Job: Web Technical Lead, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Reporting to the Manager of New Media, the Web Technical Lead provides seasoned application development expertise to extend the MFA’s digital initiatives. This role is responsible for delivering functionality for complex customer-facing Web and mobile projects. Development work includes enhancing search features, online giving, the events calendar, and other areas of mfa.org; integrating data sources via API and other methods, including pulling data from the Museum's collection information system; participating in technical specification for new web and mobile projects; and correcting routine bugs and issues as they arise.

Interface with internal stakeholders and external vendors and partners to deliver solutions and provide platform support. Maintain and extend our Drupal-based Web platform using existing and emerging technologies. Responsible for overall technical delivery and support of sites, features, and services, including content management tools, technical enhancements, components, and data interfaces. Provide reliable, thorough Web traffic and usage reports. Plan and deliver ongoing improvements needed to the Content Management System (CMS) to support the Museum’s diverse content creators and editors. Ensure that technical specifications, work plans and code meet MFA standards and business needs. Create and maintain system documentation. Occasional (infrequent) evening or weekend hours needed to support system outages or severe site issues. Enforce build management processes, code libraries and other development procedures.

BS in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years prior experience with complex Web development projects is required. Must have experience with securely storing, transferring, and archiving confidential and behavioral user information. Deep experience with Web programming languages, CMS, servers, and technologies required; this must include Drupal, Linux, Apache, PHP, XML/XSL, JavaScript/CSS, and HTML; MySQL, Ajax, Google Analytics and Solr literacy are desired. Ability to communicate technical information to project stakeholders and end users in both technical and non-technical terms. Excellent team collaboration, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills. Detail-oriented approach to problem-solving and project delivery.

Send resume and cover letter to:  resumes@mfa.org

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