Drupal / PHP SW Developers | GTP, Inc.

Senior Software Engineer

Job Profile

The well-suited candidate will be comfortable working closely with the editors to develop, maintain and enhance our new web site. This individual will be working directly with editorial staff to propose, define, design and implement creative long-term solutions for recurring business needs, address daily production system issues, and provide leadership to the development team.

Strong troubleshooting, communication skills, and sense of humor are a must. This is an ideal position for a highly motivated senior web developer with an affinity for journalism and finance.

This position requires approximately 0% travel.

Currently this position is open in Arlington, VA.

Mandatory Skills and Experience

• Ability to design and code medium to large size projects
• Minimum 5 years of web development experience including design, development and testing.
• Experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and iterative methodologies.
• Understanding of layered architecture, MVC and other design patterns.
• Experience with LAMP.
• Strong experience with Object-Oriented Design & Implementation
• Good understanding of CMS system for public-facing media websites.
• Development experience with open-source CMS system(s). Experience with Drupal 5 and above a major plus.
• Experience in developing web 2.0-powered websites.
• Must be able and willing to keep pace with advances in web technologies.
• Must be proficient in at least one of the following programming languages: PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby. PHP 5.0 development experience is a major plus.
• Tableless CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, XML, XHTML
• Experience with relational databases and stored procedures. MySQL and/or PostgreSQL preferred.
• Experience with developing on Linux and/or Solaris systems.
• Excellent written & verbal skills.
• Ability to clearly document and communicate technical designs to team members.
• Experience with web site Front End design and implementation.
• Experience with source code control systems. Subversion or CVS preferred.
• Ability to develop and execute Unit Testing
• Experience in supporting 24x7 production systems, including deployment, trouble shooting and performance tuning.
• Strong analysis skills with a thorough understanding of application and infrastructure bottlenecks
• BS in CS, CIS, or Math or equivalent

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience in Flash development.
• Experience in developing Web Services. Good understanding of SOAP, WSDL and UDDI.
• Creativity and Innovation