Senior Web Developer
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a private, not-for-profit institution whose
collections include more than two million works of art spanning more than 5,000
years of world culture. The Museum is seeking an experienced Senior Web
Developer to be a member of its Digital Media Department, which leads the
creation, production, presentation, and dissemination of multimedia content to
support the viewing and understanding of the Met's collections and exhibitions,
both within the galleries and online.
General Description:
The Digital Media department seeks a Senior Web Developer to be responsible for
front-end and back-end development of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's website,
www.metmuseum.orghttp://www.metmuseum.org. The Met's website receives more
than 45 million visits a year, and provides comprehensive access to more than
340,000 works of art in the Museum's encyclopedic collections; extensive
information and multimedia features on exhibitions, programs, and galleries;
ticket buying and membership renewal capabilities; renowned scholarly
publications like the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History; and an interactive
floor plan and itineraries to enhance in-person visits to the Museum.
The Senior Web Developer will be a part of the Application Development team -
the primary technical resource responsible for defining and approving technical
decisions, developing new applications, and maintaining, enhancing and
extending the Museum's website. The team also serves as a highly skilled and
domain knowledgeable development and consultative resource, and collaborates on
design and development of new content technology-related Museum initiatives.
This is a hands-on development position. Ideal candidates should be
innovative, flexible, and self-directed; show a willingness to share, discuss,
and brainstorm ideas; and enjoy writing code, solving problems and working
closely with other developers.
Primary Responsibilities and Duties:
* Maintain, enhance and update www.metmuseum.org
* Develop custom tools for use in site administration
* Develop re-usable libraries and APIs
* Help to establish, support and maintain site-wide C#.NET coding
standards
* Participate in code reviews
* Other related duties
Experience and Skills:
* Proven ability to design reliable, maintainable code, and a firm
understanding of web technologies and application programming
* Expert level knowledge of the .NET framework, ASP.NET 3.5, 4.0, C#
4.0, MVC
* Strong knowledge of MS SQL Server 2005, 2008, stored procedures,
views, database design for performance, query optimization
* Significant experience creating and consuming web services (REST and
SOAP)
* Experience creating and documenting APIs to be used/consumed by others
* Experience coding and maintaining secure eCommerce web applications
* Experience with TFS or other source control system
* Knowledge of object oriented design patterns
* Experience with JavaScript/jQuery
* Experience with Content Management Systems, Sitecore a plus
Knowledge and Education:
* 5+ years of significant website development, support and maintenance
experience, with a strong background in large-scale, database-driven web
application development.
* BS or BA Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or a
related discipline
* Must have an interest in, knowledge of, and enthusiasm for the
internet and web-related technologies
* Interest in the arts, art history, museums, and/or cultural affairs
is preferred
Please send cover letter, resume, and salary history to employoppty at
metmuseum.orgmailto:employoppty at metmuseum.org with the position title in
the subject line.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides equal opportunity to all employees and
applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex,
sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical
disability, pregnancy, alienage or citizenship status, marital status or
domestic partner status, genetic information, genetic predisposition or carrier
status, gender identity, HIV status, military status and any other category
protected by law in all employment decisions, including but not limited to
recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion,
upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, lay-off and termination, and all
other terms and conditions of employment.
