Software Developer - PHP

Position: Senior PHP Developer 

Company: Vantage Labs

Vantage Labs < www.vantage.com > is a world leader and innovator in the development and leveraging of artificial intelligence and natural language technologies into a broad spectrum of vertical markets and industries. Integrating patented AI and linguistic tools, Vantage offers world-class products and services, including award-winning Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions, into various vertical markets: Education, Government, Healthcare, and more.

We are seeking an experienced PHP full-stack developer to join our teams producing cutting edge cloud-based web applications out of our development office in New Hope, PA.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Collaborating with the development team and project managers to ideate software solutions.
• Creating technical design recommendations for developing and integrating programs.
• Building the front-end of applications through appealing visual design – show us your creative side!
• Developing and managing well-functioning databases and applications.
• Analyzing software and optimizing code to ensure responsiveness and efficiency.
• Conceptualizing features and applications at the direction of the project management team.
• Debug time-sensitive issues.

Qualifications/Skills Desired:

• Bachelor’s degree is required in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field.
• Proven experience as a Full Stack PHP Developer with 3 years of programming or application development experience
• Experience with Laravel and/or Symfony Frameworks; knowledge in object-oriented programming
• Architectural understanding of web applications and application servers
• Working knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with back-end language and knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery, Angular/React)

Preferred skills that would be good to have:

• Knowledge of Open Source libraries, tools and frameworks, e.g. for logging, testing, and building.
• Excitement for the latest trends in application design.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (i.e. IAM, EC2, S3) or similar cloud computing services.
• Experience with agile software development methodologies like XP and Scrum.
• Experience with Machine Learning or Natural Language Understanding algorithms.

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Short/Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• ID Theft Protection
• 401K
• Tuition Reimbursement, paid training

Vantage Labs is an Equal Opportunity Employer.