Description
Please note that the position is based in Tampa, but the individual will have to spend 3 weeks per month in sunny San Diego, CA (all expenses paid) - supporting and migrating the application back to Tampa.
Company is seeking a talented Senior LAMP/PHP Developer who can take the company to the next level. The company is looking for the support of a Senior LAMP (PHP) developer to run and manage a moderate traffic website from end to end. This position will work directly with the VP of Technology for our client and will bring exposure to technologies that many do not yet have the opportunity to see every day.
Soft Skills and position requirements: You will need to be a strong self-managed developer capable of managing your own time and priorities. Comfortable with travelling 75% of the time (out of state) Excellent communication skills
Required Skills, Responsibilities, and Experience:
- LAMP stack development (minimum of 5 years of documented professional experience)
- 5+ years' experience with OOP (Object Oriented programming), PHP, MySQL, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/jQuery, Linux, Apache
- 5+ years professional experience using PHP frameworks
- Extensive experience with troubleshooting and bug fix
- Detailed understanding of responsive websites
- Thorough understanding of relational databases and security relating to PHP/MySQL.
- Ability to create and consume custom SOAP and REST APIs
- Comfortable working on the Front End and with responsive design
- Experience writing unit tests/detailing testing procedures for your work Version Control (SVN) experience using TFS or Git (or similar)
- Strong documentation and communications skills
- Ability to self-manage and meet required deadlines
Preferred Skills:
- PHP Data Objects (PDO)
- Experience with Object-relational mapping (ORMS/eloquent) and abstract design patterns
- Experience with C#.Net
- Familiarity with REST & CURL
- Experience with SASS/SCSS Foundation (or similar responsive Front End framework) Leveraging REST services and other third party APIs
- Rapidly solving problems, bugs and compatibility issues
- Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
- Develop and deploy new features to facilitate related procedures and tools as necessary
- Ensure that the developing codebase conforms to best practices with regard to coding standards, validation