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

Summary:
ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT ONLINE GAMES ??

Now is your chance to join the Ganz team that has brought you Webkinz and Webkinz Jr. You can be a part of our new Massively Multiplayer Gaming adventures!!

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.

Please check out our websites: www.webkinz.com and www.webkinzjr.com

Our client has an exciting contract opportunity for a PHP Developer to join their highly successful and growing Interactive Group. Their high end flash games and animated characters have made their web site the fastest growing children’s entertainment site on the internet.

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.

If you are interested please forward your resume to Aaron Harris at Keen Consulting at aharris@keenconsulting.ca.

Refresh Partners is looking for a PHP/Java developer to join the Dogbook engineering team. Dogbook, Catbook and the other Poolhouse properties are the premiere pet Facebook applications with 2.5 Million installed users. The candidate should be able to work on web-based projects using a PHP front-end, MySQL and Java back-ends, and with some CSS / HTML experience with Smarty templates. The candidate will work out of Refresh's new offices at Spadina Avenue and Queen Street. This is an exciting opportunity to work with one of the top Facebook applications. Duties will include updating and expanding the functionality of Dogbook, Catbook and other Poolhouse properties.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years PHP programming
• Good understanding of Java programming
• Good understanding of MySQL
• Familiarities with XML, CSS, HTML and good documentation skills are a plus
• Excellent communication skills and dependability (no crack-heads please)
• Computer Science/Engineering degree preferred

Compensation

This is a full-time position and the compensation package is very competitive. Flex time, casual work environment and a great office location.

We have an exciting permanent opportunity for a PHP Developer to join our highly successful and growing Interactive Group. Our high end flash games and animated characters have made Webkinz.com the fastest growing children’s entertainment site on the internet. Be part of our dynamic Ganz Interactive Group and contribute to exciting future projects.

Responsibilities:

• Optimize SQL queries and understand object oriented programming.
• 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.
• Work on applications with high volume of users.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 3 years PHP or combined PHP and JAVA development. experience, involving both front end and back end programming.
• Experience working with Unix/Linux Servers and writing secure applications.
• Experience with MySQL or other DBMS‘ is a plus.
• Familiarities with XML, Flash and good documentation skills are a plus.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Computer Science/Engineering degree preferred.
• Experience with additional programming languages preferred.

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

Please check out our website www.webkinz.com.