Int. JavaScript and PHP (Laravel) Developer to develop and enhance application services for our education client

Int. JavaScript and PHP (Laravel) Developer to develop and enhance application services for our education client

Location: Toronto (3x/week)

Duration: 5-6 months

Hours: 7.25 per day

Project Details:

We are currently seeking Senior Applications Developer contractors for the Arts & Science Applications and Development Team. The candidates plan, architect, design, develop, implement, test, and solve problems with complex applications involving authentication and databases used by the University community. They are expected to demonstrate innovation and leadership in developing and enhancing application services. As the Senior Application Developer, the candidates participate in the future planning and direction of application services and serve as the resource on applications to other specialists, documenting code and for preparing project documentation that can be used for training purposes and for making future enhancements.

Responsibilities:

• Guiding and modernizing team development efforts towards successful project delivery.
• Providing technical guidance to other developers through mentorship.
• Maintaining high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
• Identifying and encouraging areas for growth and improvement within the team.
• Collaborating with other software developers and Product Delivery Leads to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain no code/low code web-based business forms and workflows and custom based applications.
• Assisting in the collection and documentation of user requirements, development of user stories, estimates and work plans.
• Preparing reports, analytics, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation and maintenance of Arts and Science applications.
• Designing, developing, and unit testing applications in accordance with established standards.
• Participating in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.
• Working with other developers in the migration of legacy applications to current technologies.
• Analyzing and resolving technical and application problems.
• Assessing opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and IT management.
• Researching and evaluating a variety of software products.
• Executing institutional risk and security assessments with continuous improvement plans.

Must have skills:

• 5+ years developing with PHP (Laravel) with experience in designing, developing and maintaining highly complex, multi-tier solutions, and enterprise-level programs in a networked environment
• Experience in an Agile environment using JIRA
• 5+ years of experience with Github
• Experience with Javascript (Vue.js) and HTML/CSS
• Familiar with Apache/Tomcat and Linux
• Experience with MySQL/MariaDB

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of Python and Perl will be an asset.
• Experience with PHP 8 or higher and Laravel 11 or higher