Web Developer II

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop, maintain, and enhance CALSTART websites, landing pages, and web applications.

• Independently oversee assigned web properties, encompassing routine maintenance, technical troubleshooting, testing, deployments, and support after launch.

• Create and modify WordPress themes, templates, reusable components, blocks, plugins, and custom functionalities.

• Convert approved designs and business requirements into responsive, accessible, user-friendly web experiences that comply with WCAG 2.2 AA standards.

• Assist in website launches, redesigns, migrations, integrations, and strategic initiatives, including the rebranding and rebuilding of CALSTART.org.

• Develop and sustain integrations with REST APIs, forms, analytics platforms, CRM systems, Salesforce, and third-party services.

• Collaborate with the Senior Web Developer, designers, Marketing, IT, program teams, stakeholders, and external partners during planning, development, quality assurance, and launch phases.

• Monitor and enhance website performance, security, accessibility, uptime, scalability, and Core Web Vitals.

• Maintain technical documentation and contribute to development standards, reusable components, testing practices, deployment procedures, and Web Team workflows.

• Report to the Senior Website Manager within the Marketing Department’s Web Team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, web development, software engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• A minimum of five years of professional web development experience, specifically in developing and maintaining WordPress websites.

• Strong expertise in HTML5, CSS3, responsive design, modern JavaScript, and the ability to build or modify WordPress themes, templates, blocks, plugins, or custom functionalities.

• Proficient knowledge of PHP, MySQL, REST APIs, third-party web services, and Git-based development workflows.

• Experience implementing web accessibility standards, preferably WCAG 2.1 or newer.

• Understanding of website security, privacy, performance optimization, cross-browser compatibility, and testing methodologies.

• Capability to independently troubleshoot issues across front-end, back-end, CMS, database, integration, and hosting environments.

• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple assignments across a portfolio of websites.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, accountability, adaptability, and problem-solving abilities, including the capacity to convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience with hosting and infrastructure platforms such as WP Engine, GoDaddy, Cloudflare, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

• Familiarity with Advanced Custom Fields, Gutenberg, WPBakery, or similar WordPress development tools.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, multi-environment deployment workflows, Docker, or containerized local development.

• Familiarity with Salesforce, HubSpot, marketing automation platforms, CRM integrations, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, or consent-management tools.

• Basic understanding of React, Vue, or other modern JavaScript frameworks.

• Experience with automated testing tools such as Cypress, Playwright, Jest, or similar technologies.

• Experience supporting website migrations, redesigns, maintenance transitions, data visualizations, GIS tools, or multisite web portfolios.

• Background working within a nonprofit, public sector, clean transportation, or other mission-driven organizations.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% company-paid comprehensive health benefits for Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance.

• Retirement plan with generous company contributions.

• FSA for Health and Dependent Care.

• Three weeks of vacation time in the first year of employment.

• Eleven paid company holidays.

• Paid sick time.

• Paid family leave.

• Ongoing employee development and growth investment.