Position Overview:

A software developer is an integral part of our team. As a developer, you will be involved in all facets of the software building process as it relates to the company as a whole. We have a fast-paced development cycle, which allows us to patch and push new code through our processes quickly and efficiently. From CoS (Conditions of Satisfaction) review, to coding, to peer review, to GIT management, to production troubleshooting, you will get to experience it all.

Desired Profile:

You have a desire to create great software. You enjoy working in a collaborative team environment to achieve a common goal. You understand and appreciate that coding is an art form that requires continuous work and refinement. You enjoy the thrill of taking a problem, helping define it in terms that can be incorporated into our product, and then designing, coding, and seeing the solution released into production. Given minimal information, you can root out the cause of an issue and patch it in a maintainable fashion. You have a keen awareness of your strengths and weaknesses, embrace both and are not afraid to offer help or request help should the situation warrant it.

Competencies / Work Style:

• Attention to detail

• Effective communicator

• Flexible, can handle changes in direction and interruptions

• Effectively manages deadlines and deliverables

• Accurately estimates timelines for projects

• Firm grasp of personal strengths and weaknesses

• Excellent listener with an openness to other’s ideas

• Willingness to learn

• Willing to help other team members with their understanding of coding topics, standards and practices

• Receives and offers constructive feedback in a positive manner

Position Responsibilities:

• Code according to industry and team standards, adhering to OOP principles

• Write coherent, well-structured design plans for CoS (Conditions of Satisfaction)

• Work with support to diagnose client specific issues as they relate to our product and the user database

• Share knowledge with other team members by providing feedback and offering guidance from your experience

• Write clear, comprehensive test cases for QA

• Attend and actively engage other team members during meetings to discuss backlog items, design issues, and best coding practices

• Actively involved in the code and functional reviews of fellow developer’s work, being able to spot logic and functional issues and effectively communicate feedback

• Work with QA through test cases and help troubleshoot issues

• Document processes, features and functions in our development Wiki.

Experience:

• 5+ years working with C based language, PHP preferred

  • OOP standards knowledge

  • Knowledge/experience with a framework (Laravel, Symfony 1.x or 2.x, Zend, etc.)

• 2+ years experience with SQL, MySQL preferred

  • Knowledge and experience in database design

  • Knowledge and experience writing procedures and triggers

• 2+ years experience working with API’s (Paypal, Salesforce, Mailgun)

• Experience working in an agile environment

• Experience with code management software, GIT preferred (SVN, CVS, etc.)

• 3+ years HTML experience

  • Experience building html pages and emails

  • Experience working in software with prebuilt pages and ability to keep the coding and the look and feel consistent

• 3+ years CSS experience

  • Experience working with web pages or software that requires a common look and feel using standard, accepted CSS

• 2+ years JS experience

  • Experience with using various libraries (Prototype, jQuery, etc.)

  • Experience coding browser compatible JS without the use of a library

• CLI (command line interface) experience

  • Comfortable using basic commands in a Linux environment

  • VIM experience

  • Accessing and using MySQL through a CLI