PHP Developer

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop new features in support of emerging business and project requirements
• Assume leadership of new projects from conceptualization to deployment
• Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful application design
• Work with Agile/Kanban development methodologies, adhering to best practices and pursuing continued learning opportunities
• Collaborate across time zones via Slack, GitHub comments, documents, and video conferences

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or engineering
• Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks, especially Laravel
• Understanding the fully synchronous behavior of PHP
• Understanding of MVC design patterns
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Knowledge of object-oriented PHP programming
• Strong knowledge of the common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions
• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Familiarity with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• 2+ years of experience building large-scale software applications 
• Experience with PHP Laravel, JavaScript, Vue, Postgres / SQL, Git
• Excellent debugging and optimization skills
• Unit/integration testing experience