PHP Developer

Kforce has a client that is seeking a PHP Developer in Covington, KY.Responsibilities:

• Daily activities will involve designing, development, automated testing, meeting with technology peers (including architecture) to work through technical designs, supporting other developers on the team with their work, and participating in Agile ceremonies (Daily Stand up, Backlog grooming, Retrospective meetings)
• Captures requirements and runs or participates in the systems design effort
• Develop maintainable standards and scalable solutions
• Adhering to project timelines, addressing, and resolving technical issues
• Ensuring code reviews, unit testing, and integration testing are completed efficiently and effectively
• Fosters teamwork/motivation and spirit of collaboration with project team and business and systems partners

• Minimum of 5 years of software engineering development experience
• Proven hands-on experience working with PHP 8, Node.js, NPM, Angular 17+, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Git, REST APIs, and modern web application development
• Proven hands-on experience developing Angular applications using Standalone Components, Signals, and modern control flow syntax
• Strong experience maintaining, enhancing, and troubleshooting legacy PHP applications
• Experience modernizing monolithic applications and migrating functionality from PHP-based architectures to Angular and Node.js solutions
• Proven experience identifying, analyzing, and remediating application security vulnerabilities including OWASP Top 10 risks
• Experience implementing secure coding practices, authentication, authorization, input validation, and data protection controls
• Experience with relational databases including MySQL
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and integrating with enterprise systems
• Proven experience writing automated tests (unit, integration, and end-to-end) and following Test Driven Development (TDD) principles

Any combination of the following is a plus:

• Experience with Agile (Scrum or Kanban) methodologies and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) practices
• Experience modernizing legacy PHP frameworks such as CodeIgniter as well as custom-built applications
• Experience with application security scanning tools such as Mend, CodeQL and SonarQube
• Experience performing vulnerability remediation and supporting penetration testing efforts
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and containerized application deployments
• Experience with cloud platforms including Azure and AWS
• Experience with OAuth, OIDC, SAML, and other enterprise identity integrations

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.


We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.


Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.


This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.


Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.


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