Sr. PHP Developer

Senior PHP Engineer

Client is looking for a talented Senior PHP Engineer to join our team. The Senior PHP Engineer will work in a fast paced and collaborative environment on new sites as well as on developing enhancements of existing high volume and feature rich web sites.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Design, architect and develop new and existing PHP websites (hands-on coding)
• Work collaboratively to ensure that all development efforts are completed according to standards and that the solutions are robust and extensible
• Work in an Agile environment and interface with Marketing and/or Product Owners to help understand and size user stories
• Ensure proper tracking of tasks and ensuring Sprint story commitments
• Respond to any critical defects or production issues
• Collaborate on infrastructure

Required Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field required
• Minimum 5 years technical experience in designing applications and physical architectures for enterprise level, mission critical systems
• Experience in Agile Application Development & Scrum methodologies
• Must have successfully created large scale PHP web applications running using a PHP framework
• Must have experience with Laravel
• Must have strong object oriented programming experience
• Experience in the development of shared packages and libraries
• Experience working with package management systems such as Composer
• Must have strong experience working with SQL databases
• Must have exposure to the setup and configuration of the Apache web server
• Familiarity with developing and deploying applications in the cloud
• Experience with No-SQL databases a plus
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, interpersonal and communication skills
• Must be able to communicate effectively