Senior/Team Lead PHP Developer

About the Position

We are seeking a Senior/Team Lead PHP Developer to join our US start-up company in Silicon Valley, founded in 2015 and having raised series A investments in 2017. You will be part of a team that is building a platform connecting people to local nonprofits, community organizations, and worthy causes. The app simplifies browsing through events and activities happening in the USA and allows users to create their own events.

Responsibilities

• Known methods for latency improvement and performance optimization
• Implement object-oriented design and best practices including code to test (unit)
• Agile principles including focus on demo working code, work breakdown structures, continuous integration, kanban boards
• Ability to go from wire-frame or whiteboard to integrate, code, and iteration
• Quickly determine LOE (Levels of Effort) on proposed architecture and solution concepts
• Available to accommodate US Pacific time standards and schedules
• Development of the project and database architecture
• Direct reporting to the CTO
• Be a part of hiring process of the future team members
• Business trips to the USA
• Fluent English

Requirements

Core language proficiency:

• HTML5
• PHP
• JavaScript

IDEs and frameworks:

• MVC Framework
• Eclipse, SVN
• Yii

Services and APIs:

• REST
• SOAP specifically working with: Google Maps, Facebook Graph, Instagram, Keen.io, WP, etc.
• RabbitMQ

Front end:

• Ajax, CSS
• JSON, JQuery
• JS based frameworks esp React

SCM tools:

• Github

Database administration and statements:

• MySQL
• NoSQL esp MongoDB · PostgreSQL
• ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) routines
• Dimensional modeling and schemas
• Heavy lifting with metadata and metastores

Will be a huge plus if:

• Experience with high-loaded systems
• Site performance optimization
• Developing mobile application using React
• Experience with No-SQL Databases

We Offer

• Ongoing opportunities in international company
• Democratic management style
• Trainings and business trips abroad
• 24 working days paid vacation
• Paid lunches
• Office with comfortable workplaces in top-class building facilities
• Social events

About the Company

We are a global team of developers, project leaders, support staff, and more. We are a young, but forward-thinking company with head office in Canada and Service Delivery Office in Ukraine. Our skills and customer service acumen are truly unmatched. We are proud to deliver IT outsourcing/outstaffing services to companies worldwide.

We Help Our Clients Meet And Exceed Their Business Goals By Providing:

• Software Development And Maintenance Services
• Vendor Relationship Management And Guidance
• Modernization of Legacy Systems
• Management of Existing IT Systems
• Training in Improved IT Processes
• Real Time Decision Support
• Cost Control And Quality Oriented Systems Management
• A Partnership With Solution Providers Worldwide That Allows us to Create Custom IT Solutions

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