Full Stack Developer

Who We Are

Mercy Ships is a global faith-based charity that uses hospital ships to bring life-changing surgeries and transformational medical training to people in some of the most challenging contexts along the African coast. For over 40 years, Mercy Ships has been delivering lasting hope and healing through safe surgical care, while working alongside partners and stakeholders to strengthen local healthcare systems in more than 55 countries. Since the inception of this dream by founders Don and Deyon Stephens in 1978, Mercy Ships has served more than 2.7 million direct beneficiaries without regard for race, gender, or religion.

The Opportunity

Join a purpose-driven team where your technical expertise directly supports a global mission of hope and healing. Mercy Ships is seeking a Full Stack Web Developer to create and maintain high-quality websites and web applications that serve our international community and operational goals. This role offers the opportunity to work on meaningful, complex projects in a collaborative, agile environment, where excellence in user experience, performance, and security is essential.

How You’ll Contribute

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Development and Maintenance

• Develop, test, and maintain responsive and user-friendly websites and web applications
• Stand up donation landing pages and standardize process for production efficiencies
• Identify and implement efficiencies across multiple production environments
• Write clean, scalable, and efficient code using Node.js or PHP HTML, CSS and JavaScript

Collaboration

• Collaborate with Creative Director, Director of Digital Strategy, and digital designers to implement visually appealing and functional web pages/sites

Optimization, Troubleshooting, and Security

• Optimize websites for performance, speed, and SEO best practices
• Evaluate, recommend, and integrate third-party APIs, plugins, and services as needed
• Debug and troubleshoot issues across multiple browsers and devices
• Work with databases to manage website data
• Implement security measures to protect web applications from vulnerabilities
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices
• Work within Agile or Scrum methodologies to meet project deadlines efficiently
• Update DNS records as needed

The Ideal Candidate Will Demonstrate:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Strong customer service mindset, including attitude and approach, when interfacing with the
• public and colleagues.
• Strong time management skills and task prioritization.
• Work collaboratively and communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Maintain high standards of personal appearance and grooming
• Adaptability and flexibility.
• Supportive of Mercy Ships mission and vision, and committed to its core values.
• Understand and apply servant leadership, work collaboratively with integrity and demonstrate
• accountability.

Education And Experience

The requirements listed below are representative of the education and/or experience required.

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5 years of experience in web development

Technical Skills:

• Expertise with WordPress, Custom Theme creation/management and Event Custom Fields
• Experience with backend development using Node.js or PHP, Linux, Apache, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, React, etc.
• Familiarity with databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Firebase, etc.)
• Knowledge of version control systems like Git/GitHub
• Experience with ESB, API integration and third-party integrations
• Understanding of SEO principles and website performance optimization
• Understanding of mobile-first and responsive design principles
• Understanding of Analytics and Tag Management (GA4, GTM)
• Awareness of security best practices in web development

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with cloud services like AWS, SiteGround and Google Cloud
• Experience with Fundraise Up and QGiv
• Familiarity with Project Management tools such as Asana
• Ability to communicate technical problems and roadblocks to teammates and management in non-technical manner

Personal Qualities:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects
• Ability to work collaboratively with large teams
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies
• Attention to detail to ensure there are no Quality Assurance issues
• Adaptable and able to manage changing priorities
• Passion for Mercy Ships' mission and humanitarian work

This is a paid position. To Apply for Consideration Please visit https://careers.mercyships.org/

To explore our many Mercy Ships volunteer opportunities, please visit us at: https://www.mercyships.org/get-involved/volunteer/

*Compensation range listed for U.S. hires only. Actual compensation may vary depending on location of hire.