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Role Description

This position has been deemed critical by the School of Humanities & Sciences Dean's Office and is exempt from the hiring freeze.

The Learning Variability Network Exchange (LEVANTE) is an open-source, online assessment platform designed to provide a framework for measuring developmental variability across cultures ( http://levante-network.org ). Our current goal is to develop and maintain this platform to help researchers assess children in their research and practice. This technology has the potential to dramatically change the landscape of research into learning variability by allowing researchers to rapidly collect data at an unprecedented scale. We are looking for an experienced, full-stack web developer to join our team and help build out this platform to scale to meet the needs of research groups around the world studying thousands of children. Source code for the project can be found here: https://github.com/levante-framework .

Core to our team’s mission are:

• International diversity: Develop technology that catalyzes research across many different countries and contexts.
• Transparency and open-access: Create technology that meets a critical need for research sites in diverse communities and can be used under an open-access, not-for-profit model.

This is a 100% FTE, 1-year fixed-term exempt position with the possibility of renewal. This position can be either remote or based on the Stanford campus.

Duties include:

• Design and implement the LEVANTE dashboard for researchers to manage web experiments for children.
• Design, implement, and deploy web experiments on the LEVANTE platform from initial design and architecture through development, test, and deployment.
• Work with experimental psychologists to refine both core functionality and look and feel of the researcher dashboard to maximize its utility for researchers.
• Contribute to internationalization of web experiments on the LEVANTE platform.

Core Duties:

• Design, implement, and deploy web-based applications and websites from initial design and architecture through development, test, and deployment.
• Implement and maintain content management systems, including installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and creation of Stanford-specific modules.
• Evaluate third-party modules for functionality, accessibility, security, and maintainability.
• Perform selected website administration duties for existing clients. Ensure web server and site technical performance.
• Create web pages and tools for Stanford websites using core technologies. Create and/or modify clean, well-structured, search engine optimization-friendly documented code.
• Provide technical expertise in front- and back-end web development. Support web infrastructure by providing end-user support, applications maintenance, product evaluation, back-end development, and internal management tools.
• Interpret website design and layout visually in a creative, contemporary style and fully integrated manner. Ensure high quality and consistent look and feel across multiple devices and browsers.
• Optimize the display of original online content, and collaborate with content manager to produce animated gifs, static buttons, and email and landing pages.
• Work with site architects to develop and document functional specifications based on requirements gathered from stakeholders. Support the implementation of life-cycle.
• Help develop and deploy upgrade/migration plans for existing content management system as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and three years of relevant experience or a combination of education and relevant experience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong skills with Javascript (ES5, ES6), HTML5 and CSS3.
• Familiarity with Vue.js (preferred), React, Angular, or a similar modern web development framework.
• Familiarity with Firebase services including Firestore, Authentication, and Hosting.
• Knowledge of modern development tools, like Git.
• Experience in consuming and designing RESTful APIs.

Requirements

• Familiarity with experimental psychology or other behavioral research disciplines.
• At least 1+ years of experience in Vue.js with knowledge of components and the composition API.
• Ability to write efficient, secure, clean, and scalable JavaScript/TypeScript code.
• Please provide a link to a publicly accessible pull request on GitHub in which you contribute significantly to a web development project.

Benefits

• Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position.
• The expected pay range for this position is $84,645.00 to $111,554.00 per annum.
• Detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees can be found on the Cardinal at Work website: https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards .

Company Description

Stanford University has revolutionized the way we live and enrich the world. Supporting this mission is our diverse and dedicated 17,000 staff. We seek talent driven to impact the future of our legacy.

• Freedom to grow: We offer career development programs, tuition reimbursement, or audit a course.
• A caring culture: We provide superb retirement plans, generous time-off, and family care resources.
• A healthier you: Climb our rock wall, or choose from hundreds of health or fitness classes at our world-class exercise facilities.
• Discovery and fun: Stroll through historic sculptures, trails, and museums.
• Enviable resources: Enjoy free commuter programs, ridesharing incentives, discounts and more.