UVA Health is seeking an experienced Web Developer to join the Digital Solutions Team within Marketing & Communications. This role is a core delivery contributor on a small, high-functioning product team - responsible for building and maintaining the digital experiences that power UVA Health's patient-facing web presence.
With seven or more years of professional experience, this developer brings deep technical fluency, sound engineering judgment, and the ability to own complex work end to end. They operate with confidence in modern JavaScript frameworks, understand the full lifecycle of a production web feature, and engage as a collaborative technical peer - not just an executor of tasks.
About the Digital Solutions Team
Our team operates using a product-led model focused on UVA Health's digital front door and the end-to-end digital patient experience . We are responsible for the strategy, user experience, and technologies that support and power UVA Health's digital ecosystem. We prioritize initiatives that advance:
- Frictionless patient experience
- Long-term patient loyalty
- Department-wide marketing technology
Key Responsibilities
Feature Development & Technical Ownership
- Deliver sprint stories from branch to production - including implementation , documentation, and full adherence to the team's definition of done.
- Design and build performant , accessible, and maintainable front-end solutions using React and Astro.
- Work with headless CMS architecture (Contentstack) to implement and extend content-driven web experiences.
- Make sound, independent implementation decisions on well-scoped stories; escalate architectural questions appropriately within the Digital Solutions team .
- Proactively identify technical risk within sprint stories during plannin g.
- Ensure all delivered work meets accessibility standards (ADA/WCAG) and SEO best practices.
Code Quality & Engineering Standards
- Write clean, well-structured, and well-documented code that other developers can maintain .
- Write unit and integration tests as a first-class part of delivery .
- Submit pull requests with clear context: what changed, why, and what to look for in review.
- Engage substantively in code review - both giving and receiving. At this experience level, code review contributions are expected to improve team quality, not just catch bugs.
- Maintain awareness of the codebase beyond your own stories; surface patterns, inconsistencies, or growing technical deb t .
Collaboration & Team Contribution
- Acts as a consultant with internal stakeholders, internal Scrum team, and external vendors to develop solutions meeting their needs.
- Participate fully in sprint ceremonies - planning, standup, refinement, review, and retrospective.
- Communicate blockers the day they emerge ; the team cannot help with what it cannot see.
- Pull from the sprint backlog proactivel y.
- Collaborate directly with the UX Designer to understand design intent and flag implementation feasibility concerns before stories are finalized .
- Seek clarification from the Product Owner on acceptance criteria before building on assumptions.
- Pair with other developers on high-complexity problems; bring experience to those conversations, not just questions.
Technical Growth & Knowledge Sharing
- Stay current with the evolving JavaScript ecosystem, particularly React and Astro ; bring informed recommendations to the team when technology shifts are worth evaluating.
- Contribute to shared knowledge - document decisions, share context in PR descriptions, and engage in team learning.
- Take on stories of increasing complexity sprint over sprint; this role should not be static.
Required Qualifications
- Seven years of professional web development experience, with a strong front-end foundation.
- Deep proficiency in modern JavaScript (ES2020+), HTML5, and CSS - understanding of what the language does, not just how to use it.
- Hands-on production experience with React, including component architecture, state management, hooks, and performance considerations.
- Experience with Astro or comparable static-site/hybrid rendering frameworks (Next.js, Nuxt , SvelteKit ); Astro experience is a strong differentiator.
- Experience working with headless CMS platforms - Contentstack, Contentful , Sanity, or equivalent.
- Strong Git proficiency : branching strategies, pull request workflows, rebasing, and collaborative development on shared codebases.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver accessible (WCAG 2.1 AA), performant, and cross-browser-compatible web experiences at production scale.
- Experience with build tooling and the broader front-end ecosystem: Vite, Webpack, npm /yarn, linting, formatting, and CI integration.
- Ability to write and maintain meaningful test coverage - unit, integration, and basic end-to-end.
- Strong engineering communication : can articulate tradeoffs, document decisions, and give useful code review feedback.
- Experience working within Agile/Scrum delivery teams.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science , or a related field.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with TypeScript in a production codebase.
- Familiarity with web performance optimization techniques: Core Web Vitals, lazy loading, code splitting, image optimization.
- Experience with Contentstack specifically - content modeling, content delivery APIs, and front-end integration patterns.
- Familiarity with platforms such as Epic, Kyruus, or Coveo in a web integration context.
- Experience in healthcare, academic medicine, or other regulated digital environments.
- Exposure to CI/CD pipeline configuration and deployment process ownership.
- Familiarity with Salesforce Marketing Cloud for email and campaign integration.
Success Measures
Success in this role will be measured by:
- Reliable, high-quality sprint delivery - stories completed against acceptance criteria without rework cycles.
- Proactive risk communication - technical concerns surfaced in planning or standup, not at review.
- Substantive code review participation - contributions that improve team output, not just approvals.
- Test coverage discipline - delivered work includes meaningful tests as a matter of course.
- Increasing story complexity and ownership over time - this role grows, not plateaus.
- Effective collaboration with Dev Team , UX Designer, and Product Owner across the full delivery cycle.
Physical Demands & Work Location
This is primarily a sedentary role involving extensive use of desktop computers. This position currently requires on -site presence in the Charlottesville office at least two days per week. Some travel to attend meetings or programs may occasionally be required .
The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician's Group, and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, is fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.
The pay range for this role is $70,600.00 - $141,201.00 annually. Individual compensation will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications, previous work experience, and/or education.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off, Long-term and Short-term Disability, Retirement Savings
- Health Saving Plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Certification and education support
- Generous Paid Time Off
UVA Health is a world-class Magnet Recognized academic medical center and health system with a level 1 trauma center. 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report "Best Hospitals" guide rates UVA Health University Medical Center as "High Performing" in 5 adult specialties and 14 conditions/procedures. We are one of 70 National Cancer Institute designated cancer centers. UVA Health Children's is named by 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report as the best children's hospital in Virginia with 9 specialties ranked among the best in the nation. Our footprint also encompasses 3 community hospitals and an integrated network of primary and specialty care clinics throughout Charlottesville, Culpeper, Northern Virginia, and beyond.
The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Learn more about UVA's commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment .
