Mid-Level Web Developer - National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) : Job Details

At NASCAR, you will find a community of passionate individuals who care about our sport and are united in seeing it grow.

We are a company unlike any other. We want you to bring your experience, skills and passion to our close-knit, high-energy environment in which our employees thrive and where you can prosper. We know the key to our success is our employees and we offer highly competitive salaries, a solid benefits package focused on wellness, and opportunities for you to grow and develop both personally and professionally. It won't take you long to find out that you are on the right track here at NASCAR!

NASCAR seeks a talented professional to join in the position of Mid-Level Web Developer based in our Charlotte, North Carolina office.

This person is responsible for building and making improvements to the company's digital platforms including the website, mobile app, and a variety of other public facing digital properties.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Manage the development assignments created through Platform Priorities and communicated by weekly scrums to efficiently update code to the website code base.
• Work with Operations team to write code that supports our associated databases, data sources and dependencies, workflow, information architecture, and legacy systems currently in production.
• Create, build, and test new WordPress Components, Plugins and Custom Theme features or extend previously created components, for simple, intuitive, author editing of pages; write code using PHP.
• Utilize deep understanding of existing digital platform including associated databases, data sources and dependencies, workflow, information architecture, and legacy systems currently in production.
• Maintain ownership of new documentation as needed, and evaluate existing documentation for completeness and accuracy.
• Manage WordPress projects, and be involved in overall site architecture and code delivery.
• Facilitate and participate in the testing of web applications unit and system.
• Design and code superior technical solutions; enforce coding standards.
• Maintain responsibility for the end-user experience via the interface, sitemap, site architecture, feeds architecture and back-end code functionality.
• Work closely with all associated Operational teams including:

• Designers to bridge design and engineering work effort

• Operations team during Live Events

• Deployments of new code

• Project Management teams as assigned for new product roadmaps

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Required skills / experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering from four (4) year college or university; and a minimum five (5) years of current Web Development experience (Server-side and Client-side development); or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proficient on all Company provided hardware and software with experience in mobile technologies.
• Understanding of web standards and protocols (HTML, CSS, HTTP, etc.)
• Experience with Source Control tools (SVN, GIT, etc)
• Ability to develop web applications for high traffic consumer facing websites
• Ability to administer and develop with Ad Serving platforms and tools
• Ability to develop web applications using PHP
• Ability to develop React Native mobile applications on IOS or Android
• Ability to develop websites using responsive design
• Ability to develop for and within an enterprise CMS
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years with WordPress Content Management platform
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years with custom development experience using WordPress CMS
• Minimum 3 Years experience developing with industry UI/UX best practices
• Minimum 1-3 Years analyzing and optimizing code performance both Desktop and Mobile Web
• Familiarity architecting large technical solutions
• Ability to work in a UNIX environment
• Strong verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong writing and documentation skills
• Ability to communicate, present and defend ideas in both technical and user-friendly language
• Ability to conduct research into application integration issues and products
• Highly self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

NASCAR is committed to fostering a diverse work environment where all employees feel valued and empowered. NASCAR is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). We seek to attract and retain the best qualified people available. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any basis that is protected by applicable law except where a bona fide occupational qualification exists.

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The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 14 of the nation's major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR sanctions races in three national series (NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series), four international series (NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race, NASCAR Canada Series, NASCAR Mexico Series, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour) and a local grassroots series (NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series). The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in five cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races annually in 11 countries and more than 30 U.S. states.