Senior Web Developer
Job Description
The Senior Web Developer is a lead technical position, typically requiring 5 or more years of experience, responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the architecture of complex, scalable web applications. This role transcends simple coding to focus on system-level decisions, technical road mapping, and ensuring the application’s performance, security, and long-term maintainability. The Senior Developer is expected to translate high-level business objectives into robust, well-documented technical solutions, provide significant hands-on contributions to the most challenging features, and act as a mentor and technical authority to guide junior and mid-level developers toward coding excellence and best practices.
Key Points: Responsibilities & Skills
- Architecture & Design: Design and implement scalable, high-performance software architectures for new and existing systems, managing technical debt and choosing appropriate technologies.
- Mentorship & Leadership: Conduct thorough code reviews, enforce coding standards, and actively mentor junior developers to foster professional growth and team proficiency.
- Complex Development: Write clean, efficient code for intricate back-end logic, API integrations (REST/GraphQL), and sophisticated front-end components.
- Troubleshooting & Resolution: Act as the final escalation point for production issues, providing deep troubleshooting and strategic solutions to critical system defects.
- Process Ownership: Drive the adoption of modern development practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and effective use of Git for version control.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with product owners, UI/UX designers, and business stakeholders to define requirements and deliver solutions that meet both technical and business needs.
