Sr PHP/Javascript Developer

The chosen candidate will join a development team responsible for developing a fixed income reference and market data client website. The system will provide users with in-depth information around the fixed income instruments evaluated by client. The live application was built with Zend Framework and MySQL using an Enterprise quality methodologies and infrastructure.

It is critical that the candidate be a well rounded developer who has experience developing for projects that have a significant level of complexity but at the same time have a thorough understanding of the full-lifecycle of an Enterprise-level web development project. This project is considered amongst the top initiatives for  response to evolving regulatory mandates that require enhanced transparency into how assets are valued when held as investments.

Responsibilities

• Developing code for the targeted environment as well as participating in architectural discussions that are relevant to their domain of expertise or responsibility.
  
• Proposing and documenting software design, analyzing requirements, and presenting implementation options.
  
• Understanding the full software development lifecycle (SDLC).
  
• Embracing development best practices, and communicating clearly and effectively with peers, users, testers, and supervisors.
  
• Hands on, approach analyzing existing code, writing new code, testing, debugging and providing production support.
  

• 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, developing and delivering advanced PHP web applications
  
• Zend Framework experience (although other MVC frameworks like Symfony & CakePHP are relevant)
  
• Past experience as a developer on an enterprise project that used LAMP technologies, with a demonstrated ability to articulate the architectural solution and the solutions applied.
  
• Thorough understanding of MVC design patterns with the ability to articulate specific solutions through past experiences
  
• Ability to develop for scalability including understanding advanced database issues, clustering, and caching.
  
• Hands-on ability with MySql, including advanced database design, query generation, performance tuning and profiling in high volume environment
  
• Working knowledge with front-end technologies, especially jQuery, Ajax, and JSON
  
• Understanding and dedication to software development “best practices” including familiarity with agile development methodologies
  
• Strong experience with design-for-testability and unit-tests
  
• Version control experience with Subversion (or Git)
  
• Enough understanding of Apache Web Server to maintain a development environment and to support production issues
  
• Excellent problem solving and communication skills both spoken and written.
  
• Proven ability to work in concert with other developers and teams, but also possess the ability to work independently to create solutions.
  
• BS/BA in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
  
• Financial industry (fixed income) experience preferred but not required.     
  
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   Zend Certification is a major plus