Senior Software Engineer-phila.gov

Essential Functions

This job is primarily a full-stack role, with the opportunity to work across the stack to fill in gaps. You’ll be collaborating with other team members to design and develop new features and APIs for phila.gov as well as doing UI development. You’ll be responsible for reviewing the code of other team members in our Git flow process, writing unit tests, monitoring features you’ve launched, and supporting the WordPress platform you and others have contributed to. You’ll also be responsible for working with stakeholders at OIT and other departments as part of our agile software development process.

•  We care more about what you can do than where you learned how to do it. That said, completion of a bachelor’s degree program at an accredited college or university with major course work in Computer Science, a related engineering field, or equivalent experience is a good foundation for the work. Boot camps or alternative pathways are also accepted and encouraged.
• At least 3 years of experience developing modern web applications in a production environment.

Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

The following are must haves:

• You have experience writing and establishing software patterns for an enterprise CMS

o Experience with SQL or Postgres databases

o You have deep experience working alongside other developers

o Strong experience with Vuejs is preferable, but not required

so long as you can demonstrate competency with another component based web framework.

• Strong full stack development skills

• Strong background working with AWS and cloud infrastructure

• You’re someone that loves to learn; you’re proud of your Google-fu when encountered with obscure

error messages

• You’re able to see projects holistically and identify – and break through – roadblocks; you feel a sense of

ownership in the projects you’re working on

• You’re able to take unclear / incomplete requirements and ask the right questions to develop solutions

• You believe that unless your code is tested, it doesn’t count

• You care about the other engineers on your team and work hard to ensure they are supported

It would be awesome if you:

• Have experience deploying – and supporting – applications on AWS

• Can demonstrate your background writing clear technical documentation for other engineers

• Have strong opinions on the right way to do things – but an openness to change your mind as you

encounter new information – and share these in your code reviews

• Have built, maintained or supported a CMS for a large organization

• Know how to debug complex problems using logic and following a clear pattern

Salary Range: $85k-$94,860k

Salary cannot exceed $94,860k

All applications must include a cover letter. Applications without a cover letter will be considered incomplete. 

Work Setting: in-person (onsite)

Did you know?
● We are a Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program qualified employer : 25% tuition discount program for City employees (and sometimes spouses and dependents as well) in partnership with area colleges and universities

● We offer Comprehensive health coverage for employees and their eligible dependents
● Our wellness program offers eligibility into the discounted medical plan
● Employees receive paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
● Generous retirement savings options are available

*The successful candidate must be a city of Philadelphia resident within six months of hire
Effective May 22, 2023, vaccinations are no longer required for new employees that work in non-medical, non-emergency or patient facing positions with the City of Philadelphia. As a result, only employees in positions providing services that are patient-facing medical care (ex: Nurses, doctors, emergency medical personnel), must be fully vaccinated.

The City of Philadelphia is an Equal Opportunity employer and does not permit discrimination based on race,
ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, source of income, familial status, genetic information or domestic or sexual violence victim status. If you believe you were discriminated against, call the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations at 215-686-4670 or send an email to faqpchr @phila.gov. For more information, go to: Human Relations Website:
http://www.phila.gov/humanrelations/Pages/default.aspx