Job Description
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All legitimate communication from our recruitment team will come from an official calstart.org email address via email, we will not text you about a role you have not applied to or shown interest in. We will not perform any interviews via text or Zoom chat.
CALSTART does not ask for any fees or personal information such as social security numbers or bank details during the recruitment process.
About Us:
CALSTART is a mission-driven industry organization focused on transportation decarbonization and clean air for all.
For over 30 years, it’s been CALSTART’s mission to develop, assess, and implement large-scale, zero-emission transportation solutions to mitigate climate change and support economic growth. CALSTART works with businesses, organizations, governments, and communities to create real-life impact toward clean air and equitable access to clean transportation for all. CALSTART provides scientific, technical and policy support for regulatory development and clean technology and infrastructure acceleration.
About The Role
The Web Developer will support the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of CALSTART’s portfolio of websites, helping advance our mission through accessible, reliable, and engaging digital experiences. This role will build and update web pages, develop custom website functionality, troubleshoot technical issues, improve site performance, and help ensure CALSTART’s websites meet security, accessibility, and usability standards.
Working within the Marketing Department’s Web Team and reporting to the Senior Website Manager, this position will collaborate with marketing, design, communications, program teams, and external partners to bring digital projects to life. This is an opportunity to contribute to high-impact websites and campaigns while supporting an organization working to accelerate clean transportation and create healthier communities.
Duties & Responsibilities
\* Develop, maintain, and enhance CALSTART websites, landing pages, and web applications using WordPress, PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and MySQL.
\* Independently manage assigned CALSTART web properties, including routine maintenance, technical troubleshooting, testing, deployments, and post-launch support.
\* Build and modify WordPress themes, templates, reusable components, blocks, plugins, and custom functionality.
\* Translate approved designs and business requirements into responsive, accessible, and user-friendly web experiences that meet WCAG 2.2 AA standards.
\* Support website launches, redesigns, migrations, integrations, and strategic projects, including the upcoming CALSTART.org rebrand and rebuild.
\* Develop and maintain integrations with REST APIs, forms, analytics platforms, CRM systems, Salesforce, and other third-party services.
\* Collaborate with the Senior Web Developer, designers, Marketing, IT, program teams, and other stakeholders throughout planning, development, quality assurance, and launch.
\* Monitor and improve website performance, security, accessibility, uptime, scalability, and Core Web Vitals across CALSTART’s web portfolio.
\* Maintain technical documentation and contribute to development standards, reusable components, testing practices, deployment procedures, and Web Team workflows.
Qualifications
\* Bachelor’s degree in computer science, web development, software engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
\* Five or more years of professional web development experience, including experience developing and maintaining WordPress websites.
\* Strong proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, responsive design, modern JavaScript, and building or modifying WordPress themes, templates, blocks, plugins, or custom functionality.
\* Working knowledge of PHP, MySQL, REST APIs, third-party web services, and Git-based development workflows.
\* Experience applying web accessibility standards, preferably WCAG 2.1 or newer, along with an understanding of website security, privacy, performance optimization, cross-browser compatibility, and testing practices.
\* Ability to independently troubleshoot issues across front-end, back-end, CMS, database, integration, and hosting environments.
\* Strong organizational and project administration skills, with the ability to manage multiple assignments across a portfolio of websites.
\* Strong communication, collaboration, accountability, adaptability, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to explain technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
Desired Qualifications
\* Experience with hosting and infrastructure platforms such as WP Engine, GoDaddy, Cloudflare, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
\* Experience with Advanced Custom Fields, Gutenberg, WPBakery, or similar WordPress development tools.
\* Experience with CI/CD pipelines, multi-environment deployment workflows, Docker, or containerized local development.
\* Familiarity with Salesforce, HubSpot, marketing automation platforms, CRM integrations, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, or consent-management tools.
\* Familiarity with React, Vue, or another modern JavaScript framework.
\* Experience with automated testing tools such as Cypress, Playwright, Jest, or similar technologies.
\* Experience supporting website migrations, redesigns, maintenance transitions, data visualizations, GIS tools, or multisite web portfolios.
\* Experience working within a nonprofit, public-sector, clean transportation, or other mission-driven organization.
$72,000 - $85,760 a year
We understand that not everyone will match the above qualifications 100%. If your background isn’t perfectly aligned but you feel you would be a great addition to the team, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re a tight-knit team of world-class innovators, business minds, and change agents who believe passionately in our mission and put our team ahead of self. We are committed to the continued development and growth of our employees and invest in your success!
We care about your personal well being as much as your professional success and offer generous benefits to full time employees including: 100% company paid comprehensive health benefits for Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability and Life Insurance, Retirement plan with generous company contributions, FSA for Health and Dependent Care, 3 weeks of vacation time in the first year of employment, 11 paid company holidays, paid sick time, paid family leave, and more!
Our inclusive environment focuses on making decisions based on merit without regard to race, color, hair texture, gender, religion, age, nationality, social or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, LGBTQIA+ status, marital status, pregnancy, disability, genetics, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
