What are the responsibilities and job description for the Full Stack Lead Developer position at Georgia Public Library Service?
The Full Stack Lead Developer reports to the Systems and Discovery Librarian and is responsible for designing, building, testing, and maintaining new features and integrations for a variety of applications across the UGA Libraries including the Library Services Platform (LSP) / OPAC, discovery layers, archival management systems, and websites. Development of these applications will involve working with open-source projects such as Blacklight, Drupal, and WordPress, using various languages and frameworks, including Ruby on Rails and PHP. The infrastructure for these applications are hosted both locally and within cloud environments.
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As lead of a team, this developer will work both independently and with a group to create roadmaps and work plans for development including requirements definition, design, implementation, testing, integration, and monitoring as well as addressing security, maintainability, and accessibility. The Full Stack Lead Developer will work collaboratively with Discovery and Digital Services team members, UI / UX team members, GIL / GALILEO development teams, and product managers to improve library services.
This position is also responsible for mentoring and providing general design guidance to others on the development team, and for ensuring that they adhere to agreed upon quality standards. The activities and decisions executed by this position are highly complex, requiring significant independent action and judgment subject to University-wide policies. This position develops application code without close supervision or oversight, and is expected to manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, unless otherwise directed by Systems and Discovery Librarian.
Discovery and Digital Services is a new unit within the UGA Libraries recently formed as a result of our organizational assessment work. The unit is responsible for metadata and imaging services; digital and physical newspaper management; archival digital stewardship; and management of libraries applications including the LSP, OPAC, discovery layers, and main website.
The University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, genetic information, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected veteran status. Persons needing accommodations or assistance with the accessibility of materials related to this search are encouraged to contact Central HR (hrweb@uga.edu).
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