My client is a developer of high-traffic, large-scale websites and currently has 5 PHP Developer Team Lead roles available due to aggressive growth. Centrally located in Toronto, competitive salaries, cutting edge technology and a flat structure that allows for growth and development. All in all a great environment. They are more than willing to sponsor/relocate candidates for these positions for the U. S., U.K. and Western Europe.

Summary:
Reporting to the Development Manager, this role is responsible for the development of large scale Internet web sites. We are responsible for evaluation, design, selection and implementation of pragmatic, cost effective technologies, to support our various clients' business models.

Skill Requirements

• Proven team building and leadership experience in a web development environment
• Staff training and team development skills and experience
• Strong written/verbal communication skills
• Experienced in estimating effort and elapsed time required to complete project deliverables.
• Skilled in both Object Oriented and Non-Object Oriented Design and programming techniques.
• Several years of skill in PHP and at least one other object oriented language such as perl or Java.
• Experience designing with large scale distributed databases.
• Strong business and technical analytical ability so as to create robust technical design documentation from business requirements documentation.
• Proven ability to define success criteria to meet and measure quality expectations.

Responsibilities:

• Motivating and leading a team of 6 to 10 application developers.
• Provide feedback on business requirements documentation to ensure resolution of any apparent ambiguity or contradictions.
• Functional Breakdown, Design, Programming, testing and maintaining web site applications to support the business requirements.
• Perform impact analysis for design modification and obtain signoff from the Architecture Team.
• Participation in the selection and implementation of third party software to support design where it is practicable.
• Communicating with several third party billing processors to setup and maintain robust ecommerce billing solutions.
• Appropriate documentation for each development step - including functional, design, and testing specifications.
• Developing and documenting workload estimates (ie: Creation of workload breakdown plan to define and track software development efforts)
• Delivering functionality within these estimated effort and time frames
• Selection, implementation and/or modification of web development practices and methodologies to support continuous improvement efforts.
• Provide assistance to junior programmers to generate Low Level Design documentation for new or modified functionality.
• Conduct Design reviews with Technical Architect, Project Manager and Manager of Software Development for final design approvals.
• Conduct documentation and code reviews for their team members to ensure standards compliance.
• Define test methodology and use cases to analyze and verify software programs, forms, reports and interfaces.
• Communicate issues and status information to Project Management Office concerning system development activities.
• Liaison with Project Management Office to resolve scheduling conflict and project dependencies.
• Update system data and prepare conversion requirement as necessary for new implementation and production rollout.
• Participate in project status review meetings with other Team Leads and the Development Manager

Technical Expectations

• 5-6+ years of PHP 4/5 design/coding/testing/implementing using Open Source approach
• 4+ years of Object Orientation design and development experience for large scale distributed web applications
• Linux, Mac O/SX, MySQL, PHP, Apache/Light HTTP technologies experience
• Computer Science trained graduate or equivalent work experience

For more information contact Kenneth Cosgrove at kcosgrove@optionspersonnel.com

Our client is an incredibly successful organization in the digital media sector. They are enjoying ongoing growth. As such, they require a Senior PHP Developer.

Being a highly motivated and dedicated professional with an exceptional commitment to excellence while understanding the importance of being a team player is paramount in your being successful with our client. Your mandate is to take part in the programming activities for the various projects related to the development of web applications.

Job Description

• Execute web page development with XHTML/CSS/JavaScript/AJAX;
• Contribute to the development with object oriented programming (PHP5);
• Work comfortably with MySQL;
• Diagnose and repair problems/bugs;
• Design, develop and draft functional specs as required during the development process;
• Carry out complementary tasks to your day-to-day responsibilities.

Required Skills

• Bachelor in computer science or any other pertinent training;
• Over 5 years experience in web programming;
• Experience in working with MySQL, or MS SQL, HTML and PHP 4 or 5;
• Experience in Flash and Action Script (asset).
• Excellent team player.
• French or English, however bilingualism is an asset.

To apply or for more information, contact Robert at atr.employment@yahoo.ca

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Passionate about using technology for social change?! Want to be a part of the founding team of a promising start-up? If you are a self-motivated, entrepreneurial web developer then keep reading!

TheChange is a media platform for sustainability engagement, in a local context. People use our platform to shop, work and study for change while organizations use TheChange to connect with a highly targeted and motivated audience interested in their sustainability initiatives and opportunities. We launched TheChange.com on May 15th with the participation of over 50 of BC's leading sustainable companies and NGO's. We have big plans for future development. It's an exciting time to join our team!

As the back-end development lead you will be responsible for architecting, implementing and maintaining the back end functionality of our platform. You'll be responsible for various additional tasks including bug fixes, server troubleshooting and strategic technical input. You will work closely with our web design and marketing team members to develop and create a continually better customer experience. Growth and new challenges will be endless with this job as the company scales up at a continually faster pace.

This is not your regular 9 - 5 job. We are looking for someone who shares our vision, has an entrepreneurial spirit, a strong work ethic and is keen to be part of a start-up environment. If you are a motivated self-starter with strong interpersonal skills, and enjoy working in an agile and iterative development environment, then you’ll fit right in.

Please note: Our start-up is supported by a government program that funds innovative technology start-ups; this program requires that new hires are 30 years or younger and have post secondary education.

Recent graduates with a strong portfolio are encouraged to apply!

Qualifications

• Post secondary degree or diploma in a related field
• 3+ years of demonstrated web development experience
• Strong working ability in PHP
• Strong working knowledge of MySQL and experience building scalable database driven web sites
• Experience using open source software and services
• Knowledge of MVC frameworks (CakePHP, Codeigniter, Elgg)
• Basic sysadmin skills for linux-based deployments
• E-commerce experience is preferred

Who you are

• Passionate about web technologies, usability and analytics
• Entrepreneurial spirit; you love iterating and shipping quickly and frequently
• Excited at the prospect of putting everything into your work
• A deep belief in learning through doing
• Excellent communicator with good project management skills
• Dedicated to constant refinement and improvement in every task you take on
• Understanding and interest in Web 2.0 concepts - social media, UGC, online communities
• You're innately driven to create web applications that users love

Bonus

• Previous start-up experience
• Experience with the Elgg framework
• Experience with social media integration (Facebook Connect, Twitter API etc.)

Why Join Us?

• Get involved with a start-up that has garnered early traction and grow with the company
• Lead technology development and use your skills to make a mark!
• We can offer a base salary and equity participation

We Want to Hear From You!
Please direct all inquiries and resumes to annalea@thechange.com. Please include links to previous projects!

Summary:
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Responsibilities:

• Administer Linux Server Environment.
• Manage MySQL and Oracle databases, optimize data loading techniques, and provide data modeling expertise is a plus.
• Manipulate data and log files to provide extensive statistical reporting.
• Create and maintain PHP scripts.
• Ensure high level of server and network security.
• Create and maintain detailed documentation of server and database environment.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 3 years experience administrating and troubleshooting Linux Servers, with the proven ability to maintain a high level of server and network security standards.
• Extensive experience with MySQL and Oracle databases including data manipulation and data modeling.
• Expert Object Oriented PHP programming and SQL programming.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Computer Science/Engineering degree preferred.
• Familiarity with UML modeling and Macromedia Flash a plus.
• Experience with additional programming languages preferred.

Interested candidates are invited to forward resumes by email to careers@ganz.com.

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