Backend Web Developer

Summary

Join Granicus as a Back-end Web Developer and collaborate with a team to support Simpleview CRM and related products. You will leverage your expertise in HTML, JavaScript, ColdFusion, Angular, and SQL to deliver high-quality work, meeting service level agreements. Responsibilities include working with a Lead Developer on client projects, writing SQL scripts, modifying and creating reports, debugging issues, developing scripts for Extranet permissions and mass emails, customizing forms, troubleshooting integrations, supporting clients, reporting issues, and performing code reviews. This role requires 6+ years of professional web development experience, strong problem-solving skills, familiarity with version control, and experience with Jira and Agile development. Preferred qualifications include knowledge of coding best practices, experience with various technologies, and expertise in database operations. Granicus offers a remote-first work environment and a commitment to building a diverse and inclusive team.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional web development experience with excellent time management and time tracking skills
• Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Proficiency in providing regular project updates, reporting progress, and communicating effectively about project timelines and any potential challenges
• Strong problem-solving communication skills, including the ability to articulate challenges, propose effective solutions, and collaborate with team members to implement resolutions
• Familiarity with version control software (Git and/or SVN)
• Demonstrated ability to produce clear and thorough documentation, including writing well-commented
• Experience with Jira, SCRUM/Agile development
• Demonstrated commitment to staying up to date with relevant trends, tools, best practices, and changes in your field
• Demonstration of innovative thinking and problem-solving skills
• Experience with branching, merging, and resolving conflicts to maintain codebase integrity
• Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program
• Responsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies

Responsibilities

• Work with a Lead Developer to complete client contracts and projects
• Work with the project owner to facilitate completion of work
• Write SQL scripts for importing and updating data within the Simpleview CRM
• Modify existing templated reports to fit client needs
• Create new reports based on client-provided specifications
• Debug issues in business/application logic and implement a resolution
• Develop scripts to update Extranet permissions and send mass emails
• Customize FormBuilder forms
• Debug issues in business/application logic and implement a resolution
• Troubleshoot Simpleview CRM integrations (e.g. aggregator, act-on, cvent, marketplace)
• Troubleshoot issues with the sync between Simpleview CRM and Simpleview CMS
• Troubleshoot issues with 3rd-party vendors consuming the Simpleview CRM web API
• Support enterprise clients
• Report issues & errors with the core application
• Branch updates to the core application for QA/review
• Peer review the work of other developers
• Test all completed work to ensure proper and error free functionality
• Complete all programming tasks while following company code standards
• Complete and respond to change requests from client, project owner or Lead Developer
• Manage timelines and ticket queues in order to provide timely delivery of tasks
• Maintain open communication with Lead Developer and/or project owner on all project tasks
• Communicating with Lead Developer and/or project owner when timelines or ticket expectations cannot be met
• Update all ticket and project notes and statuses daily within the internal Simpleview ticket system. Maintain accurate time entries

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred working knowledge of coding best practices and design patterns
• Experience with SQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/jQuery
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and debug code efficiently using debugging tools and techniques
• Knowledge of Asynchronous JavaScript and XML/JSON (AJAX) to improve user experience and application responsiveness
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming principles for building scalable and maintainable applications
• Demonstrated ability to write complex SQL queries to extract, manipulate, and analyze data
• Familiarity with ColdFusion
• Experience developing on a large scale web application
• Understanding of functional programming paradigms for creating reusable and modular code
• Experience in building and consuming RESTful APIs for seamless communication with external systems
• Knowledge of creating and managing stored procedures and triggers to automate database tasks
• Familiarity with Internet Information Services (IIS) for hosting and deployment of web applications
• Familiarity with scripting languages like Python for automating tasks, data processing, and system integrations
• Experience in query optimization and performance tuning for efficient database operations
• Expertise in isolating, troubleshooting, and resolving issues related to bad, missing, or incorrect data within the SQL/database environment
• Experience with the AngularJS (Angular 1.x) framework including services, controllers, directives, and modules
• Demonstrated ability to identify bottlenecks in database operations and propose solutions for enhancement

Benefits

We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Armenia, Australia, and New Zealand