Senior PHP Developer

We are looking for a PHP Developer to join our development team. The developer's primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. Our developers will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

Responsibilities

• Creating and maintaining strong partnerships with business stakeholders


• Recommending a long-term strategic roadmap for all applications


• Defining architectural direction and ensuring technical solutions are aligned


• Managing tasks and priorities for external developers by assigning tickets, setting priorities, reviewing requirements, facilitating technical discussions, and leading code reviews


• Working with team members and business stakeholders to analyze requirements and define technical requirements when needed


• Creating work/time estimates based on technical requirements


• Developing new features and functionality


• Assisting with sprint definitions and releases


• Collaborating with QA team to ensure robust quality assurance testing


• Working with platform hosting vendor on issues and support


• Supporting and documenting integrations with backend systems


• Applying software updates as needed


• Ensuring code is of a high standard and secured in a source code repository


• Creating robust back-up, escalation and disaster recovery plans


• Ensuring applications meet current security best practices


• Manage, deploy and oversee regular releases in an agile environment

Qualifications & Education

Any combination equivalent to, but not limited to, the following:

• Five to ten years programming experience with strong knowledge of PHP


• Three to five years’ experience developing responsive websites and web-applications 


• Very good knowledge of developing application using Object Oriented PHP programming.


• Strong knowledge of at-least one PHP framework like Laravel, Yii, CodeIgniter, Drupal, etc.


• Strong knowledge of design principles for a scalable application.


• Experience managing external vendors and developers


• Experience working in Agile development


• Experience guiding the website’s architecture, ensuring high-performance and availability


• Thorough understanding of the Software Development workflow (e.g. Requirements, Design, Development, Testing)


• Solid understanding of AJAX, HTML, Javascript, and CSS and components


• Knowledge of ticket/release tracking systems, such as Jira


• Familiarity with source control systems such as Git, etc.


• Knowledge of build systems such as Jenkins, desirable


• Must have experience and be proficient with Solr


• Experience in integrating with API’s