Westat is an employee-owned corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments. Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than 2,000 is located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC.

Job Summary:
Westat is seeking a full-time WordPress Developer to design and build visually appealing and intuitive websites as part of a team of web developers and graphic designers to support our research studies.  As a strong candidate, you will have excellent CSS and JavaScript skills as well as experience in coding custom templates, themes, and modules.

Job Responsibilities:
Working in a collaborative team environment, you will:
• Develop and maintain responsive design websites that are dynamic and data driven.
• Promote best practices in UI, UX, and interaction design.
• Participate in brainstorming sessions with clients to help articulate requirements, preferences, and expectations.

Basic Qualifications:
• A Bachelor's degree.
• 3+ years using WordPress or Drupal.
• Excellent JavaScript/jQuery skills.
• Advanced knowledge of HTML5 and CSS3 (Bootstrap).

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience using JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular 2+, Vue, or React).
• Proficient in LAMP stack (e.g. Linux, Apache, MySQL, or PHP).
• Able to write clean, readable, and well-documented code, following WordPress or Drupal conventions.
• Accustomed to working on collaborative, team projects using agile development methodology.
• Experience writing technical requirements and specifications.
• Knowledge of website accessibility standards.
• Experience installing, testing and debugging WordPress plugins, and creating custom plugins as needed.
• Experience developing Responsive sites.
• Familiarity with common version control systems, preferably Git.

Candidates should have excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Westat offers competitive benefits with ESOP, 401k, Health, Dental, paid vacation, sick and holiday leave, professional development as well as other benefits.

Any offer of employment may be contingent upon receipt of acceptable results from a post-offer background screening, if required for the position, based on the specific position which may include, for example, identity verification, employment history, or criminal records history.

Westat is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, genetic information, gender identity, or any other protected status under applicable law.