MSU Careers Details - Technical Lead, The Commons / Information Technologist II

"The College of Arts & Letters (CAL) and the MSU Libraries seek an Information Technologist II to fill the Technical Lead role supporting the development of The Commons, a nonprofit academic professional network serving scholars across the disciplines and around the world.  This is a full-time, 24-month end-dated position, with the possibility of renewal. 

The successful candidate will be an up-and-coming leader in academic WordPress development, with a commitment to building and maintaining a large-scale scholar-focused network. The candidate will also have outstanding organizational and interpersonal skills, deep intellectual curiosity, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively on a distributed team.

Specific areas of responsibility for this position include:

• Prototyping and developing new platform integrations and features
• Tracking and resolving bug reports and other user feedback
• Designing and implementing a federated, scalable architecture for network growth
• Ensuring full adherence with network accessibility standards and consistently improving platform user experience
• Creating full documentation both for code developed and for network deployment processes
• Working with the Commons team to shape the project’s roadmap, prioritize development goals, and deliver on those goals...."