PHP Lead Senior PHP Developer PHP Developer

About This Role

This full-time, on-site role in Dallas, TX, is for an expert-level PHP Lead who will drive backend development with PHP and Node.js, focusing on WordPress and custom theme/plugin development. The position involves working with modern JavaScript frameworks and cloud-native technologies to build robust web applications.

Requirements

• Expert-level hands-on experience in JavaScript / TypeScript / React
• Expert-level hands-on experience in Node.js for backend development
• Experience with REST/GraphQL APIs
• React and Shopify Polaris for UI development
• React.js and its core principles
• Hands-on experience with PHP (7.x/8.x+) and WordPress, including custom theme and plugin development, performance optimization, and troubleshooting
• Experience in Cloud native development in Azure, AWS or GCP is preferred
• Experience in streaming technologies like Apache Kafka, Spark is preferred
• Experience with RDBMS like PostgreSQL, and/or MS SQL
• Experience in NoSQL databases like Cassandra, MongoDB
• Prior experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
• Experience in Jenkins/Cloud bees, Apigee, Kubernetes, Rancher
• Thorough understanding of a feature, the users impacted, the flows impacted and feature's purpose
• Adept with agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles
• Able to communicate processes and results with all parties involved in the product team, including engineers, product owner, scrum master, third party vendors and customers

Nice to have:

• Hands-on experience building shopping cart payment plugins or integrations