Academic Technology Coordinators and other Teacher U staff.
QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates for the position must have the following qualifications:
-Three years of relevant professional experience preferred, with demonstrated results of on-time and on-budget performance;
-An ability to thrive in a fast-paced, unstructured, entrepreneurial environment without formal training or orientation;
-Excellent organization and project management skills including the ability to manage and pay outstanding attention to details, work independently, manage multiple projects with multiple deadlines, and set priorities accordingly;
-A willingness to accept constructive criticism, work on tight timelines, and pitch in, if necessary, in areas not confined to pre-defined domains;
-A solid command of verbal and written English and the ability to tailor communications for technical and non-technical audiences;
-A demonstrated ability to work with colleagues both at the adjacent desk and in geographically separated cities; and
-A high level of professionalism, self-confidence, decisiveness, and initiative.
Candidates for the position must also have the following technical skills:
- Experience with developing custom software from scratch and configuring/customizing existing applications;
-Depth of experience with PHP and MySQL;
-An ability to competently work with the “alphabet soup” of SDLC, LMS, SIS, CRM, AJAX, MVC, OOP, CMS, SQL, etc.;
-Experience with all layers of the LAMP stack;
-An ability to articulate best practices for version control, code promotion, configuring technical environments, and writing and tuning database queries;
-Familiarity with several different development methodologies and ability to articulate an informed preference for at least one methodology; and
-A strong preference for open source technologies, and an ability to articulate an associated rationale.
DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS
The ideal candidate for this position will also possess some combination of the following professional and personal characteristics:
-Fluency with many of the following technologies:
o Symfony;
o Moodle;
o Content management tools;
o Unix shells;
o Virtualization;
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o Web services (particularly Amazon Web Services); and
o Video streaming and codecs.
-A strong eye for UX/UI considerations;
-A high level of zest, grit, hope, gratitude, and enthusiasm;
-A sense of humor;
-A background or interest in standards-based education reform; and
-A bachelor’s degree, preferably in engineering or computer science.
COMPENSATION
Teacher U offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience and benefits package.
HOW TO APPLY
If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your resume to jobs@teacheru.org with the name of the position for which you are applying in your subject line. If you know of someone who would be an ideal candidate for this position, we encourage you to send his or her name and email address to refer@teacheru.org.
UKA Teacher U provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees.
Reports to: Director of Technology & Knowledge Management
Location: New York, NY or Boston, MA preferred
GENERAL SUMMARY
Teacher U regards technology innovation as a fundamental platform of the organization’s strategy. As such, the Application Developer will play a critical role in developing the organization’s technology function by building robust, interactive software designed to provide a high-touch educational experience for Teacher U’s enrolled teachers. This is an outstanding opportunity to play an integral role in public education reform.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
-In conjunction with the Director of Technology & Knowledge Management and the Teaching & Learning team, design and create new, custom academic software;
-Support an existing learning management system (“Course Platform,” developed using Moodle) by fixing tactical issues and creating forward-looking software enhancements;
-Document anecdotal application requirements, and translate documented application requirements to the production of high quality, bug-free software;
-Define, maintain, and promulgate application development standards;
-Enable appropriate data integration between Teacher U systems;
-Train Teacher U’s staff and enrolled teachers on the use of our software;
-Coordinate with third-party application development contractors and consultants, as necessary;
-Maintain and enhance Teacher U’s public website;
-Configure, support, and enhance an existing administrative system (Salesforce); and
-Provide occasional on-site technology support for Teacher U class days at Hunter College, in conjunction with Teacher U’s Academic Technology Coordinators and other Teacher U staff.
QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates for the position must have the following qualifications:
-Three years of relevant professional experience preferred, with demonstrated results of on-time and on-budget performance;
-An ability to thrive in a fast-paced, unstructured, entrepreneurial environment without formal training or orientation;
-Excellent organization and project management skills including the ability to manage and pay outstanding attention to details, work independently, manage multiple projects with multiple deadlines, and set priorities accordingly;
-A willingness to accept constructive criticism, work on tight timelines, and pitch in, if necessary, in areas not confined to pre-defined domains;
-A solid command of verbal and written English and the ability to tailor communications for technical and non-technical audiences;
-A demonstrated ability to work with colleagues both at the adjacent desk and in geographically separated cities; and
-A high level of professionalism, self-confidence, decisiveness, and initiative.
Candidates for the position must also have the following technical skills:
- Experience with developing custom software from scratch and configuring/customizing existing applications;
-Depth of experience with PHP and MySQL;
-An ability to competently work with the “alphabet soup” of SDLC, LMS, SIS, CRM, AJAX, MVC, OOP, CMS, SQL, etc.;
-Experience with all layers of the LAMP stack;
-An ability to articulate best practices for version control, code promotion, configuring technical environments, and writing and tuning database queries;
-Familiarity with several different development methodologies and ability to articulate an informed preference for at least one methodology; and
-A strong preference for open source technologies, and an ability to articulate an associated rationale.
DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS
The ideal candidate for this position will also possess some combination of the following professional and personal characteristics:
-Fluency with many of the following technologies:
o Symfony;
o Moodle;
o Content management tools;
o Unix shells;
o Virtualization;
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o Web services (particularly Amazon Web Services); and
o Video streaming and codecs.
-A strong eye for UX/UI considerations;
-A high level of zest, grit, hope, gratitude, and enthusiasm;
-A sense of humor;
-A background or interest in standards-based education reform; and
-A bachelor’s degree, preferably in engineering or computer science.
COMPENSATION
Teacher U offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience and benefits package.
HOW TO APPLY
If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your resume to jobs@teacheru.org with the name of the position for which you are applying in your subject line. If you know of someone who would be an ideal candidate for this position, we encourage you to send his or her name and email address to refer@teacheru.org.
UKA Teacher U provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees.
Published at November 10th, 2010
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