Software Development Engineer II (WordPress, PHP, Modern JavaScript)/ 1 week ago
Quick Summary
Software Development Engineer II – Marketing Division (Remote)
World Vision is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to join the Marketing Division.
At a Glance
- Role: Software Development Engineer II
- Reports to: Director, Information Systems
- Location: Remote
- Estimated Hiring Range: $81,000 – $114,000
- Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the U.S.A for any employer.
The Mission: Impacting the World Through Software
Are you a standout software developer passionate about making a positive global impact? We are seeking a talented Software Development Engineer to serve on our mission-critical Support Team. In this role, you will build tools that lead to a better life for thousands of children in the most vulnerable places worldwide by providing an excellent online experience for our donors.
You will expand your skills by handling urgent break-fix issues, collaborating across diverse teams, instrumenting monitoring systems, and building automation for operational tasks. As part of the Support Team, you will participate in an on-call rotation to address system issues and donor-facing concerns.
At World Vision, our ultimate goal is to see more children, families, and communities affected by poverty experience the fullness of life. We hope you share this dream with us.
Key Responsibilities:
- Keep Christ central in individual and corporate life. Actively participate in and contribute to the spiritual disciplines of the organization (Christian conduct, chapel, prayer, worship, devotions, and leadership of devotions); incorporate WV Core Values into decisions within scope of role.
- Application Team Support:
- Participate in project planning with IT business analysts and team members.
- May develop work plan timelines and manage workflows to meet project time frames.
- Work with Applications Developer Team Lead, Sr. Applications Developer, operations team, and architects to ensure the practical, smooth, effective retirement of applications, including data migration, application de-coupling planning, and phased staging to ensure smooth, risk-free application retirement.
- Provide technical coaching and mentoring to less experienced team members.
- Application Development:
- Identify technical requirements and create technical design specifications, assisting in sizing technical requirements.
- Code applications using a disciplined development process in accordance with company and team standard development process (SDLC).
- Integrate solutions with other applications and platforms outside the framework.
- Develop, execute, and document test plans.
- Assist in the deployment of new modules, upgrades, and fixes to the production environment.
- Make modules production ready by moving them to libraries, completing forms, following procedures, and completing version control documents.
- Provide ongoing maintenance of applications.
- Participate in review sessions where development patterns and break/fix metrics are reviewed for optimizing IT development processes.
- Assist in the development of user guides and training documentation for systems.
- May evaluate new application packages and tools and perform research on best practices, providing recommendations for solutions.
- Participate in defining and refining standards and procedures and help the team follow them.
- Application Maintenance:
- Provide Level 1 and 2 production support.
- Troubleshoot existing information systems to identify errors or deficiencies and develop solutions.
- Evaluate existing applications and platforms and provide recommendations for improving application performance by conducting gap analysis, identifying feasible alternative solutions, and assisting in the scope of modifications.
- Follow team's documentation standards.
- Review modules for quality assurance and check compliance with application standards and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
- Work collaboratively with team members when assigned to work as a member of a team.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Skills & Experience:
You demonstrate a consistent ability to excel at working collaboratively within our 4-person team of developers and with other interfacing teams. As a contributing member of the Support Team, you are instrumental in troubleshooting and developing solutions for the toughest problems and bugs. You embrace agility, adapting quickly when new and more pressing issues arise. Above all, you possess a servant's heart evident to our team, colleagues, and the unseen donor, positively impacting our work for children and communities globally.
Minimum Requirements:
- Two-year technical or junior college degree in Programming/Systems or Computer Science or other related field, or equivalent (two years) relevant work experience.
- In addition to education or education equivalent, one to three years of programming experience required.
- Requires working knowledge in at least one programming language.
- Experience working on WordPress, PHP, and Modern JavaScript (Modern JS).
Preferred Experience:
- WordPress
- PHP
- Modern JavaScript (Modern JS)
- React
- Next
- Node
- C#
- MySQL
Salary & Benefits
WVUS Pay Grade Level: 225
Estimated Hiring Range: $81,000 – $114,800
The posted hiring salary range reflects pay for U.S. locations and is determined using market data and internal compensation guidelines. Actual compensation may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic location, job-related experience, and applicable laws.
About World Vision
We are a global Christian humanitarian organization. We partner with children, families, and their communities to empower them as they reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. For 75 years, World Vision has followed Jesus' example to show unconditional love to the poor and oppressed. We serve every child regardless of faith.
What Happens Next?
Due to the high volume of applications, only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an initial phone conversation with a recruiter. We encourage you to submit a PDF resume and a cover letter. Our goal is to fill this vacancy with the right person in the shortest amount of time.