Back End PHP Developer

As a Back End PHP Developer, you are expected to have expert knowledge of LAMP based development and should be someone who constantly craves seeking out the latest in coding technologies and platforms.

You should be capable of helping other team members with problems that need solutions, and managing both personal and small team projects. You should be an individual with strong communication skills and the have desire to interact with both clients and team members in a consistently positive manner and live by the motto... "anything is possible." You should be driven and detail-oriented with strong leadership qualities.

Our Environment:

We are a small team of creative problem solvers who work with a variety of brands both regionally and nationally. Our day-to-day tasks include branding, graphic design, interactive design/development, user interface design, SEO, and social media. We have a laid-back environment where we work hard and play hard. Our team members are engaged in a collaborative effort to produce high quality work while enjoying a creative family atmosphere.

Our Benefits:

• Flexible work schedule
• Exciting work environment
• Monthly Potlucks and Lunch & Learns
• Summer Hours - Half Day Fridays
• 100% covered health insurance including dental and vision plans
• Generous vacation time, including floating holidays and sick/personal days
• 401k with matching
• Performance based compensation

Skills To Pay The Bills:

• 2+ years advanced experience in LAMP development
• Expertise in object-oriented programming with PHP
• Experience with PHP MVC Frameworks such as Laravel, Symfony, and CodeIgniter
• Working knowledge in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Expertise in relational database management and optimization for MySQL
• Responsive web development
• Leveraging third-party APIs to retrieve and write data using REST and SOAP
• Experience with Linux-based operating systems and their command line tools
• Knowledge of DNS setup and management
• Solid understanding of web standards and usability
• Pay special attention to detail and conduct QA testing prior to pushing code live
• Maintain project timelines and meet deadlines

Desired Skills:

• Experience with the frontend frameworks Vue.js and Alpine.js
• Experience with testing frameworks including PHPUnit and Cypress
• Experience with build-tools including Webpack and Vite
• Experience with real-time communication tools such as Pusher and Websockets
• Experience with building Progressive Web Applications (PWAs)
• Experience with server tuning, caching and other techniques to decrease resource usage and load times
• Familiarity with Shopify's Liquid templating language and BigCommerce's Stencil templating language