Senior PHP Developer

Ascend Learning is a national leader in data driven, online educational solutions for learners, educators and employers in high-growth, licensure-driven professions spanning healthcare, fitness and wellness, skilled trades, insurance and financial services. We are passionate about accelerating learning while impacting job readiness, employment success and employee retention with the belief that our work changes lives.

Our culture is intentionally results-driven and selfless with a relentless focus on our customers. We believe in trust, transparency, freedom and responsibility with a commitment to meritocracy, inclusion and diversity of thought. Continual investment in our over 1400 employees is also a core principle realized through ongoing professional development and providing opportunities to grow, develop and lead. Ascend Learning is headquartered in Burlington, MA with additional office locations and remote workers in cities across the U.S. and in the U.K.

Ascend learning is hiring now for a developer with senior experience coding in PHP in an object-oriented environment, analyzing and designing MySQL databases, writing proper MySQL queries and indexes for optimal performance, creating responsive web pages using HTML5, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery/ Angular and Ajax, and setting up and securing servers.

We are interested in an individual who is a quick learner, is comfortable multi-tasking, enjoys having the flexibility to work on all aspects of product development, and has the ability and desire to see a project through all phases of the SDLC.Self-taught is welcome. This role will be located in our Gilbert, AZ office/hybrid.

Responsibilities

• Writing clean, maintainable and efficient PHP code
• Knowledge of how to properly write secure object-oriented code
• Designing robust, scalable and secure features
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Ensure code quality, organization and automation
• Contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Write documentation, environments and procedures.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in a Computer Science or Information Technology program or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years full stack PHP development
• Experience with PHP (7.x) Lamp Stack, JavaScript along with other common libraries & Frameworks


• Laravel/Docker/Kubernetes experience is a plus


• Proficiency with HTML(5), JavaScript/Angular/jQuery, CSS
• Understanding of the syntax of PHP and its nuances
• Strong SQL experience, MySQL preferred
• MongoDB experience a plus
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application and Micro-services
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, especially git
• API's and versioning
• Experience with TDD (Test Driven Development)
• Experience with Agile / SCRUM / Jira

Skills & Abilities

• Good written and oral communications skills the ability to communicate effectively with non-technical staff
• Encourage and participate in collaborative development process with engineers on multiple sites.
• Ability to take ownership and see the task till end with independent research/development skills.

This position requires that the employee be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless an exemption has been granted by Ascend Learning for a religious, health-related or other legally mandated reason, which will be considered on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law. Ascend will accept all COVID-19 vaccines that have been approved or authorized for Emergency Use Authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or COVID-19 vaccines recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Individuals are considered "fully vaccinated" (1) two weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series (such as Pfizer or Moderna vaccines); or (2) two weeks after a single-dose vaccine (such as Johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine). Ascend Learning's current policy also requires that individuals visiting our offices be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

In line with our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of our employees, if we choose to interview you and you are fully vaccinated, we may invite you to interview in our office. If you are not fully vaccinated and we choose to interview you, we will arrange for a virtual interview.

Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer(M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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