Job Description

MOHELA is a not-for-profit student loan servicer with about 1.8 million borrowers, $38 billion worth loans in combined portfolios owned by federal government, special entities, and itself. We are a contracted servicer with the Department of Education. We currently have around 340 employees and we are conveniently headquartered in Chesterfield valley, with an operation center in Columbia, Missouri, and an office in Washington, DC . We have been actively providing financial support and other support to Missouri's higher education programs for more than 39 years.

MOHELA is looking for a passionate and skillful Lead Web Programmer

MOHELA offers competitive salary and a benefit package that includes paid personal and vacation time-off, insurances for medical, dental, life, short-term disability, 401K plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 8% of salary, defined benefit pension plan, and tuition assistance.

What You Will Be Doing

General Statement of Duties:

Analyze and develop software solutions to resolve business needs/problems and to improve organizational efficiency. This includes working with all areas of MOHELA to provide solutions needed through application development to help accomplish the organization’s objectives. Participates independently on complex development efforts and works independently with minimal oversight required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Application Design & Development - Research, design and develop applications to input, store, retrieve, and report data using VB.Net, MVC, C#, ASP.Net, HTML, HTML5, VBScript, JavaScript, React/Angular, SQL, XML and other development tools as recommended by the organization. This includes interviewing users to identify the scope of the applications, documenting and flowcharting, integrating applications into network environments, testing the product before implementation, and writing necessary procedures. Website Development - This position will play an important role in the architecture, programming and supporting the solutions required to allow efficient and easy to use web based applications. The role requires the developer to be very proficient in .NET development using VB.NET, MVC and C# languages. Candidates should be well versed in web based user interfaces, and JavaScript. Agile Methodology – Able to work in an agile environment using Jira and confluence. Able to function as scrum master for the team as needed. Candidate should be able to create stories, organize sprints and assist developers with tasks to ensure that sprints are completed on-time and as-expected. Design and Mentoring – Able to lead a development team to design and architect solutions. Determine tasks for development team, mentor and help developers work through technical issues and present designs to management. Communications - Provides regular and timely project status updates to management. Cultivate and maintain positive relationships with internal stakeholders. Effectively communicate technical topics to non-technical audiences. Technology Support - Achieve and maintain a current working knowledge of servicing technologies, application development standards, code review, deployment and processes, data transmission standards and industry practices. Attend training courses, seminars and conferences designed to build knowledge of the same. Experience You Will Bring

Education/Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems from a four year college or university. Relatable experience must be at least 3 years in technical design and development with at least 1 year of applied experience developing in a Microsoft .Net and MVC

Technical Skills: Object-oriented programming languages like C#/VB.Net, MVC, C++, Java. Web programming with ASP.Net, HTML, HTML5, JavaScript. Relational database management systems and ability to write SQL queries and create stored procedures is highly desired. Version Control Systems. Experience with Ajax and jQuery, developing and using Web Services, Microsoft SQL Server, Team Foundation Server (TFS), Microsoft IIS, Entity Framework ORM, and MVC Architecture preferred. Experience with IOS or Android app development is desirable. Experience coding websites in the cloud such as AWS and websites that interact with Salesforce is desirable. Experience with cloud website setup and tools such as Node.js, Express, React, Es6, Babel, Webpack, OAuth, Jwt, Git, Postman, Yarn, Homebrew, Jenkins, AWS lambda, etc.

Passion for technology and able to pick up new programming skills fast. Good interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal); must be able to work with team members and user community. Ability to effectively adapt to a dynamic, constantly changing, priority shifting environment. Sound analytical and problem solving skills MEDICAL, DENTAL and VISION

MOHELA offers a comprehensive medical plan that includes prescription coverage for employees and their dependents. A health savings account is available for employees to save for the future or to pay current medical expenses. We share the cost of insurance premiums with our employees. Vision coverage is available at no cost and offers free eye exams, and discounts on glasses and contacts. Dental insurance offers preventive care, dental work, and orthodontics (for dependent children) at various coverage percentages. MOHELA offers an incentive for employees who waive MOHELA’s medical plan and obtain medical coverage with another group medical plan.

EARNED TIME OFF

And the clock starts now! Time off begins to build when your employment starts. We observe 6 holidays a year: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. We also offer 4 Personal Holidays for you to use! You will receive at least 22 days of available time off in Personal Time Off (PTO) and Vacation benefits. The days roll over from year to year, if unused. Family is very important to MOHELA. Birth and adoption time off benefits are also available to employees.

TUITION REIMBURSEMENT

One of MOHELA’s core values is education. We support helping our employees and their dependents reach their educational goals. After 3 months of employment, you can qualify for up to $12,000 per calendar year in tuition reimbursement.

401(k) MATCH UP TO 8%

After you complete six months of service, MOHELA will match each dollar you contribute up to the first 8% of your salary. You can contribute up to 50% of your annual salary. It’s simple to contribute through payroll deduction. This benefit is in addition to the Pension Plan!

MOHELA’s PENSION PLAN

Pension Plan is designed to provide a monthly income to participants who meet the plan’s retirement requirement. All benefits are 100% funded by MOHELA – with NO cost to employees. Benefits are determined by the plan’s benefit formula, based on years of service.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions To build a diverse workforce, MOHELA encourages applications from individuals with disabilities, minorities and veterans. In compliance with the American Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with MOHELA, please call 636.532.0600 x3571, TDD 636.532.5189,

Company Description

MOHELA is a student loan servicer with about 1.8 million borrowers, $38 billion worth loans in combined portfolios owned by federal government, special entities, and itself. We are a contracted servicer with the Department of Education. We currently have around 340 employees and we are conveniently headquartered in Chesterfield, Missouri, with an operation center in Columbia, Missouri, and an office in Washington, DC. We have been actively providing financial support and other support to Missouri's higher education programs for 40 years.