Senior Web Developer

TheMA Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS)is the state’s lead office for information technology. We provide enterprise level information technology services including network management and security; computer operations; application hosting; desktop provisioning and management; and modern and responsive digital services to 40,000 internal stakeholders plus the residents, business owners and visitors to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

EOTSS is seeking to hire a Senior Web Developer to be a part of the Mass Digital group. At Mass Digital we create and manage digital products that make it easy for constituents to access government services. As a Senior Web Developer, you'll work on the Mass.gov product and a group of related digital products.

You will work with cross-functional teams of content strategists, developers, product managers, and technical architects. You will play a key role in helping the state government communicate effectively with Massachusetts residents and visitors.

This position can be either a fully remote or hybrid position. If the selected candidate is local and prefers a hybrid option, in-office time would average 2 days per month during which the team meets for demo days and/or planning meetings.

The primary work location for this role (if hybrid) will be 1 Ashburton Place, Boston, MA, 02108.

The standard work schedule for this position is Monday through Friday, 9:00AM to 5:00PM EST, but hours can shift up to several hours earlier or later, depending on the time zone of the contractor and/or their schedule needs.

This is a contract-based opportunity.

Duties and Responsibilities:

We believe learning on the job is an essential part of this role. If you can perform most of these functions and feel capable of learning the rest, we encourage you to apply.

Solicit missing information from stakeholders (in or outside of team) to clarify requirements.

Apply best practices and industry standards from outside the organization to your own work.

Collaborate with cross functional teams, while providing consistency and reliability in process and outputs that other Digital Service teams expect from our Web Development practice.

Work with development frameworks and tools including Drupal 10, React, Pattern Lab, Sass; Docker, Behat, Backstop, PHPUnit; GitHub, CircleCI, Acquia Hosting, AWS.

Participate in peer reviews (code reviews and functional reviews) for other team members.

Uphold team’s coding standards and development workflows.

Collaborate with developers, project managers, and product leadership to define new work.

Participate in grooming, planning, and estimating upcoming work.

Participate in daily standups and other agile (scrum or kanban) routines.

“Pulls” and complete development tickets.

Write and improve automated tests.

Write and debug CI/CD jobs.

Set up new development tools and infrastructure.

Debug technical issues related to Mass.gov products.

Participate in release testing and execution.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

A minimum of four (4) years of professional experience in a web developer role using PHP.

A minimum of two (2) years of development experience with Drupal including module and theme development.

Experience tuning Drupal’s caching system.

Expertise proficiency in at least one coding language and framework; proficient in other relevant languages.

Extensive experience with PHP.

Experience with Drupal (version 8+).

Strong basic Linux command line skills.

Strong front end web development skills.

Solid understanding of web accessibility.

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, strong verbal and written communication skills, and possess the ability to multi-task.

Ability to both collaborate and work independently with limited supervision.

Desire to support the state’s work to help all people of the Commonwealth.