What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior PHP Developer position at BuzzClan?
The main function of a software engineer is to apply the principles of computer science and mathematical analysis to the design, development, testing, and evaluation of the software and systems that make computers work. A typical software engineer researches, designs, develops and tests operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software for medical, industrial, military, communications, aerospace, business, scientific and general computing applications.
Job Responsibilities:
• Review and approve the modification of existing databases and database management systems.
• Instruct staff to write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system.
• Direct database development and approve project scope and limitations.
• Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
• Approve, schedule, plan and supervise the installation and testing of new products and improvements to computer systems.
• Develop standards and guidelines to guide the use and acquisition of software and to protect vulnerable information.
Skills:
• Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Strong ability to work independently and manage one’s time.
• Strong mentoring skills necessary to provide support and constructive performance feedback.
• Strong knowledge of the full software development lifecycle: from business/systems analysis, through requirements gathering and functional specification authoring, to development, testing and delivery.
• Strong ability to troubleshoot issues and make system changes as needed to resolve issue.
• Strong knowledge of computer hardware and software.
• Knowledge of computer development software as it relates to systems, such as SQL, VisualBasic, etc.
Education/Experience:
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or relevant field required.
Responsibilities
Design and implement core, backend software components
Code using primarily PHP , Hack, potentially C/C , Java as well
Interface with other teams, team members to incorporate their innovations and vice versa
Conduct design and code reviews
Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources
Establish self as an owner of a particular component, feature or system with expert end-to-end understanding
Successfully completes projects at medium scope while maintaining a consistent high level of productivity
Must-have
Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Javascript or Hack
Experience designing, analyzing and improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources
Experience owning a component, feature or system
Experience building and shipping high quality work and achieving high reliability 90% backend
Knowledge of computer development software as it relates to systems, such as SQL, Visual Basic, etc.
Strong knowledge of computer hardware and software.
Heavy data source
Hack/php
Experience improving quality through thoughtful code reviews, appropriate testing, proper rollout, monitoring, and proactive changes
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Experience in programming languages such as C, C , Java
Nice to have
Track record of setting technical direction for a team, driving consensus and successful cross-functional partnerships
Exposure to architectural patterns of large scale software applications