Job Announcement
Job Title: Web Software Developer Sr
Open Date: 03/21/2024
Requisition Number: PRN38022B
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Standard Hours per Week: 40
Type of Recruitment: External Posting
Pay Rate Range: $60,700 to $109,600
Close Date: Open Until Filled
Job Summary: The Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy is seeking a talented web developer to design, develop, and construct web tools and applications related to ongoing wildfire and climate research at the University of Utah. These tools will enable decision makers to access, analyze, and interpret data for decision-making at regional and national scales. An ideal candidate would have front-end and back-end experience with geospatial web apps and/or experience working with large geospatial datasets.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, configure, test, implement, and maintain geospatial web applications using advanced programming tools and languages.
- Build interactive mapping applications using tools such as Openlayers, Leaflet, or MapBox.
- Maintain large, complex datasets in cloud computing environments.
- Create, integrate, and deploy geospatial databases for project data.
- Assist in the maintenance of geospatial databases and their associated datasets.
- Prepare technical documentation for web tools and their back-end services.
- Collaborate with project teams to integrate analysis tools into web applications.
- Build accessible websites that meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
Minimum Qualifications: Requires a bachelor’s degree in a related area or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience) and 3-5 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.
Work Environment: Office environment. Nearly continuously: sitting, hearing, listening, talking. Often: repetitive hand motion (such as typing), walking.
Application Instructions: Review of applications by the search committee will begin April 15, 2024. Please attach a portfolio of relevant work including web apps and interactive data visualizations (not limited to geospatial) via a Github repository or a website under "applicant documents-other."
For further inquiries, please contact University Human Resource Management at (801) 581-2169 or via email at
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