Outsystems Developer

About the Opportunity

Job Summary

As an Outsystems Developer at Northeastern ITS you will be designing, building, testing and deploying web and mobile applications that provide business solutions for our clients. You will be responsible for understanding business requirements, technical development and configuration, maintenance and updates. Work you'll do Master low code and no code technologies combined with modern software engineering practices to design and develop innovative web and mobile business applications Design, build, test and deploy applications that provide business solutions Follow established timelines, application development standards and quality processes.

Manage application design, development, enhancements, break-fixes, standard application changes and maintenance activities Perform peer reviews on deliverables Interact with clients, project manager / scrum master / tech lead, onsite BA and QA teams, support teams and other cross-functional teams Communicate with client stakeholders to understand business and technical requirements and to answer questions/clarifications Identify and mitigate risk/issues and escalate to project manager / scrum master / tech lead as required Handle real time issues occurred and troubleshoot to resolve and identify root causes Define and implement best practices and procedures Mentor junior team members. As an OutSystems capability hire on this team, you would get opportunities to work on low code and no code solutions for various other projects using multiple other vendor solutions.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. This position will not be sponsored for a work visa.

Qualifications
 

Education

A Bachelor’s degree in Math, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred, but not required.

Experience

• 3 to 5 years’ experience with building on Outsystems platform

• 1-3 years of experience in building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript

• 1-3 years of experience in designing and developing responsive design websites and complex web applications

• Knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image

• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them Comfortable working with debugging tools like Firebug, Chrome inspector, etc.

• Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them

• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Collaborate with a cross-functional team to understand requirements, communicate designs, and implement specifications. Create documentation around front-end design and development. Provide guidance and best practices to other web development teams.

• Build various user experiences emphasizing responsive web design and accessibility. Integrate with third-party system and providers by consuming web services and collaborate with integration developers to design APIs and service interfaces.

• Maintain Northeastern University’s existing web applications to provide the most optimized experience. Implement new features and apply the latest technologies.

• Apply quality measures around performance, security, and scalability. Participate in code review activities, development of unit tests and completing bug fixes

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer.  

Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit https://hr.northeastern.edu/benefits/ for more information.  

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff.  Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion. 

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other  characteristic protected by applicable law.

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