ABOUT LSC:

Established by Congress in 1974, the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is the country’s single largest funder of civil legal aid for low-income Americans.LSC currently funds 131 independent nonprofit legal aid organizations with more than 800 offices throughout the nation. LSC’s mission is to promote equal access to justice and provide grants for high-quality civil legal assistance to low-income Americans.

This position will require working from an office in Washington, D.C.NW but LSC will be moving to 1875 Eye Street NW in fall 2024. The successful candidate must live in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

OVERVIEW:

As Senior Front-End Developer, you will support the Office of Data Governance and Analysis and its mission to collect, analyze, and visualize data to maximize the quality and effectiveness of the civil legal services LSC’s grantees provide. You will develop innovative visualizations, dashboards, web applications, and analytical tools. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and test new features, while also maintaining and updating static content and interactive web features. Additionally, you collaborate with data engineers to ensure reliable integration with data resources. The role also involves gathering feedback from stakeholders to improve products over time, ensuring adherence to best practices in security, accessibility, and user-centered design. This position is part of a collective bargaining unit represented by the International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers, Local 135.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops innovative visualizations, dashboards, web applications, and analytical and other tools using industry-standard libraries (e.g., D3.js, Mapbox GL, Highcharts) and tools (such as DataWrapper). Collaborates with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and test new features and functionality.
• Maintains and updates ODGA’s static content and interactive features on LSC.gov and other ODGA websites. Ensures the performance, quality, and responsiveness of these resources and debugs issues as they arise.
• Collaborates with ODGA data engineers to design and implement data structures, pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and APIs that process data into required formats and effectively integrate with and ensure the reliability of web resources.
• Works with internal and external stakeholders to understand needs and subject matter. Mocks up wireframes and prototypes, gather feedback, and identifies improvements over time. Promotes the uptake of these products by diverse audiences through training and technical support.
• Ensures ODGA’s web resources follow best practices in security, accessibility, responsiveness, user-centered design, documentation, and data visualization.
• Liaises with LSC’s communications team to ensure products conform with LSC’s brand and communications strategy.
• Implements and reports on analytics for ODGA web resources.
• Writes clean, efficient, and maintainable code using best practices and design patterns.
• Contributes to other data governance, maintenance, and visualization needs (e.g., business intelligence dashboarding).

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

General

• A high degree of flexibility, capacity for self-management, and attention to detail. Strong organizational skills.
• Adaptable and able to manage multiple priorities with shifting and/or competing priorities and tight deadlines.
• Understanding of and commitment to organizational mission and goals. Ability to work well with people from diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and working styles.
• Works well independently and as a team member.