This position will author web applications using PHP, mySQL & Javascript and maintain said software in keeping with our architectural standards. The right candidate will be at the forefront of social media implementation on various sites within the department purview.

Responsibilities:

• Develops new software and works on various associated development tasks in accordance with pertinent established standards under a team leader.
• Participates in code reviews as needed and as assigned by their respective project team leads and PMs
• Reports time and work effort progress to PM and team leads according to established company standards and/or as needed and requested
• Provides input into project technology issues and direction to their respective project team leads as appropriate
• Ability to accurately render level of effort estimates based on information known at the time that estimate is required.
• Monitor bug tracking (Jira) queue for tasks and update tasks with relevant information in a timely fashion.
• Ensure that the sanctioned project and development process are followed and note exceptions as necessary.
• Participate in meetings with other personnel, including QA,Product, Architecture, Publishing Operations, and management.
• Read and review functional specifications and test cases to ensure accuracy and develop understanding of business requirements.
• Mentor less senior developers
• Recommend competitive advantages gained by emerging technologies.
• This position requires successfully independent collaboration and with others both internally and externally with other departments
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years PHP and object oriented programming
• BS/BA degree in Computer Science or Engineering or a minimum of 5 years software development experience in relevant development languages and technical platforms.
• Ability to work independently to finish tasks of medium duration
• Willingness and ability to write documentation, including but not limited to, technical specifications and use cases.
• Ability to read and understand code written in a variety of technologies:
• Including: PHP (OO) JavaScript (OO), mySQL, HTML, CSS
• Fundamental understanding of mySQL.
• Must have the legal right to work in the United States.

Preferred Skills:

• Javascript (OO experience preferred)
• CSS1, CSS2 and knowledge of individual browsers implementation
• Familiarity with W3C recommendations
• A strong grasp of current browser technology with an eye towards the future
• Understanding of differences between web image formats
• Basic understanding of typography, colors and layout
• Good technical writing skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good communication skills
• Unix experience
• Willingness to adapt to the company coding / formatting standard

Preferred Skills:

• Front end design with back end experience
• JQuery experience
• Social media integration (OpenGraph, etc.).
• Database design and optimization experience
• Architecture experience
• Design Patterns
• Experience with enterprise level caching

To apply please use this link as well as email Brian Gibbins at bgibbins@howstuffworks.com

The Software Development team is challenged with solving complex problems that will advance our business to the next level. We build the most innovative systems in the industry using the latest technology to deliver creative solutions for our customers.
We are looking for software engineers that have heavy experience in PHP MVC frameworks, Object Oriented Development and agile programming. Our team is charged with developing new products from a wide variety of web technologies into large scale systems to support the international SoftLayer customer base.
If you are a talented developer who seeks responsibility, thrives when empowered, and understands the importance of personal accountability, then we would like to talk with you. As a member of the SoftLayer team, you have the opportunity to directly impact the continued success of the company. We strive to make SoftLayer a place where you want to be – a place where you are proud to work and where you are motivated to produce the best results possible.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, develop, and implement Object Oriented PHP applications in SOA environment
• Take ownership and manage projects through the entire lifecycle
• Create SOAP/XML web services
• Integrate enterprise-grade products and services into a web-based portal
• Projects will vary in size and scope depending on which modules of the platform you are working

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Expert knowledge of PHP 5 Object Oriented Programming, JavaScript, CSS
• 5+ years professional programming experience
• Strong understanding of OO design principles
• Experience with a version control system (subversion preferred)
• Strong analytical skills and data structures/algorithms fundamentals
• A positive attitude and willingness drive projects to completion in a fast moving environment

ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Zend framework experience
• Experience administering a Linux system
• Experience in a wide variety of web technologies
• Experience in scripting
• Project Management/Reporting

EDUCATION:

BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, MIS, and/or demonstrated industry experience on similar successful projects

ABOUT SOFTLAYER:

Headquartered in Dallas, SoftLayer is the innovation leader in on-demand web hosting and data center services. As the largest hosting company in the world, SoftLayer lets customers create dedicated, cloud, or seamless hybrid computing environments, leveraging the company’s world-class data center facilities in Dallas, Houston, Seattle, and Washington D.C., and network Points of Presence nationwide. SoftLayer integrates and automates all elements of its platform, empowering enterprises of any size with complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management via a leading Customer Portal and Open API.

If you would enjoy working in a dynamic environment and are looking for an opportunity to become part of a stellar team of professionals, we invite you to apply today.

For more information or to submit your resume, please see the career section of our website at http://www.softlayer.com/about/careers/

Our client is an incredibly successful organization in the digital media sector. They are enjoying ongoing growth. As such, they require a Senior PHP Developer.

Being a highly motivated and dedicated professional with an exceptional commitment to excellence while understanding the importance of being a team player is paramount in your being successful with our client. Your mandate is to take part in the programming activities for the various projects related to the development of web applications.

Job Description

• Execute web page development with XHTML/CSS/JavaScript/AJAX;
• Contribute to the development with object oriented programming (PHP5);
• Work comfortably with MySQL;
• Diagnose and repair problems/bugs;
• Design, develop and draft functional specs as required during the development process;
• Carry out complementary tasks to your day-to-day responsibilities.

Required Skills

• Bachelor in computer science or any other pertinent training;
• Over 5 years experience in web programming;
• Experience in working with MySQL, or MS SQL, HTML and PHP 4 or 5;
• Experience in Flash and Action Script (asset).
• Excellent team player.
• French or English, however bilingualism is an asset.

To apply or for more information, contact Robert at atr.employment@yahoo.ca

The Software Development team is challenged with solving complex problems that will advance our business to the next level. We build the most innovative systems in the industry using the latest technology to deliver creative solutions for our customers.

We are looking for talented software engineers with experience working with Rich Internet Application (RIA) technologies to build scalable web experiences of exceptional quality. The goal is to build innovative new interfaces to advance customer experience at SoftLayer to the next level.

If you are a talented developer who seeks responsibility, thrives when empowered, and understands the importance of personal accountability, then we would like to talk with you. As a member of the SoftLayer team, you have the opportunity to directly impact the continued success of the company. We strive to make SoftLayer a place where you want to be – a place where you are proud to work and where you are motivated to produce the best results possible.

• Implement rich user experience concepts and designs using appropriate presentation technologies
• Design, develop, and implement Object Oriented PHP applications in SOA environment
• Actively participate in a collaborative, results-oriented environment with a diverse technical team striving to deliver incremental value with high quality.

Experience Requirements

• 5+ years professional programming experience
• Expert knowledge of PHP 5 Object Oriented Programming, JavaScript, CSS
• Proficient in using Ajax and JSON/XML data interchange formats
• Experience building rich user interfaces using jQuery or related JavaScript framework
• Experience with Zend or similar MVC framework
• Experience in building new applications from scratch in a “greenfield” environment
• Must be able to collaborate with a team to manage and deliver assigned projects with limited supervision
• A positive attitude and willingness drive projects to completion in a fast moving environment
• Experience in a wide variety of web and development tool technologies

Education and Certifications

• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, MIS, and/or demonstrated industry experience on similar successful projects Technical Requirements (i.e., demonstrated proficiency with … )

About SoftLayer

Headquartered in Dallas, SoftLayer is the innovation leader in on-demand web hosting and data center services. As the largest hosting company in the world, SoftLayer lets customers create dedicated, cloud, or seamless hybrid computing environments, leveraging the company’s world-class data center facilities in Dallas, Houston, Seattle, and Washington D.C., and network Points of Presence nationwide. SoftLayer integrates and automates all elements of its platform, empowering enterprises of any size with complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management via a leading Customer Portal and Open API.

If you would enjoy working in a dynamic environment and are looking for an opportunity to become part of a stellar team of professionals, we invite you to apply today.

For more information or to submit your resume, please see the career section of our website at http://www.softlayer.com/about/careers/

Skillshare is a small yet fast-growing NYC-based web startup that is working on creating a marketplace to learn anything, from anyone.
Our mission is to flip the traditional notion of education on its head and revolutionize learning.

We are looking for a Senior Front-End Software Engineer / Developer to join our team. In addition to a strong background in PHP, JavaScript, and CSS, the ideal candidate will be self-motivated, a problem solver, and a leader. This position could potentially lead to a VP of Engineering or Lead Software Engineer one over time depending on performance.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of production development experience
• Proficiency in Object Oriented PHP 5; Yii framework a big plus
• Proficiency in JavaScript (jQuery a plus), AJAX, HTML, and CSS
• Experience in LAMP development and version control
• Familiarity with cross-browser intricacies
• Familiarity with JSON and/or XML
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Must be legally able to work in the US
• Must be located (or be willing to relocate) in NYC

Desirable:

• Experience with MySQL
• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services
• Familiarity with Payment systems and gateways
• Experience working in a start-up environment
• Interest in social good or education

You may learn more about us on blog.skillshare.com or @skillshare

If you are interested and qualified, please contact careers@skillshare.com

Please no recruiters.

We are looking for a seasoned LAMP stack technologist with over 10 years of professional experience, with at least the past five years in a team leadership capacity. You must be a master of all aspects of development, including scalability, profiling, refactoring, design patterns and modern MVC architectures including frameworks like Zend and Code Igniter.

You will be mentoring and leading a team of highly skilled, intelligent and engaging software professionals and you will need superior technical chops and the right people skills to balance the requirements of this role. Someone that is a highly skilled Agile practitioner, with experience in building Scrum and Agile teams while leveraging TDD and XP practices to drive successful software product development teams is desired.

Technical Skills

• Linux & Apache
  • Virtual Hosts, Mod_Rewrite and httpd.conf settings
  • Performance tuning, debugging and profiling
  • SSL and Session Management
  • Ability to custom compile, build RPMs and/or use yum/apt-get for management
  • LAMP stack under a RedHat/CentOS environment preferred
  • Intermediate level skills on Linux/System V machines
  • Shell scripting experience in Sed/Awk or PERL
  • Experience with file systems management, LVM and services management
• PHP
  • Zend Optimizer, APC and other opcode caching technologies
  • PECL, PEAR and standard APIs, libraries and extensions
  • Single instance and distributed memcached integration
  • Knowledge of debuggers, profilers and system tracing utilities like GDB, xdebug
  • OOP Programming skills, including MVC-based frameworks
  • Scalability & Performance tunings
  • Unit Testing experience (jUnit, SimpleTest, PHPUnit)
  • Testing automation and Continuous Integration systems (CruiseControl, Ant, Selenium)
  • Development experience with Web Services (REST/SOAP & 3rd party APIs)
  • Developing on multiple platforms (VIM, Zend, NetBeans, Eclipse)
  • Experience with Version Control Systems (Subversion, Mercurial, Git)
• MySQL
  • Server Configuration & Management
  • Query Optimization
  • Experience writing Stored Procedures, Triggers and Views
  • Experience with a variety of Storage Engines (Innodb, MyISAM, Heap, ndb cluster)
  • Experience with clustered environments using MySQL Cluster / Multi-Master Replication
  • Strong database architectural design experience
• Front End
  • HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript with Ajax
  • Experience with jQuery or other JS libraries
  • Ability to learn emerging technical standards and apply/coach development team in proper adoption
• Leadership & Experience
  • Servant Leadership
  • Certified Scrum Master or other Scrum/Agile certification or relevant experience
  • 3+ years in supporting iterative and incremental software development teams
  • Experience in a variety of corporate environments in a coaching/training role in teaching Product Owners and Stakeholders the details of Agile, XP and Scrum
  • Experience with the A3 Process from Toyota, TOC and other Lean techniques applied to software development teams and organizations
  • Expert mentoring and conflict resolution skills
  • An ability to present to technical and non-technical audiences from junior staff to C-level executives
• Prior Experience
  • Past success in a startup environment is preferred
  • Experience as a LAMP stack Manager/Leader for a Fortune 500 or Top 100 domain
  • 10+ years of experience in LAMP stack development
  • 3-5+ years of management and gradually increasing leadership positions
  • Prior CTO/VP/Director level experience is required
  • Must have experience managing multiple teams with 20 or more technologists
• Nice to Have
  • Advanced CS or Engineering Degree
  • Experience within the Open Source community
  • Recent professional references that showcase your strengths
  • LinkedIn or other social media profiles, blogs or portfolio of work to review
  • Previous experience presenting at PHP, Agile or Open Source conferences and events
  • Previous work experience in the field of eLearning systems development

For more information or to submit your resume, contact Lonnie Brown at Lonnie@JacobGroup.com or 214-544-9030.