Job Opening: Web Developer WGBH Media Library and Archives (Boston)

[Michael Muraszko]

Position Overview:
The WGBH Media Library and Archives system will be based on the Hydra Project technology stack, which includes Ruby on Rails, Blacklight, Apache Solr, and the Fedora Commons repository. Working closely with the Media Library and Archive’s Director, Project Manager, Developer and Systems Analyst, as well as a WGBH Interactive Designer, the web developer will continue to develop the Open Vault website: http://openvault.wgbh.org and ongoing work to improve the digital asset management system. 

WGBH is seeking a Ruby on Rails developer to help develop and maintain multiple projects for the Media Library and Archives. 

Duties may include: 
* front-end development 
* back-end development 
* streaming video integration and presentation 
* organizing and writing documentation 
* usage stats and analysis 
* DevOps and deployment 
* performance stats, analysis and optimization


Skills:
The ideal candidate should be: 
* comfortable working in teams of 2 to 6 
* able to communicate clearly and respectfully to all team members, both technical and non-technical 
* willing to explore new technologies to perform the required duties. The Web Developer must have more than 1 year of work experience developing web applications. Demonstrated interest in library or moving images archive issues preferred. 

Required skills for all duties include having working knowledge of: 
* Ruby >= 1.9.3 
* Rails >= 3.2.0, common conventions, patterns, and best practices how to write and run automated tests for Rails apps using Rspec and Capybara (or equivalent) 
* Github 
* CSS3 + HTML5 
* XML basics 
* working from command line (OS X or Linux) 

Other skills required for specific duties include having a working knowledge of, or experience in: 
* SCSS 
* jQuery 
* Twitter Bootstrap 
* how REST apis work 
* Rails gem patterns 
* HTML 5 video players 
* ability to write raw SQL 

Additional skills specific to our projects include experience or familiarity with: 
* Solr search indexes 
* Fedora commons repository 
* XML, XSL, and manipulating XML with Nokogiri ruby gem 
* SPARQL 
* Rails deployment with Capistrano


Department Overview:
WGBH produces the best and most well-known television, radio and online programs for public media. The WGBH Media Library and Archives preserves and helps re-purpose WGBH creations into the future. The MLA establishes the policies and procedures for the access, acquisition, intellectual control, and preservation of WGBH’s physical media and digital production and administrative assets. The MLA also offers production organization of archival materials from projects start up to shut down, research services, rights clearances, and licenses WGBH stock footage.


For further information, or to apply for this position, please visit: https://wgbh.secure.force.com/positiondetail?id=a0jF0000001OZSaIAO

Thank you.

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2013-12-18