Principal Software Engineer - PHP

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Requirements:

• Minimum Bachelors in Computer Science/Software Engineering or equivalent.
• 6-8 years of related experience in the professional industry.
• Strong knowledge of core PHP, MVC frameworks, and Yii.
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as VueJs, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Knowledge of object-oriented PHP programming.
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system.
• Familiarity with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds.
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and their declarative query languages.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
• Good communication skills.
• Flexible attitude and versatile personality.
• Strong presentation skills.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of software engineers
• Mentor team members through training and guidance
• Analyze business requirements
• Estimate assigned tasks
• Write code and unit tests
• Collaborate with other team members
• Tune code for enhanced security and performance
• Maintain systems by fixing existing issues
• Update issue tracking software
• Provide status updates
• Communicate with clients
• Control versions of code
• Research new technologies
• Upgrade skills and knowledge
• Evaluate candidates for open positions