IT Full-Stack Developer

FutureFuel Chemical Company; Batesville (AR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation program

Advancement Ladder

Comprehensive employee benefits

Job summary

FutureFuel Chemical Company is seeking a self-directed Full-Stack Web Application Developer for our IT Department in Batesville, AR. You will split time between supporting legacy systems (Classic ASP.NET, VBScript, JavaScript, IIS, SQL Server) and building the new platform with React and .NET backed by MySQL.

You should bring 3–5+ years of full-stack experience, strong SDLC, and proven project management skills to drive migrations from conception to completion with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5+ years of full-stack web application development experience and SDLC background.
• Legacy skills with Classic ASP/.NET, VBScript, vanilla JavaScript, HTML, and IIS configuration.
• Modern stack experience with React, .NET, and MySQL capable of migrations from legacy systems.

Responsibilities

• Organize and manage multiple migrations with limited supervision and milestones.
• Oversee full software development lifecycle for transition from legacy to new platform.
• Develop UI/UX, design schemas, and optimize queries for the new React/.NET backend.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, server, network, and database teams to resolve issues.
• Document progress and provide weekly status reports on technical results.

Skills

Full-stack development

React

JavaScript

ASP.NET

VBScript

SQL

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/MIS/EE/Math

Tools

MySQL

SQL Server

IIS

SSIS

SSRS

ERWin

WinMerge

PHP

Job description

Overview

FutureFuel Chemical is looking for a Full-Stack Developer to join our IT Department.

About The Position

FutureFuel Chemical Company (FFCC) is seeking a self-directed, security-focused Full-Stack Web Application Developer. While this is a hands-on software development role rather than a people-management position, it requires strong, proven project management skills. Because you will be working independently a majority of the time, your ability to organize, prioritize, and self-direct the migration strategy is critical to our success. Your workload will be split between supporting our legacy web architecture (Classic ASP.NET, VBScript, JavaScript, IIS, and SQL Server) and building out the new platform using React.JS/.NET with a MySQL backend. The ideal candidate possesses a strong software development lifecycle background, thinks systematically, and excels at driving projects from conception to completion under minimal supervision.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply strong working knowledge of project management and time management techniques to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple workloads with minimal supervision.
• Milestone Tracking: Break down the overarching migration goal into clear technical milestones, self-directing your daily tasks to meet deadlines under pressure.
• Lifecycle Management: Manage the full software development lifecycle of the transition, proactively identifying technical dependencies, resource constraints, and deployment risks.
• Documentation & Reporting: Maintain necessary project plans and thorough documentation of all system/application builds. Provide concise weekly status reports focused entirely on completed technical results.
• System Maintenance: Directly troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing web application components built on Classic ASP.NET, VBScript, JavaScript, and IIS.
• Database Programming: Write and optimize complex Transact-SQL (T-SQL) queries, manage stored procedures, and handle data modifications within our legacy SQL Server databases.
• XML Data Processing: Perform advanced application troubleshooting involving XML schemas, data extraction, transformation, and database integration.
• Performance Tuning: Monitor systems proactively for capacity constraints, perform data dictionary maintenance, and execute database performance analysis to maximize system availability.
• Hands-on Migration: Re-code and transition legacy web logic over to a modern frontend using React and a structured MySQL backend.
• Application & Database Implementation: Build user interfaces, design schemas, and implement optimized queries for the new application platform.
• Security Integration: Build security directly into the code by employing "least privilege" access design principles across all database structures and application layers.
• Disaster Readiness: Maintain the integrity, security, and availability of backup data during the transition lifecycle.
• Department Collaboration: Work closely with infrastructure, server, network, and database teams to resolve complex deployment issues and production bugs.
• Helpdesk Support: Help manage team workload by occasionally pitching in to resolve tasks within the IT Helpdesk backlog.
• Company Compliance: Follow all FFCC safety rules and complete required organizational safety training on time.

Required Qualifications

• Project Management Expertise: Demonstrated ability to accept high-level assignments, self-start, and execute complex technical migrations with limited supervision and guidance.
• Experience: 3 to 5+ years of full-stack web application development experience, with a solid grasp of the full software development lifecycle.
• Legacy Proficiency: Applied programming skills in Classic ASP/.NET, VBScript, vanilla JavaScript, HTML, and IIS configuration.
• Modern Stack Expertise: Practical experience designing, creating, and administering database web applications using MySQL. Strong proficiencies in building interactive user interfaces with React.
• Database Foundations: Deep understanding of data modeling, database design, indexing strategies, and expert-level competency writing complex SQL queries.
• Security Focus: Practical understanding of web security administration (user permissions, auditing, security metrics) and experience staying updated on modern security vulnerabilities.
• Communication: Strong interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate effectively with both novice business users and technical staff.

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Electrical Engineering, or Mathematics preferred (an Associate's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered).
• Legacy Data Skills: Experience with Microsoft SQL Server development (T-SQL), SQL-XML programming, SSIS, and SSRS.
• Utility Tools: Familiarity with data modeling tools (e.g., ERWin), file comparison utilities (e.g., WinMerge), or PHP.
• Infrastructure Awareness: Broad knowledge of Active Directory, basic network protocols (TCP/IP, VLANs), and server environment fundamentals to act as a backup systems admin if needed.

Working at FutureFuel

• Compensation: We offer competitive compensation packages, including a relocation program and Advancement Ladder.
• Comprehensive Benefits: We offer excellent medical, dental, and vision insurances, 401k matching, an employee work-out center, life insurance, parental leave, pet insurance, tuition reimbursement for continuing education, paid military leave, wellness incentives, and disability insurance.
• Culture: Expect a company culture that is friendly, inviting, helpful, inclusive, supportive, dedicated, and full of brilliant team members.

About FutureFuel

FutureFuel Chemical Company (FFCC) is a specialty and fine chemical manufacturing producer with an over forty-year successful plant history. FFCC has three business segments: custom/toll manufacturing, performance chemicals, and biodiesel. FFCC serves a wide variety of markets including pharmaceutical intermediates and products, nylon and polyester fibers, cleaning products, agricultural products, paints and coating, and fuels and energy.

FFCC is a small publicly traded company with approximately 500 employees that has a rich history of complex organic chemistry innovation, excellent environmental stewardship, and excellent health and safety compliance. We are a growing U.S. manufacturer of specialty organic chemicals and premium biofuels. Our company is headquartered in Clayton, St Louis and publicly listed on the NYSE under "FF". We have a world class integrated biofuels and specialty chemicals manufacturing facility in Batesville, Arkansas.

About the Location

Batesville, Arkansas is a small rural town of about 10,000 on the foothills of the Ozark Mountains with excellent area schools, a University of Arkansas 2-year college and Lyon College, a highly rated Liberal Arts College. We are a strong outdoor community with the White River, nearby lakes, parks, bike trails, dog park, walking trails, excellent soccer and baseball/softball facilities, a thriving community and aquatics center and Historic Main Street, and close access to Blanchard Springs Caverns, The Ozark Folk Center, and the Buffalo River, one of the longest undammed rivers west of the Mississippi and the nation’s first National River designated by Congress in 1972 to preserve its clean water and other outstanding values. Batesville has a regional health care center, Community Theatre and Arts Council, a strong Chamber of Commerce, Mark Martin NASCAR Museum, and a regional historic. Visit Batesville at cityofbatesville.com.