We are looking for a CakePHP Developer responsible for managing back-end services and the interchange of data between the server and the user. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application; therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.
Responsibilities
- Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers
- Building efficient, testable, and reusable CakePHP components
- Solving complex performance problems and architectural challenges
Skills and Qualifications
- Strong grasp on PHP as a language and knowledge of its quirks
- Knowledge of object oriented PHP programming
- Strong knowledge of CakePHP and its extensive feature set
- Understanding of basic CakePHP conventions and patterns
- Knowledge of CakePHP’s object-relational mapping (ORM)
- Familiarity with the “Fat Model, Skinny Controller” approach
- Knowledge of CakePHP’s suite of helpers and their use in the presentation layer
- Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
- Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
- Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
- User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
- Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
- Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and their declarative query languages