Rapid Online Assessment of Reading - Full Stack Web Developer
Graduate School of Education, Stanford, California, United States Information Technology Services
Post Date Mar 14, 2025
Requisition 106102
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The Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR) is an open-source, online reading assessment platform that is designed to bridge research and practice. Our vision is to develop and validate a suite of efficient and automated online assessment for use in research and practice. This technology has the potential to dramatically change the landscape of research into learning differences and as well as educational practice by allowing researchers to rapidly collect data at an unprecedented scale and for school districts to efficiently assess students without sacrificing instructional time. More information on the ROAR can be found here:
; more information on the Brain Development and Education Lab can be found here: ; and open-source software projects from the lab can be found here: Core to our team's mission are: - Research-Practice Partnership model: Develop technology that catalyzes research while supporting practitioners. We envision a collaborative research model where stakeholders (i.e., teachers and administrators) are critical players in the research and design process.
- Transparency and open-access: Create technology that meets a critical need in diverse school districts and can be used under an open-access, not-for-profit model.
POSITION SUMMARY Reporting to the Director of Innovation and Technology in Professor Yeatman's Brain and Development Lab, the Full-Stack Web Developer will play a key role in enhancing and expanding The Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR) platform. This web-based assessment tool is designed to support large-scale literacy screening, delivering critical insights to educators and researchers working to improve reading outcomes for students. The developer will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing the platform's infrastructure to support its scalability, ensuring it can efficiently serve the needs of large school districts with hundreds of thousands of students. This includes improving system performance, implementing new features, ensuring data security, and integrating with school district IT systems where necessary. The ideal candidate will have expertise in both front-end and back-end development, working with modern web technologies to create an intuitive and reliable user experience. They will collaborate closely with researchers, UX designers, and data scientists to refine the platform's functionality, ensuring it remains both scientifically rigorous and user-friendly
. Note: This position is a 1-year fixed term appointment that may be renewed based on performance and funding. This position is eligible for a remote work agreement. Interested applicants should submit a resume and a cover letter describing why they are interested in this position at this stage of their career. Candidates must be eligible to work in the US. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. CORE DUTIES: - Design, implement, and deploy web-based applications and websites from initial design and architecture through development, test, and deployment.
- Implement and maintain content management systems, including installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and creation of Stanford-specific modules.
- Evaluate third-party modules for functionality, accessibility, security, and maintainability.
- Perform selected website administration duties for existing clients. Ensure web server and site technical performance.
- Create web pages and tools for Stanford websites using core technologies.
- Create and/or modify clean, well-structured, search engine optimization-friendly documented code.
- Provide technical expertise in front- and back-end web development.
- Support web infrastructure by providing end-user support, applications maintenance, product evaluation, back-end development, and internal management tools.
- Interpret website design and layout visually in a creative, contemporary style and fully integrated manner.
- Ensure high quality and consistent look and feel across multiple devices and browsers.
- Optimize the display of original online content, and collaborate with content manager to produce animated gifs, static buttons, and email and landing pages
- Work with site architects to develop and document functional specifications based on requirements gathered from stakeholders.
- Support the implementation of life-cycle.
- Help develop and deploy upgrade/migration plans for existing content management systems as needed.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Education & Experience: Bachelor's degree and three years of relevant experience or a combination of education and relevant experience. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: - Strong skills with Javascript (ES5, ES6), TypeScript, Node.js/NPM, HTML5 and CSS3.
- Familiarity with Vue.js (preferred), React, Angular, or a similar modern web development framework.
- Familiarity with Google Cloud services including Firebase, Cloud Storage, and Cloud Functions.
- Knowledge of modern development tools, like Git.
- Experience creating responsive web applications using component libraries.
- E xperience in consuming RESTful APIs.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Solid understanding of web standards and usability methods.
- Expert knowledge of content management systems, such as Drupal, including the ability to perform standard installation and configuration.
- Demonstrated ability to write, compile, test, debug, and deploy software.
- Knowledge of web analytics tools and related analyses.
- Ability to design and manage relational databases.
- Ability to design and implement web services.
- Ability to interact positively with and build consensus among a diverse group of colleagues, clients, and senior leadership.
Preferred Qualifications - At least 1+ years of experience in Vue.js with knowledge of components and the composition API.
- Experience with testing libraries such as Jest, Vitest, Cypress, Playwright, etc.
- Many of our applications use jsPsych under the hood so experience is preferred but not essential.
- Please provide a link to a publicly accessible pull request on GitHub in which you contribute significantly to a web development project
- Familiarity with modern web design standards of practice and design technology suites such as Figma are a plus, but not essential
- Familiarity with end-to-end testing, integration testing, and unit testing
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: - Constantly perform desk-based computer tasks, grasp lightly/fine manipulation. Frequently sitting.
- Occasionally stand/walk, use a telephone.
- Rarely writing by hand, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds. Strong visual acuity.
- - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.
WORK STANDARDS: - Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
- Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
- Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, .
The expected pay range for this position is $77,440 to $99,372 per annum.
Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability . click apply for full job details