Job description
The Company
Serving the People Who Serve the People
Granicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and their constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers by meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.
Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers powering an unmatched Subscriber Network that uses our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe.
Want to know more? See more of what we do here.
What Your Impact Will Look Like Here
- Work with a CMS Lead Developer to complete client contracts and projects
- Work with CMS Project Manager to receive appropriate application data from clients
- Set up all applications within the CMS tool for each project
- Create CMS admin tools and widgets as required for project
- Test all completed work to ensure proper and error free functionality
- Complete all programming tasks while following company code standards
- Complete and respond to all change requests from client, CMS Project Manager or CMS Lead Developer
- Manage timelines in order to provide on time delivery for all work
- Update all ticket and project notes and statuses daily within the internal SimpleView CRM system
- Maintain accurate time records
- Maintain open communication with CMS Lead Developer and/or CMS Project Manager on all project tasks
- Understand the full lifecycle of a project from creating a new instance of the Simpleview CMS to launching a website.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of our starter templates, internal tools, and component libraries via reporting issues and submitting pull requests in GitHub.
- Complete all programming tasks while following company code standards.
You will love this job if you have
- 2+ years of professional web development experience
- Experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Solid understanding of server-side vs client-side rendering.
- Experience using browser developer tools to debug front-end issues with styling and logic errors in JavaScript.
- Experience with tools and techniques for optimizing load times, rendering performance, and efficient asset management.
- Solid understanding of responsive design, mobile-first development, and cross-browser compatibility.
- Experience building and customizing websites on CMS platforms (e.g., WordPress, Drupal, Contentful).
- Experience with no-SQL databases such MongoDB.
- Experience with advanced CSS techniques, including, but not limited to Flexbox, Grid, Media/Container Queries, Custom Properties, and animations.
- In-depth understanding of modern JavaScript features such as async/await, closures, higher-order functions, and the event loop.
- Solid understanding of web performance optimization techniques, including lazy loading, code splitting, and asset optimization.
- Solid understanding of Core Web Vitals and the techniques to build with deference to them.
- Solid understanding of the principles of progressive enhancement.
- Ability to read and interpret error logs to diagnose and resolve issues effectively.
- Ability to translate design mockups (e.g., from Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD) into responsive and interactive web pages.
- Experience working with MongoDB for manipulating and querying data
- Excellent time management and time tracking skills.
- Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Proficiency in providing regular project updates, reporting progress, and communicating effectively about project timelines and any potential challenges.
- Strong problem-solving communication skills, including the ability to articulate challenges, propose effective solutions, and collaborate with team members to implement resolutions.
- Familiarity with version control software (Git and/or SVN).
- Demonstrated ability to produce clear and thorough documentation, including writing well-commented code.
- Experience with Jira, SCRUM/Agile development.
- Demonstrated commitment to staying up to date with relevant trends, tools, best practices, and changes in your field required.
- Demonstration of innovative thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with branching, merging, and resolving conflicts to maintain codebase integrity.
Security and Privacy Requirements
·Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company’s information security program.
·Responsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies.
Don’t have all the skills/experience mentioned above? At Granicus, we are trying to build diverse, inclusive teams. We do not have degree requirements for most of our roles. If you don’t meet every requirement above but are excited to learn more, we encourage you to apply. We might just be able to find another role that could be a perfect fit!
The Team
- We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Armenia, Australia, and New Zealand.
The Culture
- At Granicus, we are building a transparent, inclusive, and safe space for everyone who wants to be
a part of our journey.
- A few culture highlights include – Employee Resource Groups to encourage diverse voices
- Coffee with Mark sessions – Our employees get to interact with our CEO on very important and
sometimes difficult issues ranging from mental health to work-life balance and current affairs.
- Microsoft Teams communities focused on wellness, art, furbabies, family, parenting, and more.-=- - We bring in special guests from time to time to discuss issues that impact our employee
population
The Impact
- We are proud to serve dynamic organizations around the globe that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place — quite literally. We have so many powerful success stories that illustrate how our solutions are impacting the world. See more of our impact here.
Granicus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants and employees will be considered for employment and advancement without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, age, genetic information, sexual or affectional orientation, marital status, status regarding public assistance, familial status, military or veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.
