Web Developer

Description

Web Developer-235365
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Job Summary:
Come work in an easygoing atmosphere while enjoying the benefits of a large corporate organization. We are the web team in the Economic Research Division at the St. Louis Fed, and are in need of a talented developer to help support and build upon our current web architecture. We build and host a number of high-quality (and free) products for the public interested in economics. Our key products, FRED, FRASER, IDEAS, and EconLowdown are known as some of the largest free services for economic information in the world and receive millions of visits each month.

You'll love working with our highly-skilled developers and admins in a casual work environment that includes such benefits as flexible working hours, numerous learning opportunities, access to top industry conferences, excellent insurance benefits and pay, ten paid holidays as well as paid sick and vacation time, tuition reimbursement, and many others.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:
As our newest developer you will be:
• Working alongside our team of 7 highly-skilled developers
• Supporting existing web applications
• Developing the front and back ends of new web applications and features
• Employing best practices to improve efficiency and performance of applications and databases
• Learning and applying emerging technologies and trends

Job Qualifications:
Requirements
• 2-3 years of experience in the field of web technology
• Experience programming in PHP or similar language
• Experience programming user interfaces with JQuery
• Experience working with PostgreSQL, MySQL or similar databases
• Working knowledge of object-oriented programming patterns
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines

Desired Qualifications
• Working knowledge of Git
• Experience working in a Linux environment
• Interest in economics

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants please apply on-line at http://careers.stlouisfed.org/openings.cfm   Req 235365