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Thanks for all the info Patrick— Is this still the position description? https://brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-careers-brown/job/University-Library/Digital-Scholarship-Front-End-Developer_REQ175828-1 On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 11:52 PM Code4Lib Jobs <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Position Purpose: > > All members of the Brown University Library team are vital contributors to > our mission to advance instruction, learning, and research at Brown > University in an environment of creativity and inclusivity. A community of > academic, professional and organizational learning, the Library embraces > people who span a wide range of viewpoints, life experiences, and > intellectual pursuits. Together, we preserve the past and innovate for the > future. We invite candidates with initiative, unique perspectives, > inventive thinking, and a passion for collaboration to join the > University’s global mission of leadership and academic excellence. > > The Brown University Library (BUL) seeks a front-end developer to work on > signature digital scholarship projects with a specific focus on web > technologies. This position is part of the collaborative team of experts in > the Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS), which continues to advance > Brown’s long-standing commitment to innovation in digital scholarship and > serves all disciplines at the University. We are looking for a > collaborative, creative, and strategic thinker in front-end development who > can write code in web contexts, such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript to turn > faculty and student digital scholarship research ideas into final products. > > The Developer works collaboratively with faculty, students, and CDS > colleagues to understand the scholarly ideas and goals of the project, > identify the most suitable technology framework for each project’s > requirements, and determine the architecture, frameworks, data schema, and > development timeline to create the project. Through continuous learning and > maintaining up-to-date knowledge of best practices for front-end > development, including inclusive design and accessibility, the Developer > ensures that CDS is offering the best front-end frameworks, technologies, > and functionality for digital scholarship projects. The Developer will > create, maintain, and update repositories of code and develop > recommendations for long-term, sustainable solutions to front-end > development. > > In addition, the Developer will have opportunities to work on broader > web-based development projects (using, for example, WordPress or another > CMS). The position may also involve serving as a mentor to undergraduate > programmers who may work on the projects as well. This position is hybrid > eligible with the opportunity to work at least two days a week remotely > > > > Education and Experience > > ● Bachelor’s Degree > > ● 3+ years professional experience as a front-end developer > > ● Deep knowledge of web technologies and the ability to deploy efficient > code in web contexts (i.e. HTML5, CSS, JavaScript) > > ● Deep knowledge of at least one common JavaScript framework (e.g. VueJS) > > ● Ability to work with databases/search APIs (such as MySQL/Solr) to > populate web pages > > ● Knowledge of web standards, accessibility, device compatibility > > ● A team player; someone who enjoys working collaboratively with others > > ● Commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion in our workplace, as > well the systems and/or services we build, as an equity and social justice > imperative > > ● Excellent verbal and written communication skills > > ● Solid knowledge of Python desired > > ● Knowledge of visual design and data representation principles preferred > > > > APPLY at > > > https://brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-careers-brown/jobs/details/Digital-Scholarship-Front-End-Developer_REQ175828-1?q=front+end+developer > > > ---- > Brought to you by code4lib jobs: > https://jobs.code4lib.org/jobs/51346-digital-scholarship-front-end-developer > > -- -- Cody Carvel [he they] Digital Fellow Center for Digital Scholarship <https://library.brown.edu/create/cds/> Brown University Library <https://library.brown.edu/> 10 Prospect Street <https://goo.gl/maps/M6VFjrk2aXKqWbSZA>, Box A Providence, RI 02912 Working from home: Monday, Friday