INTERMEDIATE PHP DEVELOPER

Intermediate php developer, postion is a permanent full-time position and is located in Toronto, ON, Canada – candidates must be within commuting distance of Toronto Downtown Core.

• Construct, develop, code, debug and maintain web site applications

• Conform to in-house software development processes
• Conform to defined software design methodologies for the development and implementation of Internet based application to support all aspects of web site functionalities
• Participate in change analysis and code reviews
• Produce code based on low level design documentation and existing coding standards and recommended practices
• Apply rigorous testing methodologies and use cases to analyze and verify software programs, algorithms, data transformation, forms, reports and interfaces
• Timely communication of issues and status information to Team Lead concerning system development activities
• Generate application test data as necessary and validate any data conversion requirements for final implementation and production rollout
• Participate in project status review meetings with Team Lead
• Working closely with the project manager and senior staff to ensure stated business objectives are met
• Delivering on the activities required to produce code modules and unit tested code
• Coordinating the efforts of all developers in the team and ensure the activities are executed according to the project plan and that target dates are met
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by Instaclick Inc management

• 3+ years of production programming experience of which 2+ years of solid PHP design/coding/testing in Open Source environment building large scale distributed web sites
• Experience working in a formal software development environment
• 1+ years of Object Orientation software coding experience for web application
• Linux, Mac O/S, MySQL, PHP 4/5, Apache/Light HTTP technology experience based on LAMP model
• Computer Science trained graduate or with equivalent work experience
• Test Driven Development and Agile methodology an asset

• Strong written/verbal communication
• Solid team player with passion to participate in mentoring and team building
• Strong web application documentation, design, coding and testing experience
• Proven analytical ability to create/modify application code to support new functionality
• Strong debugging experience of code written by other developers
• Proven ability to provide effort, and elapsed time estimates for assigned work
• Proven ability to execute project deliverables within effort and elapsed time estimates
• Proven experience in meeting workload estimates as defined in project work plan
• Experience with PHP Frameworks, such as  Zend framework

careers@instaclick.com