Location: Grand Haven, MI (Onsite) Job Type: Full-Time (W2)
Company Overview:
Join Design Force Marketing, a dynamic and innovative company pushing the limits of technology to develop cutting-edge web applications that drive business intelligence, efficiency, and sales conversions. We offer a comfortable, agile, and fun work environment where quality of work is highly valued.
Position Overview:
We are seeking a passionate and skilled Mid-Senior Full-Stack Programmer to join our expanding team. The ideal candidate will have a strong proficiency in PHP, JavaScript, CSS, MySQL, and RESTful web services, and will be willing to work on-site at our Grand Haven, MI location.
Responsibilities:
- Architect, develop, and optimize Full-Stack web applications.
- Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
- Decompose Product Requirements into technical tasks with estimations
- Work with various tech stacks including Symfony, Laravel, Node JS, Angular
- Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
- Communicate changes in focus, goals, priorities, and estimations.
Qualifications:
- Experience with LEMP stack (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP)
- Experience with PHP 8.2+ and PHP frameworks (Symfony, Laravel)
- Experience with WordPress Plugin Development
- Experience with modern CSS, Bootstrap, and Tailwind CSS.
- Experience with Data Stores (MySQL/Mariadb, Redis, Opensearch)
- Experience with ReSTful APIs and their best practices
- Experience with Cloud Services (AWS)
- Experience with Monitoring (Grafana)
- Experience with Agile development methodologies
- Understanding of Security best practices
- Experience with building client applications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Positive and flexible attitude, innovative, and driven to build the best products.
Preferred Skills:
- Advanced PHP Programming (OOP, Error handling, Debugging, Security, Composer and Packages, PHP internals)
- Expertise in Javascript and relevant frameworks (Typescript, Node.js, Angular, React, Qwik)
- Expertise in ReSTful API standards and development
- Expertise in Root Cause Analysis
- Proficiency in Responsive Web Design
- Proficiency in LEMP stack configuration
- Proficiency with Infrastructure (AWS, Docker, Nginx, Redis, Opensearch)
- Proficiency with Unit Tests and Test-Driven Development
- Proficiency with External Integrations (Google, Facebook, Twilio, Mandrill, LinkedIn, etc)
- Proficiency with performance optimization at various levels of the OSI model
- Proficiency Mobile App Development
Benefits:
- Company-sponsored health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Paid time-off, and company holidays.
- Casual and collaborative office environment.
- Access to the latest technology and tools.
- Weekly lunch provided and community-building activities.
- Learning and growth opportunities with industry experts.
Core Values:
- Ownership: We take collective ownership of our applications.
- Collaboration: We value teamwork and mutual support to excel as a unified team.
- User Success: Our success is measured by the success of our users.
- Ambition: We set and strive to achieve ambitious goals.
- Fearlessness: We approach challenges with courage and confidence.
- Smart Decisions: We prioritize intelligent decision-making for long-term success.
How to Apply:
If you are a qualified candidate willing to work out of our Grand Haven, MI location and are excited to grow your skills in a collaborative and innovative environment, please apply with your resume and a cover letter detailing your experience and motivation for applying to this role.
Note: Please do not apply unless you’re willing to work out of our Grand Haven, MI location.
Design Force Marketing is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Schedule:
Experience:
- PHP: 5 years (Required)
- Laravel: 3 years (Preferred)
- Front-end development: 5 years (Required)
- Symfony: 2 years (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Grand Haven, MI 49417 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Grand Haven, MI 49417: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
