PHP Developer

Energy Innovation Corp; Tupelo (MS); On-site; USD 68,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum in Tupelo, MS is hiring a PHP Developer with real authority and a rotating on-call schedule. The role carries a salary range of $68,000–$102,000 and is described as an internship where you grow as you prove yourself.

You will automate planning chores, track KPIs for technology services, own the Ruby on Rails workstream, and decide when to buy Kafka or build it for Tupelo's stack. Expect hands-on work, modern tooling, and a culture that rewards curious, proactive engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with Agile development and on-call rotations.
• Attention to detail and quality in output.
• Familiarity with the Tupelo market and local tech landscape.

Responsibilities

• Automate the manual Strategic Planning chores that quietly drain Tupelo, MS engineering hours.
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services.
• Chase down the gRPC integration that silently drops Marathon Petroleum events at midnight.
• Own the mid-level Ruby on Rails workstream that unblocks Tupelo, MS roadmap.
• Decide when to buy Kafka versus build it for Tupelo's stack.
• Pull gRPC telemetry into dashboards Marathon Petroleum leaders actually open.
• Wire Flexibility APIs to React consumers so data lands where Tupelo teams expect it.
• Pair with technology analysts so Marathon Petroleum's Organization models match real behavior.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

React

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

gRPC

Kafka

Job description

Come own the technology pipeline at Marathon Petroleum, where the PHP Developer we hire in Tupelo gets real authority and a real on-call rotation. Take stock: $68,000 - $102,000, internship, 3 years of Agile, and a mid-level title that grows teeth as you prove yourself.

Key Responsibilities

• Automate the manual Strategic Planning chores that quietly drain Tupelo, MS engineering hours
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services
• Chase down the gRPC integration that silently drops Marathon Petroleum events at midnight
• Own the mid-level Ruby on Rails workstream that unblocks the rest of Marathon Petroleum's Tupelo, MS roadmap
• Decide when to buy Kafka versus build it for Marathon Petroleum's Tupelo, MS stack
• Pull gRPC telemetry into dashboards Marathon Petroleum leaders actually open
• Wire Flexibility APIs to React consumers so data lands where Tupelo teams expect it
• Pair with technology analysts so Marathon Petroleum's Organization models match real behavior

What You'll Bring

• Familiarity with the Tupelo market and local technology landscape
• The integrity to flag your own mistakes first
• A keen eye for quality and consistency in your output
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• The kind of attention to detail that catches what spell-check misses
• A team-oriented bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait

Marathon Petroleum took everything frustrating about technology and rebuilt it from scratch in Tupelo, MS, with human‑first attention to React. Expect a culture where curiosity is rewarded and asking "why" is never seen as a challenge.

We answer the money question first with $68,000 - $102,000, then keep going with growth budgets, mentorship, and a flexible internship schedule.

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