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The Senior PHP Developer is an advanced subject matter expert, accountable for designing, developing, and testing software systems, modules, or applications for software enhancements and new products including cloud-based or internet-related tools. This role takes accountability for detailed design for certain modules/sub-systems, doing prototype for multi-vendor infrastructure, and showcasing it internally or externally to clients. This role designs and develops functionality in a micro-services environment working with APIs.

What you'll be doing

Key Responsibilities:

• Designs and develops solutions and functionality that drives the growth of business.
• Responsible for writing and testing code.
• Accountable for execution of automated testing.
• Contributes to software deployment.
• Work across multiple teams to deliver software components while working in collaboration with the product team.
• Design and integrate solutions through automation and coding, using 3rd party software.
• Creates, crafts and debugs large scale distributed systems.
• Contributes to writing, updating and maintaining the technical program, end-user documentation, and operational procedures.
• Responsible for refactoring code.
• Works across multiple teams to review code written by other developers.
• Performs any other tasks as required.

Knowledge and Attributes:

• Subject matter expert in programming languages such as PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, libraries and frameworks.
• Advanced expertise of data structures, algorithms, and software design with strong analytical and debugging skills.
• Advanced knowledge of micro services-based software architecture and experience with API product development.
• Advanced expertise in SQL.
• Advanced understanding of container run time (Docker).
• Advanced proficiency with agile, lean practices and believes in test-driven development.
• Possess a can-do attitude and one that takes initiative.
• Excellent ability to work well in a diverse team with different backgrounds and experience levels.
• Excellent ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Advanced proficiency with CI/CD concepts and tools.
• Advanced proficiency with cloud-based infrastructure and deployments.
• Excellent attention to detail.

Academic Qualifications and Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• Relevant agile certifications preferred.

Required Experience:

• Advanced demonstrated experience working with geo-distributed teams through innovation, bootstrapping, pilot, and production phases with multiple stakeholders to the highest levels of quality and performance.
• Advanced demonstrated experience with tools across full software delivery lifecycle, for example, IDE, source control, CI, test, mocking, work tracking, defect management.
• Advanced demonstrated experience in Agile and Lean methodologies, Continuous Delivery / DevOps, Analytics / data-driven processes.
• Advanced demonstrated experience in developing micro-services and RESTful APIs.
• Advanced demonstrated experience in software development.

Workplace type: Hybrid Working

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