PHP Guru | Saforian

Employment type: 
Full time
Telecommute: 
Not allowed

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.

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