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Job: Senior Web Developer, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston


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By info @ archimuse - Posted on 18 August 2011

Reporting to the Manager of New Media, the Senior Developer provides seasoned application development expertise to extend the MFA's digital initiatives. This role is responsible for delivering functionality for complex customer-facing Web and mobile projects. Development work includes enhancing search features, online giving, the events calendar, and other areas of mfa.org; integrating data sources via API and other methods, including pulling data from the Museum's collection information system; participating in technical specification for new web and mobile projects; and correcting routine bugs and issues as they arise.

Interface with internal stakeholders and external vendors and partners to deliver solutions and provide platform support. Maintain and extend our Drupal-based Web platform using existing and emerging technologies. Responsible for overall technical delivery and support of sites, features, and services, including content management tools, technical enhancements, components, and data interfaces. Provide reliable, thorough Web traffic and usage reports. Plan and deliver ongoing improvements needed to the Content Management System (CMS) to support the Museum's diverse content creators and editors. Ensure that technical specifications, work plans and code meet MFA standards and business needs. Create and maintain system documentation. Enforce build management processes, code libraries and other development procedures.

College degree and 5+ years prior experience with CMS-driven Web development projects is required. Deep experience with Web application development and content management systems required; this must include LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), XML/XSL, and JavaScript/CSS. Google Analytics and/or Solr literacy is desired. Drupal familiarity is a plus but not required; the Museum will train applicants with strong PHP and CMS skills. Excellent communication, team collaboration and interpersonal skills a must.

Details: http://www.mfa.org/employment/senior-web-developer-information-technolog...