Software Developer, Leonard A. Lauder Research Center [End-Dated]

About the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.

Since its founding in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. We are committed to fostering a collaborative and respectful work environment with a staff as diverse as the audiences we engage. Our staff members are art lovers who are passionate about working toward a common goal: creating the most dynamic and inspiring art museum in the world.

At The Met, every staff member – from security officers to researchers to scientists and beyond – lives by our core values of respect, inclusivity, collaboration, excellence, and integrity. 

Respect: Engage one another with collegiality, empathy, and kindness, always.

Inclusivity: Ensure that all are and feel welcome and valued.

Collaboration: Reach across boundaries to exchange ideas and work together toward our shared mission.

Excellence: Lead the cultural world in quality and expertise—and inspire curiosity and creativity.

Integrity: Hold ourselves to the highest moral standards, admit when we fall short, and then evolve. 

GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

As part of the Digital Product Development team, you will collaborate with the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art to develop a series of digital humanities research projects on The Met’s website, and to support the Research Center website. You will build two intuitive, design-forward digital interfaces for art historians and other audiences.

This is a position with an established end-date or time frame. Time frames will begin upon hire: 9 Months

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

• Identify user requirements, develop software solutions and ensure digital applications meet needs of both the Lauder Research center and external researchers and historians. 

• Develop digital tools to interact with research materials including resources such as essays, videos, artist books and sketchbooks.

• Develop searchable databases for works of art, that include search parameters such as all works that pass through a particular dealer.

• Work with a cross-functional product development team consisting of a product manager, front and back-end developers, UX designers, QA staff, and the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center team.

• Attend  and engage in regular meetings with the Research Center team to ensure requirements are met.

• Write clean and well-structured code that is documented appropriately, tested effectively, and consistently error-free. 

• Build core code libraries that are reusable across teams and initiatives. 

• Work with other engineers to prevent unnecessary code duplication. 

• Lead technical development for research projects and collaborate with the team to meet project timelines. 

• Assist with critical support issues when required to find the most effective resolution. Help plan and implement notification and escalation processes to resolve issues as quickly as possible. 

REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS:

•  2 - 4 of professional experience in software/application development with a focus on web applications.

• Proven ability to work collaboratively and solve problems within diverse teams.

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and iterative software development practices.

• Strong full-stack development skills, particularly with Next.js, Sanity, and Elasticsearch.

• Demonstrated success delivering complex projects from concept to launch.

• Proficiency with Git and experience implementing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Playwright, GitHub Actions) for automated testing.

• Ability to balance code quality, performance, and test coverage with user and stakeholder needs.

• Comfortable asking questions and speaking up to clarify goals, request support, and propose improvements.

COMPENSATION RANGE:

• Pay Range: $110,000.00 - $120,000.00 / Annually

• The advertised pay scale reflects the good faith minimum and maximum salary range for this role. The advertised pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage for any specific employee. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, education, special licensin