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Senior Web Developer (Remote) - Biomedical Strategy, Marketing & Communications

Washington University in St. Louis
Remote - Missouri, United States, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 21 Mar 2025
💰 $99,700/yr($58,400/yr$99,700/yr)

About the role

Scheduled Hours

40

Position Summary

This position will be responsible for developing and maintaining the user-facing of the web ecosystem. The senior developer will collaborate with cross-functional teams including UX professionals, back-end developers and creative team members to deliver visually appealing and highly interactive web experiences. Utilizing analytics and a data-driven approach, ensure web applications are at optimal performance.

Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

Create new and maintain existing CMS-based websites and pages using modern web standards and best practices. Deliver responsive, user-friendly web pages using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

  • Create and maintain visual and interactive elements.

  • Optimize web pages for maximum speed and scalability.

  • Ensure cross-browser compatibility and mobile responsiveness.

Strategic team member for the design of WashU Medicine Web Ecosystem.

  • Take part in and lead areas of discovery work to understand next generation of the WashU Medicine-wide ecosystem.

  • Understand impact of the rebrand for WashU Medicine on the solution.

  • Support the build solution for HIPAA compliant data analytics.

  • Ensure the solutions is compliant with WashU OGC and IT Roll out plan across 1,200 websites that impact tripartite mission-education, research and clinical care.

  • Roll out plan for the solution to include training, resources and support infrastructure.

Strategic lead for cloud-based solutions:

  • Support to internal communications chosen platform or web build.

  • Support to enterprise-wide tools i.e. emma.

Support and maintenance including:

  • Work with back-end developers to integrate APIs and other

  • services.

  • Maintain and improve website performance, usability and accessibility.

  • Manage ongoing problem solving and support projects from clients throughout the organization.

  • Provide technical support and troubleshooting UI/UX issues.

  • Conduct thorough testing of web applications to identify and fix bugs, ensuring high levels of reliability and performance.

  • Provide counsel to clients that are managing over 1,000 individual sites.

Utilizing analytics, continuously optimize website(s) performance, including optimizing applications for maximum speed and scalability, employing techniques such as code minification, image optimization, and caching.

  • Define enterprise-wide needed solutions for common functional
    needs which may demand custom coding if not available in an
    offered plug in.

Perform other duties as assigned. Crosstrain and serve as back up to the back-end developers on the web team.

Working Conditions:
Job Location/Working Conditions

  • Normal office environment.

  • Alternative work schedules as regular part of job (on-call, shifts, evening, weekends)


Physical Effort

  • Typically sitting at desk or table.

  • Repetitive wrist, hand or finger movement.

  • Ability to move to on and off-campus locations.


Equipment

  • Office equipment.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's degree


Certifications:

No specific certification is required for this position.


Work Experience:

Web Development (3 Years)


Skills:

Not Applicable


Driver's License:

A driver's license is not required for this position.

More About This Job

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience) plus three (3) years of experience.

  • Proven experience as a web developer or similar role, with a portfolio showcasing past we

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