PHP Developer

Net2Source Inc. is an award-winning total workforce solutions company recognized by Staffing Industry Analysts for our accelerated growth of 300% in the last 3 years with over 5500+ employees globally, with over 30+ locations in the US and global operations in 32 countries. We believe in providing staffing solutions to address the current talent gap Right Talent Right Time Right Place Right Price and acting as a Career Coach to our consultants.

Job Title: PHP Developer

Location: Remote

Duration: 6 Months Contract to Hire

Rate: $50-$55/hr

We are seeking an experienced Full-Stack/Backend Developer to join our team and contribute to the maintenance and expansion of a large-scale application. In this role, you will work on a variety of backend tasks, including database management, API integration, and writing clean, efficient code. If you have a deep understanding of PHP, MVC frameworks, and database management, along with experience in optimizing and maintaining APIs, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

· Maintain and expand the functionality of a large, existing web application.

· Develop and optimize PHP-based code, using MVC frameworks to build scalable and maintainable applications.

· Work extensively with MySQL/MariaDB or similar relational databases, ensuring optimal performance and data integrity.

· Integrate third-party APIs (including payment gateways and other services) into applications.

· Create and maintain APIs for use by other services or teams.

· Write and optimize code to handle medium to large datasets efficiently.

· Collaborate with front-end teams, leveraging a solid understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

· Apply unit and integration testing principles to ensure code quality and stability.

· Contribute to CI/CD pipeline implementation to streamline development and deployment workflows.

· Administer Unix-based systems and services to support the application environment.

Skills & Qualifications:

· Strong proficiency in PHP and experience with PHP MVC frameworks (Phalcon experience is a plus).

· Extensive experience with relational databases, particularly MySQL/MariaDB.

· Proficiency in creating and integrating REST APIs.

· Familiarity with Node.js is a plus.

· Experience with unit and integration testing methodologies.

· Understanding and experience with CI/CD pipelines.

· Competence in Unix shell scripting and system administration/configuration for related services.

· Strong ability to write clean, readable, and maintainable code.