PHP Developer

Intimate Interactive Advertising Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Public holidays

Personal days

Dynamic environment

Supportive team

Job summary

Intimate Interactive Advertising is seeking a motivated PHP Developer and Linux systems administrator to join its growing team. The role focuses on server-side logic, central database maintenance, and API responsiveness, while also managing virtual machines and OS deployments.

A collaborative, results-driven culture is emphasized, and the PHP Developer reports to the Technology Manager. Responsibilities include building PHP modules, tackling performance and architectural challenges, and

Qualifications

• 4+ years of PHP experience
• 3+ years of Linux administration experience
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented PHP
• Experience with Laravel or similar framework
• Understanding of RESTful web services
• Knowledge of common object-oriented design patterns
• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and their declarative query languages
• Understanding of database optimization challenges and techniques
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Experience with message queues and multi-threaded programming are assets

Responsibilities

• Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules
• Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges
• Integration of data storage solutions (MySQL, CouchBase, Cassandra, Hadoop, etc)
• Provide excellent communication and timely responses to client inquiries and requests via phone, email and direct contact

Skills

PHP

Linux admin

Laravel

RESTful APIs

OOP PHP

Design patterns

Database design

SQL/NoSQL

Git

Message queues

Tools

MySQL

Couchbase

Cassandra

Hadoop

Job description

Intimate Interactive Advertising is looking for a motivated PHP Developer and Linux system administrator to add to its growing team.

The candidate will be responsible for managing both back-end services and data with a primary focus on the development of server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to API requests. Also, they will be responsible for managing virtual machines, deploying new operating system instances, and troubleshooting server-side issues. A good understanding of Linux system administration is required.

Applicants must have excellent communication and time management skills, be able to work efficiently in a team environment, and manage multiple projects at once.

Intimate Interactive Advertising is a company that values and rewards results within a work hard/play hard culture.

This is a full-time position. The PHP Developer will report directly to the Technology Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules
• Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges
• Integration of data storage solutions (MySQL, CouchBase, Cassandra, Hadoop, etc)
• Provide excellent communication and timely responses to client inquiries and requests via phone, email and direct contact

Qualifications / Desired Experience:

• 4+ years of PHP experience
• 3+ years of Linux administration experience
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented PHP
• Experience with Laravel or similar framework
• Understanding of RESTful web services
• Knowledge of common object-oriented design patterns
• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and their declarative query languages
• Understanding of database optimization challenges and techniques
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Experience with message queues and multi-threaded programming are assets

What We Offer Our Team Members:

• Paid vacation, public holidays and personal days
• Dynamic working environment and supportive team