GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

As part of the Digital Product Development team, you will collaborate with the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art to develop a series of digital humanities research projects on The Met's website, and to support the Research Center website. You will build two types of intuitive, design-forward digital interfaces for art historians and other audiences.

This is a position with an established end-date or time frame. Time frames will begin upon hire: 9 Months

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

• Identify user requirements, develop software solutions and ensure digital applications meet needs of both the Lauder Research center and external researchers and historians.

• Develop digital tools to interact with research materials including resources such as essays, videos, artist books and sketchbooks.

• Develop searchable databases for works of art, that include search parameters such as all works that pass through a particular dealer.

• Work with a cross-functional product development team consisting of a product manager, front and back-end developers, UX designers, QA staff, and the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center team.

• Attend and engage in regular meetings with the Research Center team to ensure requirements are met.

• Write clean and well-structured code that is documented appropriately, tested effectively, and consistently error-free.

• Build core code libraries that are reusable across teams and initiatives.

• Work with other engineers to prevent unnecessary code duplication.

• Lead technical development for research projects and collaborate with the team to meet project timelines.

• Triage, fix and resolve production issues including bugs, bottleneck & deployment hiccups to ensure users stay up & running.

• Proactively monitor application health to catch and resolve problems early.

REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• 5 years of professional experience in software/application development with a focus on web applications.

• Production-level fluency with React. Hands on experience with Next.js, Sanity, & Elasticsearch preferred.

• Proven experience with managing projects independently with minimal ramp up.

• Proven ability to work collaboratively and solve problems within diverse teams.

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and iterative software development practices.

• Demonstrated success delivering complex projects from concept to launch.

• Proficiency with Git and experience implementing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Playwright, GitHub Actions) for automated testing.

• Ability to balance code quality, performance, and test coverage with user and stakeholder needs.

• Comfortable asking questions and speaking up to clarify goals, request support, and propose improvements.

COMPENSATION RANGE:

• Pay range: $80.00 - $85.00 / Hourly