Job Description
Job DescriptionWe are looking for a versatile Web Developer to join a service-focused organization in Maple Grove, Minnesota in a contract capacity with the potential for a permanent role. This position combines hands-on web development with technical leadership, giving you the opportunity to build solutions, guide execution, and help shape priorities across IT initiatives. The ideal candidate is comfortable partnering with business teams, translating operational needs into practical technical outcomes, and balancing coding responsibilities with project oversight.
Responsibilities:
• Build, enhance, and maintain web-based solutions using technologies such as Shopify, Laravel, and MySQL to support business operations and customer-facing needs.
• Provide technical direction for daily development activities, ensuring work is prioritized effectively and completed in alignment with organizational goals.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across departments to gather requirements, clarify objectives, and turn business needs into scalable technical solutions.
• Lead and coordinate the efforts of a small IT team by organizing tasks, monitoring progress, and helping remove roadblocks during project execution.
• Troubleshoot application, database, and system issues, identifying root causes and implementing timely, reliable fixes.
• Contribute directly to software development through coding, solution design, testing, and ongoing optimization of existing applications.
• Oversee technical projects from planning through delivery, balancing deadlines, resource needs, and changing priorities.
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences to support decision-making, alignment, and successful implementation.• Detail-oriented experience developing web applications with Shopify and Laravel in a business environment.
• Strong knowledge of MySQL, including database design, querying, performance tuning, and data management.
• Demonstrated ability to balance hands-on development work with technical leadership and team coordination responsibilities.
• Experience translating business requirements into technical plans, solution designs, and actionable development tasks.
• Proven troubleshooting skills with the ability to resolve complex application and system-related issues.
• Background in technology management, including project prioritization, execution oversight, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders.