Trellon is a strategy and development firm that builds open source solutions for non-profit, NGO, political and academic clients. We seek qualified Lead Developers to join our team and help provide the thoughtful, innovative solutions we are known for.
Job Description
Lead Developers are important actors in our delivery process, possessing a detailed technical knowledge of Drupal and using it to deliver excellent solutions for our clients. Here's what we expect from someone in this role:
- Understand the goals and strategy behind each project from conception through completion. Our thoughtful, dedicated approach to working with clients is what sets us apart. Lead developers help make sure each project meets or exceeds the goals we set out to achieve.
- Write clean, well-engineered code that conforms to accepted standards within the Drupal community. Lead Developers help set the example for the rest of our team in the areas they are best at.
- Demonstrate excellence in theming or custom module development. We expect Lead Developers to be up to speed with the latest techniques in one of these key areas.
- Contribute to the community. We contribute about 10% of company time annually to open source projects, and we want to see you participate through upgrades to modules we have been supporting for a while and through products we are preparing to release.
- Provide guidance and insight on development techniques and methodologies. Lead Developers help our team to be more productive by working smarter, more efficiently and by using better techniques for deploying great sites.
Who We Are Looking For
Lead Developers traditionally possess diverse backgrounds and bring skill sets that go beyond simply being able to write code. Having a clear commitment to the communities we care about, critical thinking skills, and expertise in our core platforms are all part of working with Trellon. We look for people who can demonstrate skills in the following areas:
- The ability to interact with clients and help them to understand Drupal. This includes:
- exploring ideas for how to use the platform, and explaining what various modules do.
- collecting requirements and helping people craft their strategy for how to use their web sites.
- demonstrating new features as they become available, receiving feedback and incorporating it in your work.
- People with good collaboration skills. This includes:
- being able to work with other developers from different time zones on complex technical issues and achieve good results.
- being able to coordinate effectively with project managers and internet strategists around schedules and deliverables for client projects.
- being able to identify opportunities to improve processes and offer constructive suggestions for change.
- Advanced knowledge of Drupal development techniques. This includes the following:
- building modules and themes in line with community standards, using techniques which can be considered examples of best practices for development.
- the ability to write reusable code that can be deployed over multiple sites. Beyond just writing modules, we seek people with an understanding of how to use make files, install profiles and features as part of their everyday development activities.
- an understanding of collaborative development techniques, including the use of git, branches, post commits and more to automate development proceses.
- Participate in structured product development processes. This means:
- sticking to a features list, and speaking up when something appears to be missing.
- adhering to release schedules, honoring commitments we make to the community.
- developing components that can make their way into multiple sites and products.
- The ability to work without direct supervision, to make use of internal project management tools, to diligently record your hours in the timekeeping system, and to keep others aware of your schedule for planning purposes.
Nice to haves include:
- Experience with web server and database tuning.
- Strong understanding of jQuery and CSS.
- Background with CRM systems.
- Experience with Drupal scalability and performance.
- Working knowledge of multisite and multilingual installations, since they are a big part of what we do.
- Understanding mapping and geocoding techniques beyond Google Maps.
- Writing skills. Articulate, clever people with their own opinions find many outlets for their talents.
Why You Would Want to Work Here
Trellon offers competitive salaries along with health, savings, dental, and vision benefits for all full time employees. Beyond that, there culture here is a little different from other companies. There are a lot of reasons you might want to look at working with our team:
- We build awesome Drupal sites. Trellon delivers robust solutions on tight timeframes, which often include advanced components that go far beyond out of the box solutions. We are experts on thinking through challenges and developing thoughtful, sustainable solutions that are satisfying on so many levels.
- You get to travel and attend Drupal events all over the world. Trellon sponsors events throughout North America, Europe and elsewhere and we bring the team along wherever we go.
- You get to make the world a nicer place. 90% of our clients are non-profits, NGOs, associations, universities and other worthwhile organizations looking to do great things. The other 10% of our clients are doing something special with the Internet and are generally using it for really cool purposes.
- You get to learn something new. Nearly 100% of the people who have ever worked for Trellon have said they have learned a great deal and been fully challenged during their time here.
- You get paid to contribute back to Drupal. Full time developers are paid to write patches, contribute modules, blog about cool topics, and generally act as a responsible open source people.
How to Apply
Send a copy of your resume, a cover letter stating your salary requirements, and a list of links to sites you have built and a link to your Drupal user profile to jobs@trellon.com. Please also provide a code sample demonstrating your strengths as a developer.