Senior PHP Developer — End-to-End Tech Impact & Growth

Egreenservices; Camden (NJ); On-site; USD 83,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Civic Innovation Lab in Camden, NJ is hiring a PHP Developer to own key technology initiatives and help shape the lab's architecture.

The role emphasizes refactoring, end-to-end service ownership from Elasticsearch schema to on-call rotation, and delivering scalable Java solutions in a fast-paced environment with a Camden-rooted culture.

You'll gain mentorship and growth opportunities while contributing to meaningful technology direction.

Qualifications

• Empathy to receive hard feedback and iterate quickly.
• Ability to learn new technology systems rapidly and apply them.
• Ability to work independently and in a tight-knit team.
• Strong time-management and a bias toward action.
• Comfort with a fast-paced Civic Innovation Lab environment.

Responsibilities

• Refactor the technology module Civic Innovation Lab has been afraid to touch.
• Own a technology service end to end, from Elasticsearch schema to on-call rotation.
• Replace the mentoring hack with a Java solution that scales Camden.
• Break large technology initiatives into Java increments Camden can deliver.
• Turn on-call noise into meaningful alerts that the team relies on.

Skills

PHP

Java

Jenkins

Tools

Elasticsearch

Job description

Civic Innovation Lab in Camden, NJ is hiring a PHP Developer to own key technology initiatives and help shape the lab's architecture.

The role emphasizes refactoring, end-to-end service ownership from Elasticsearch schema to on-call rotation, and delivering scalable Java solutions in a fast-paced environment with a Camden-rooted culture.

You'll gain mentorship and growth opportunities while contributing to meaningful technology direction.