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Senior PHP Developer
Liquid Web
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $90,000 - $110,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
LaravelMySQLPHPSDLCSymfonyWordPress
About the role
- Collaborate with the project strategist to articulate the best technological solution for the problem at hand
- Analyze user story acceptance criteria to ensure technical feasibility and point out potential issues
- Lead a team of developers to make sure we can deliver on time, on budget and on scope
- Architect and develop new features, custom functionality and frontend integration
- Write high quality code with readability, efficiency and maintainability in mind
- Develop and maintain complex Laravel and WordPress based applications
- Implement complex features using modern PHP code and patterns while following standards
- Implement unit testing for key portions of each application
- Code review the work of other developers
- Improve our internal tools, libraries and standards
- Actively participate in our scrum meetings
- Work with the team to diagnose and resolve backend bugs and support requests
- Mentor junior developers
Requirements
- Agency experience - ability to thrive in a fast-paced, client-facing environment with billable project work is almost essential for success in this role.
- 5+ years of experience as a backend PHP developer on production sites.
- 2+ years of experience leading technical direction, mentoring developers, and guiding team practices.
- Extensive hands-on experience implementing complex WordPress websites and Laravel applications.
- Strong command of modern PHP practices, such as autoloading, dependency management, dependency injection, templating libraries, automated testing, and OOP (including frameworks like Symfony or Laravel).
- Solid understanding of secure, performant coding practices and a comprehensive knowledge of MySQL.
- Experience with at least one automated testing framework.
- Excellent understanding of the software development life cycle and best practices.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proven ability to work effectively in a distributed/remote team environment with minimal supervision.
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and self-motivated with a methodical approach to problem-solving.
Benefits
- Excellent Benefits options - Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription
- Traditional and Roth 401k with company matching
- A collaborative team culture
- Consistent/set work hours
- Challenging non-redundant daily duties
- A voice in how things get done
- Access to ongoing training
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
PHPLaravelWordPressMySQLunit testingOOPdependency managementtemplating librariesautomated testingSymfony
Soft skills
communication skillsmentoringorganizational skillsproblem-solvingteam leadershipclient-facingdetail-orientedself-motivatedmethodical approachcollaboration
