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Backend PHP Software Engineer
4 years ago
Interested in working for one of New York City’s fastest growing mobile-first companies? You have come to the right spot! Jump Ramp is the leader in delivering innovative promotions, rewards and instant winning experiences through free mobile casual gaming.
Our flagship app Lucktastic launched on Android in 2014 and has quickly built an engaged, enthusiastic and loyal customer base attracting nearly 10 million installs in the US on Android and iOS. Lucktastic is consistently ranked in the top 3 within the lifestyle category on the Google Play Store
Jump Ramp prides itself on being a close-knit team with nearly 40 employees and looking to grow! We look for talent that thrives in an innovative entrepreneurial environment, is excited about consumer products that touch millions of Americans and who embrace our exciting diverse NYC culture. This role will be working out of our New York office and will not be available for remote work at this time.
Is your interest piqued yet? Check out more details at http://jumprampgames.com/
Job Description
The Backend PHP Engineer will be a core team member involved in the creation, development, deployment, and maintenance of our backend platform. The ideal candidate is well versed with building a variety of frameworks from the ground up and implementing solutions that follow best practices and standards. Enjoys engaging in passionate discussions with smart co-workers and letting the best ideas rise to the top.
- Review specifications from Product and translate them to features
- Whiteboard with team to understand new features / systems / projects from a high & low technical level
- Ability to write clear and concise code that teammates want to read and build upon
- Confirm through unit / integration tests to ensure code meets functional requirements
- Support current production services.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years whiteboarding, architecting, developing, and delivering applications
- Well versed with commonly used PHP frameworks (Zend, Laravel)
- Ability to write code that performs at scale
- Minimum 2 years SQL experience, Schema and Query best practices and optimizations
- 2+ years building REST APIs/ handling network requests in a high transaction environment
- Strong personal project management skills (track record of delivering projects on-time and on-spec
- Proficiency with AWS, strong debugging and problem solving skills
- Solid understanding of OO and MVC design principles, RESTful APIs, caching concepts, the HTTP protocol and general web architecture
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
Why you should work for us
- Killer Perks: free lunch, free snacks, free soda, free coffee, free trips, free dental, free vision
- Casually awesome workplace - yes,t-shirts and jeans are pretty much an everyday thing
- Growth, growth, growth - we are growing and we'd love for you to join us on the ride
- We also want to take care of our team so we've got profit sharing incentives, medical (100% paid option), dental (100% paid), vision (100% paid), Open/Flexible PTO, life insurance (100% paid), and 401K
- Great office in the heart of the Garment District in New York Ciry
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