Web Developer

Summary

Wycliffe Bible Translators is a faith-based nonprofit organization serving translation teams worldwide. The Web Developer will build, maintain, and improve websites and software applications that support language development and Bible translation work, while collaborating with the team on product roadmaps, site upgrades, and functionality improvements.

Responsibilities

• Builds, designs, and maintains websites and software applications
• Designs, writes, and edits website content
• Executes assignments with the use of web applications, scripts, and programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and APIs
• Participate as an integral and enthusiastic part of the team, exhibiting ownership, follow-through, initiative, awareness, and effective communication with peers and management
• Work with the team around a cohesive product roadmap
• Analyze software requirements by consulting with the user community
• Support user community with developer-level support
• Write technical reference documentation for managing websites
• Participate in regular project status, planning, partnership, and strategic meetings
• Be available to travel to meet with the larger development team at least once per year
• Be available to travel biannually to the Language Technology Conference
• Participate in professional conferences and meetings

Skills

• A servant heart attitude
• Demonstrated skills in website development
• Demonstrated skills in SEO
• Demonstrated skills in WordPress, HTML, and CSS
• PHP coding ability - helpful but not required
• Good interpersonal skills of communication
• Good organizational skills
• The ability to make decisions in a timely manner
• The ability to generate multiple solutions to the problem
• The ability to quickly pick up technical concepts
• The ability to work both with a team and independently, and to multitask effectively
• Web Developers should have experience in website development and SEO
• Be available to travel to meet with the larger development team at least once per year
• Be available to travel biannually to the Language Technology Conference
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent work experience is preferred

Qualifications

Must Haves

• A servant heart attitude
• Demonstrated skills in website development
• Demonstrated skills in SEO
• Demonstrated skills in WordPress, HTML, and CSS
• PHP coding ability - helpful but not required
• Good interpersonal skills of communication
• Good organizational skills
• The ability to make decisions in a timely manner
• The ability to generate multiple solutions to the problem
• The ability to quickly pick up technical concepts
• The ability to work both with a team and independently, and to multitask effectively
• Web Developers should have experience in website development and SEO
• Be available to travel to meet with the larger development team at least once per year
• Be available to travel biannually to the Language Technology Conference

Nice to Haves

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent work experience is preferred

Benefits

• Volunteer Position
• Full time and volunteer professional Web Developers
• Will complete the initial IT Software Department training program and relevant portions of IT Orientation.