Senior PHP Developer

Job Description

Job Description

This Senior PHP Developer position is a contract-to-hire opportunity supporting a client with a suite of Magento / Adobe e-commerce applications. The ideal candidate will have experience developing and maintaining Magento (Adobe Commerce) platforms, including custom module development, performance optimization, and integration with third-party systems. The Senior PHP Developer will design and build new e-commerce features, maintain existing codebases, and optimize MySQL databases. Candidates should possess strong application design and development skills, demonstrate technical leadership, and contribute to team growth through mentorship. Experience with Magento / Adobe Commerce is required, and familiarity with one or more PHP frameworks is a plus.

About Us :

Atlantic BT helps clients realize their full potential through web-based solutions. We are a team of exceptional people who deliver custom digital solutions to enterprise and global businesses. We provide our employees with a rich, creative and collaborative environment to further their skills, interests, and experience in all aspects of web and application development. Our employees have significant influence in shaping their careers with input as to the technologies they want to use, types of responsibilities they want to take on, and the level of ownership they wish to accept.

Role & Responsibilities :

Heavy lifting for day-to-day coding of Magento / Adobe Ecommerce application(s).

Work closely with other developers and architects to design, estimate, and implement entire applications and large features across a number of projects varying in size and complexity.

Develop schemas, implement, maintain, and optimize databases in MySQL or other DBMS as appropriate.

Lead code reviews for other developers.

Champion automated tests (unit, integration, user acceptance) for our projects.

Attend team meetings.

Work with department manager to develop and review department standards.

Collaborate effectively with team members from all departments.

Learn new frameworks, technologies, etc. and educate team members on them.

Desired Qualifications :

Strong experience writing elegant, well documented, object oriented PHP.

Ability to migrate large code bases or something similar

Database architecture and implementation skills with experience in MySql or a similar relational database system.

Ability to lead development efforts on large projects and mentor other team members.

Dependable and professional.

Self-motivated and eager to continue learning new technologies and best practices.

Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written).

Ability to work independently, but also must work well with others.

Ability to recognize tasks that need to be completed and willingness to take responsibility for them.

Ability to work in a fast-paced work environment on a variety of projects.

Experience in any of the following is a plus :

• Working with OAuth + JSON Web Tokens (JWT)

React, reading not necessarily full frontend knowledge

Drupal

Laravel

AngularJS, Knockout, or another JavaScript framework

Amazon Web Services

Physical Demands and Work Environment :

This job requires routine desk and computer work. No travel is required.

Benefits & Compensation :

Our benefits for full-time employees include : 401K Plan with matching, health, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability and life insurance, as well as an excellent paid-time-off package.

Atlantic BT is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as "protected status"). This nondiscrimination policy extends to all terms, conditions and privileges of employment as well as the use of all company facilities, participation in all company-sponsored activities, and all employment actions such as promotions, compensation, benefits and termination of employment.