PHP Software Engineer
US-TX-Dallas | Professional Services
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Job Description
About ACTIVE
We are the technology that powers activities, helping over 47,000 activity organizers automate, simplify and grow their business through rich data and insights. With over a decade of experience building the world’s leading registration platform, our SaaS products are changing the way the world gets active.
We are a company of passionate people that are focused on results, committed to excellence and fueled by challenge. We celebrate a culture of winning, high-performance and accountability. Our team members embrace a work-hard/play-hard mentality and bring their passion, dedication and creativity each and every day. Together, we are making the world a more active place.
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
We are looking for a team-oriented software engineer with high-experience level to work on developing and maintaining web-based applications using a unique blend of open-source technologies and languages ranging from traditional to cutting-edge. If you enjoy working in a challenging atmosphere with other highly skilled and motivated developers, we would be interested in speaking with you. This is a full-time, salaried position, with a comprehensive benefits package.
Responsibilities
- As a PHP Developer, you will be responsible for unique web design and coding for our innovative products catered to the Outdoors market. (Hunt & Fish, Reserve America, etc.)
- Partner with talented designers, developers, and coders to collaboratively enhance existing applications and build new solutions for the company
- Creating and maintaining documentation of all software applications;
- Interactively support quality assurance testing of all applications;
- Positive migration from initial mentoring and guidance of senior resources toward self-guided and self-directed contribution to development team and corporate goals;
- Continuing growth of object oriented knowledge-base about information technology as it applies to business development;
- Continuing development of teamwork and interpersonal skills, effectively promoting corporate goals and culture without sacrificing personal career enhancement
Skills & Requirements
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field of study OR application development experience
- At least 5 years of solid industry experience working as a software engineer, or similar role, with recent hands-on experience working with PHP5
- Proven web application with database interaction is required
- Must possess a solid working experience with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, JQUERY, and AJAX
- 2+ years of experience working in a Unix/Linux environment with exposure to Web Servers (Apache Preferred)
- Experience working with large volumes of data
- Strong written and verbal communication, analytical and interpersonal skills
“Nice to Have”
- Working knowledge of Design Patterns / Object Oriented programming (MVC/OOP)
- Experience working in Test Driven Development (TDD) environments
- Experience programming in other languages such as: Java/J2EE, COBOL, C, AJAX, VB6.0, XML, XSLT, etc
- Experience working in an Agile environment and understanding of agile ways of working
Perks & Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits, including medical insurance and 401k with matching.
- ACTIVEx, our award winning employee participation program, helps you grow personally and professionally.
- Our ACTIVE Advantage program gives you discounts on activities, gear and travel.
ACTIVE Network is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.