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Addis Enterprises is a small but mighty design, marketing, and eLearning development firm with a variety of print, video, and web development contracts for businesses, universities, and state government agencies. We are dedicated to ensuring that everything we produce honors our simple two-word mission statement: “Be Awesome.”
We are looking for a local full-stack Web Developer who is dedicated to their craft and to keeping up with modern, cutting-edge techniques. We need you to write well-structured PHP/HTML/CSS and JavaScript to a high standard, in a timely and scalable way that improves the code-base of our products in meaningful ways. Candidates need to hit the ground running using excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
We are looking for a local full-stack Web Developer who is dedicated to their craft and to keeping up with modern, cutting-edge techniques. We need you to write well-structured PHP/HTML/CSS and JavaScript to a high standard, in a timely and scalable way that improves the code-base of our products in meaningful ways. Candidates need to hit the ground running using excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
This position will report directly to our Senior Engineer and work closely with our Creative Director. Our new hire shall assist with the development and programming of websites and website applications, HTML/CSS and JavaScript programming, CMS installation, and modification, server software installs and security, research and technical recommendations, and possible creative and marketing services as needed.
Desired Qualifications:
General
- High level of attention to detail
- Ability to self-manage and work independently as well as part of a team
- Ability to task switch frequently and work on multiple different projects as needs arise
- Ability to test work thoroughly before shipping to QA
- Ability to create high-level estimates for complex programming tasks
- Ability to stay within estimates and provide suggested compromises when projects appear to be on course to go over budget
- Ability to adhere to established coding guidelines including established PHP and JavaScript standards
- Ability to write clean, concise code that can be unit tested
- Experience using GIT including running commands without using a GUI
- Ability to work on multiple branches and handle merge conflicts
PHP
- Intermediate PHP skill level
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming concepts
- Experience using at least one PHP framework such as Laravel, Symfony, etc.
- Ability to prevent OWASP security vulnerabilities including but not limited to SQL Injection, XSS, Sensitive Data Exposure, and other code-related vulnerabilities
MYSQL
- General knowledge of MySQL
- Ability to write and understand complex queries
- Experience exporting and restoring databases
- Experience creating databases and users
JavaScript
- ES5/ES6 JavaScript Experience
- Vue
- Experience using a build tool such as Gulp and Webpack
Front End
- Overall intermediate to expert-level HTML/CSS expertise
- Responsive design / development
- Cross-Browser compatibility including progressive enhancement
- The ability to convert a high-fidelity mock to a layout with near perfection
- Demonstration of good design, layout, and UX principles
- Semantic Markup
Linux
- The ability to perform basic commands such as changing directories, file permissions, and user accounts.
- General understanding of Linux permissions and groups
- Ability to create SSH keys and connect over SSH
Bonus Qualifications:
- WCAG 2.0/2.1 AA accessibility best practices and remediation techniques.
- Experience working with and developing in an LMS system
- Experience with a Continuous Integration
- Experience writing PHP unit tests
- Experience writing JavaScript End-to-End Tests
- Docker, Docker Compose, and Docker Stack
- cPanel/WHM experience
- Ubuntu
- CentOS
- General Linux Administration
- HTML canvas and HTML animation
- CSS Animation
- Doctrine
- Concrete CMS (formerly Concrete5)
- WordPress
- Firm Understanding of using PHP Composer
- Prior Experience writing plugins and extensions for systems listed above
- Ability to design database schemas following rules of data normalization
- Ability to benchmark and optimize SQL Queries improving performance
- Nginx Configuration
- Apache Configuration
Full-time position. Salaries are competitive, and calculated with an internal formula that gives credit to education level, years in the field, unique variety of skills, and other factors. Benefits include PTO, fully employer-paid platinum-level BCBS health insurance, 3% matched IRA, revenue-sharing bonuses, education credits, and more. Position can be fully in-office, or a hybrid between office and work-from-home with flexible scheduling. Fully remote candidates will be considered if authorized to work in the U.S.
