ENVIRONMENT:

THE coding talents of a Mid-level PHP Developer with creative problem-solving ability is wanted to join the team of a cutting-edge FinTech company. Your core role will be to architect, develop and maintain both internal and client-facing functionality, from inception through to deployment, full life cycle. You will write clean, efficient and reusable code, utilizing best practices such as SOLID, DRY and KISS, assist with refactoring legacy code into a new Symfony / ReactJS based system while creating & consuming APIs. The successful candidate will possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering, or a related field (Equivalent experience may also be considered) with PHP - 2+ years practical OOP experience, WordPress doesn't count, 2+ years MySQL/Postgres, Symfony, or Laravel & Git.

DUTIES:

• Architect, develop and maintain both internal and client-facing functionality, from inception through to deployment, full life cycle.
• Write clean, efficient and reusable code, utilizing best practices such as SOLID, DRY and KISS.
• Monitor, test, improve and upgrade existing functionality.
• Assist with refactoring legacy code into a new Symfony / ReactJS based system.
• Assist with maintaining and improving an AWS-based production environment.
• Create and consume APIs (both REST and SOAP).

REQUIREMENTS:

Qualifications –

• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (Equivalent experience may also be considered).

Experience/Skills –

• Strong knowledge of PHP (2+ years practical OOP experience, WordPress doesn't count).
• Strong knowledge of MySQL / Postgres (2+ years practical experience).
• PHP MVC framework experience (2+ years practical experience using Symfony, or Laravel works too).
• Competent with source control (2+ years practical experience using Git)
• Comfortable working in a Linux environment (we like Ubuntu).

ATTRIBUTES:

• Self-directed and self-motivated, able to up-skill and learn new technologies without supervision.
• Fluent in English (written and verbal).
• A creative problem solver, that's willing to explore, with a collaborative open source type mindset.
• Interested to learn a lot, be coached into best practices, work in a team and be corrected at times, confident asking for help.