Lead Programmer

Lead Programmer (Crossroads Church, Cincinnati Ohio)

Crossroads is the largest and fastest growing inter-denominational church in Cincinnati Ohio with approximately 7000 regular attenders. Our mission is to connect people wanting to know more about God to a community of growing Christ-followers. The primary role of the IT organization within that mission is to create web-based environments that allow people to experience God by connecting them with ministry opportunities, other people, and content such as podcasts, videos, and emails.

We are preparing to completely overhaul our existing website and to create a web platform that enables relevant, culturally current information to be targeted to our community.

Role Description
The person in this role is responsible for all software development at Crossroads including development of our new website, as well as maintenance of existing applications. This is a full-time, salary position. The primary responsibilities of the person in this role include the following:

Development, testing, and launch of web-based systems (both intranet and internet)
Requirements gathering
Systems design
Maintenance of legacy systems
Documenting new and existing systems


Education / Training
Applicants for this position should exhibit a mode of continual learning ? constantly seeking out the newest technologies, learning them, and applying them to their work.

Applicants should have the following experience and educational background

Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
3+ years of web development experience
Competency in all and advanced knowledge in at least one of the following development platforms: .net 2.0, PHP, Java, Ruby (Rails).
Competency in database design and implementation
Competency building sites using Web Standards (XHTML and CSS).
Extensive knowledge of Web 2.0 technologies and techniques (XML, blogs, wikis, RSS, API?s, mashups)
Experience in the use and development of open source software


Required Skills
Crossroads is an incredibly fast-moving organization, necessitating an IT department that is always ready to serve, dropping current work to take up the most urgent needs of the organization. The skills required for this role are as follows:

Ability to work under incredible time pressure
Desire to work in a team environment
Ability to discover & articulate customer requirements
Continual curiosity for learning and applying cutting-edge technologies and techniques
Ability to assemble solutions from existing ?tools? (i.e. blocks of code, etc)
Ability to multi-task
Ability to prioritize work according to Crossroads priorities
Creative problem solving capabilities
An eye for design


Applicants should forward cover letter, resume, and references to: developers@crossroadscommunity.net