Back-end Web Developer – Digital Experience Platform

The back-end web developer contributes to the development of robust, flexible and well- designed functional capabilities that deliver the desired web site experience. They gather requirements, design and structure data, interfaces and layouts and deliver required functional to support desired results. They are experienced in translating needs to conceptual models to structured designs to completed and delivered components.

Back-end developers work to develop the functional elements required to deliver desired outcomes, support required capabilities and increase visitor interaction and engagement.


Required Skills.
•Strong expertise in the development of components, blocks and modules to support delivery of functional web site requirements and appropriate display and interaction
with desired site content
•Extensive experience designing and developing components, blocks and
•templates that seamlessly integrate into coherent, structured and well-designed pages
•Strong understanding of back-end development languages including PHP, JS and JS frameworks
•Experience in integrating with other data sources (API, database calls and local files) to obtain and process data for inclusion in web site content
•Proven coding capabilities in support of defined coding standards and development best practices
•Proficiency in creation of components, blocks and page editing interfaces that allow for consistent and efficient creation and updating of web site content by those
populating web pages
•Experience working in development environments that adopt formal quality assurance and code review practices to ensure deployed code meets standards
•of delivery and maintainability
•Experience in developing sites hosted on leading DXP/CMS systems
•Experience with developing for Drupal 10, Drupal multisite and Acquia Site Studio is highly desirable
•Superior oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, including
•excellent active listening skills
•Problem-solving and root cause analysis skills
•Experience working in an agile mode of operations
•Experience managing work in Microsoft Azure DevOps
•Higher education or public sector experience is highly desirable


Advantages
Work for an organization in the eduction sector to build a platform that will help in creating digital campuses. simplify and personalize the experience for prospects, applicants, students, learners, and alumni as they explore what the client has to offer and access services.

Responsibilities
Responsibilities of the role include:

•Assess and analyze the requirements for new website features, functionality and application modules
•Identify and evaluate candidate modules to deliver on identified functional
•requirements
•Deploy, configure and adapt selected modules to deliver desired functionality
•Design, develop and test of custom modules required to support required site functions.
•Create components and blocks that support capturing and availability of required
•data to deliver site content types and pages.
•Ensure components and modules are designed and developed in alignment with defined layout practices and coding standards in order to ensure consistency and
maintainability of delivered results
•Collaborate with front-end developers to ensure modules, components and
•blocks support required design and layouts.
•Design and manage component libraries that are designed for use across multiple web sites to consistently support design principles and brand guidelines
•Support the development of test plans and test cases to enable functional testing and user acceptance of developed components
•Support functional and acceptance testing of developed components and resolution of identified defects.


Qualifications
Education
•A three-year degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
•Continued education in Information Technology or equivalent experience is required

Experience

•At least five years of hands-on experience in large, complex environments designing, building, operating, maintaining, and securing enterprise-class solutions
•A minimum of three years of progressive hands-on experience in designing, building and maintaining functional web solutions


Summary
To support continued platform development and site migration, the clients team is seeking a Back-end Web Developer.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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