PHP Developer Hybrid Setup  

The PHP Web Developer reports to the Project Scrum Master of the project that he/she belongs to and to his/her immediate supervisor (assigned Senior PHP Web Developer). The PHP Web Developer is responsible for managing back-end services and the interchange of data between the server and the users.

His/Her primary focus will be the following:

• Design a solution (using the available frameworks of the PHP Language) that addresses our clients’ problems in the most efficient approach
• Develop all server-side logic including the integration of the front-end elements built by co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well
• Ensure high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end

His/Her main responsibilities are the following:

• Complete all assigned PHP modules according to the Sprint plans
• Develop efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules according to the agreed design solution including the integration of data storage solutions (SQL, NoSQL, etc)
• Implement secure handling of data transit, storage and retrieval including, but not limited to, encryption and encoding of sensitive information
• Ensure that all assigned PHP modules/features should be finished according to the agreed scope estimates
• Ensure that all assigned PHP modules/features for a specific Sprint should not be carried over to the next Sprint
• Ensure that he/she is well-versed in the usage of required IDEs, tools and/or PHP frameworks (Symfony 3 is a must)
• Ensure solution designs and developed modules are in compliance with specifications
• Ensure that the developed modules/features are compliant with the internal quality control standards

Skills And Qualifications

• Must at least be a graduate of BS Computer Science, BS Information Technology and/or other related courses.
• Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks (Symfony, Laravel, Zend)
• Understanding the fully synchronous behavior of PHP
• Understanding of MVC design patterns
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as Vanilla JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5, and CSS3
• Knowledge of object oriented PHP programming
• Understanding accessibility and security compliance (standards set by the industry and project-specific compliance)
• Basic up to intermediate knowledge of the common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions
• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Familiarity with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and their declarative query languages
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git