Saforian is a professional creative firm located in Northern Virginia (DC Metro) focused on design, development and integration of robust web and mobile solutions using leading-edge technologies. We are an extremely agile and creative company constantly seeking to expand the technology envelope. Over our 10 year history, the innovative efforts of our staff have landed numerous loyal clients ranging from non-profits and major corporations to media moguls and high-end product companies. We are expanding in the DC area into new office spaces in old town Manassas and are looking for bright and talented developers to add to our team.
Saforian is seeking highly motivated and creative developers skilled in PHP and related web technologies. Our highly interactive team approach results in captivating designs developed in robust front and back-end technologies based on open standards. As a leader in Drupal development, many of our solutions capitalize on the flexibility and reusability of open standard CMS tools coupled with dynamic client-side experiences.
Role Description:
Your primary role will be developing back-end solutions for websites/web-applications primarily using open source tools and frameworks. You will interact with the creative and development teams and also with external 3rd party vendors for integration efforts when required. You will help define requirements for new projects and lead in planning and developing new small-to-midsize applications. Saforian encourages a cross-functional team approach to enhance corporate speed and agility. Exposure to front-end development technologies will be made available whenever possible and appropriate.
Responsibilities:
Development responsibility for a feature or module in the defined PHP framework
Integration responsibility to work with 3rd parties as required
Identify best of breed technologies and provide technology solutions
Identify performance bottlenecks and provide solutions
Identify solutions to enhance reusability
Required Skills and Experience:
5+ yrs of experience in PHP application development
Experience in PHP CMSes and frameworks like Drupal, CodeIgniter, Zend, etc.
Experience with different client/server communication systems
Web services experience a must (JSON/XML)
Solid OOP and software architecture experience
Excellent SQL/Database skills
Experience with Javascript and JQuery frameworks a plus
Experience with mobile platform technologies a plus
Experience with Google Maps and Google Search APIs a plus.
Experience with Facebook APIs a plus
Unix Admin Experience a plus
Experience with distributed source control: Git, Mercurial
Education Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science desired
Excellent communication skills
Why Work at Saforian?
At Saforian you’ll be working with good-natured, fun people who truly believe in providing the right solutions to clients. We’re a pretty flexible group, so you should be too. And please bring your sense of humor and your great ideas. Learn more about us at http://saforian.com. Please send your resume, portfolio and salary requirements to jobs@saforian.com. We'll respond as quickly as we can.
