Lyrasis is seeking a collaborative Developer for ArchivesSpace, an open-source, archives information management web application designed for managing descriptive information about archives, manuscripts, and digital objects.
Requirements
- Experience developing Ruby web applications and REST APIs using Rails and Sinatra, with MySQL.
- Experience with frontend development in HTML5, CSS and JavaScript, using JQuery and Twitter Bootstrap or similar frameworks, with a strong understanding of Web standards, accessibility, and usability.
- Experience testing software applications on a broad range of browsers and browser versions as part of the application development process and when troubleshooting problems experienced by end users.
- Knowledge of best practices in test-driven development, using RSpec, Selenium, static analysis and code coverage tools, and continuous integration.
- Experience with Apache Solr for search and indexing platforms.
- Experience using Git and GitHub for version control and release management.
- Familiarity with agile development methodologies.
Responsibilities
- Implement feature requests, bug fixes, and application updates under the guidance of the ArchivesSpace Technical Lead / Senior Program Manager / ArchivesSpace Community.
- Ensure the application's code base has a robust test suite and thorough testing coverage.
- Monitor the application stack for necessary updating.
- Contribute to technical documentation of the application.
- Monitor and review Pull Requests for code changes and contributions submitted by community members.
- Provide occasional technical support to ArchivesSpace users as requested.
- Serve as program liaison to certain Technical Advisory Council sub-teams.
Other
- Commitment to writing clear, well-documented, re-usable code.
- Ability to work well in a distributed team environment with modest direction.
- Effective time and project management skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Three to five years relative work experience.
- Willingness to travel to conferences and meetings as needed.
- A commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where differences and complexities in background, cultures, values, and viewpoints are valued.
