PHP Web Developer III

Full-time

Description

Title : PHP Web Developer III - Hybrid

Full-Time or Part-time : Full-Time

Reports To : Manager of Technical Services

Employment Category : Exempt, salary

About Us

The National Wild Turkey Federation is a mission-driven, membership-based, non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of the wild turkey and preservation of our hunting heritage. Our programs are rooted in rigorous science, innovative partnerships, and a deep commitment to our mission and vision. We are currently expanding our efforts to address declining wild turkey populations and seek a visionary leader to guide this work.

Job Summary:

The PHP Web Developer III is responsible for the creation and implementation of a wide variety of Web-based products and applications using PHP, JavaScript, CSS, DHTML, AJAX, JQUERY and MySQL with minimal supervision.

This position requires an experienced, initiative-taking, multitasking and creative individual who is excited about learning and developing solid solutions for the organization’s next generation web platforms. In this position you will collaborate with the departmental leaders to translate complex business initiatives into innovative solutions. A can-do attitude, with the ability to energize and work with cross-functional teams is required.

The position requires a high degree of accuracy, attention to detail, high energy, problem solving, forward thinking and the ability to adapt to changing business requirements. All while providing consistent and reliable IT solutions for the end user.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Designing and working with MySQL tables and queries.
• Develop modular, reusable code that is scalable and optimized.
• Conduct unit and end-to-end testing as well as stress tests and performance tuning.
• Integrate 3rd party software and toolsets through documented SDK's.
• Document system changes, problems, and communications.
• Investigate, analyze, and make recommendations to management regarding technology improvements, upgrades, and modifications.
• Manage workloads and meet project scopes, deadlines, and schedules.
• Ensure a consistent look and feel across all web sites, promoting uniform fonts, formatting, icons, images, layout, and creating the appropriate templates to assist content authors.
• Administer website permissions for end users who require access to edit content.
• Perform other related duties consistent with the scope and intent of the position.

Requirements

Required Skills/Abilities:

• 5-8 years of experience designing and implementing well documented, efficient PHP 7.x+ code
• Ability to properly scope projects to take business processes and turn them into efficient code.
• Ability to code review peers for accuracy and efficiency
• Experience using documented third-party APIs and creating API endpoints for third-party consumption.
• Responsive CSS Design using templates and frameworks
• Experience creating and using MySQL databases and optimized SQL queries
• Experience with LAMP technologies (Linux/ Apache/ MySQL/ PHP)
• Experience with front-end tools such as JavaScript, CSS and jQuery
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills.
• Must be able to develop?and troubleshoot complex software systems that run in mixed environments including Linux, Unix and/or Windows.
• Experience with Git and code versioning.
• Organizational skills in file management with a large variety of file types.
• Strong analytical and teamwork skills.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills.

Preferred Skills/Abilities:

• B.S. or B.A. degree in Computer Science preferred or equivalent work experience.
• 5-8 years’ experience in internet web authoring or related experience.
• CMS, NodeJS, React, WordPress, GitHub, and PHP Storm experience would be a plus.
• Experience with large databases and commercial web sites.
• Experience using web development IDEs (Experience with JetBrains a plus)
• Good understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives.

Physical Requirements:

General office/remote work setting, typically the employee may sit comfortably to perform the work, usually at a computer terminal – with short breaks or lunch period. However, there may be some bending/stooping, reaching above shoulder level, walking; standing; carrying of light items such as papers, books or packages of up to 25 pounds. Should be able to hear & speak clearly using phone / headset to communicate with business partners; be able to navigate, view & enter information on the computer.

Remote or Telecomm Status (select one):

• Position is Hybrid remote - four days in office.

Salary Description

$80,000.00 Minimum Annual Salary