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Posted by: David Logan

06 May 2009

We’re on the hunt for an experienced PHP developer

Manchester digital studio Skylab is looking for an experienced PHP developer who is black belt in Web 2.0 Kung Fu…

We are expanding our code team and are looking for an experienced person with a natural interest and ability in website development, web 2.0 technologies, application development and social networking. This job is right for you if you are passionate enough to live and breathe this stuff at work and in your spare time.

The candidate will be right at home writing object oriented code for websites and online applications. A solid understanding of the MVC pattern will be required.

Core skills include:

  • PHP 4 and 5
  • mySQL
  • Javascript
  • xHTML and CSS that are standards compliant, semantic and accessible.

Experience with PHP frameworks, content management systems and e-commerce platforms will also be highly advantageous, particularly:

  • Symfony
  • CodeIgnighter
  • ExpressionEngine
  • Magento or other

Knowledge of managing servers and other online infrastructure will be required for example:

  • Linux
  • Apache
  • Domains and DNS
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Subversion / Version Control

There will be plenty of opportunity to experiment and further your skills and explore new technologies such as:

  • iPhone
  • Adobe Air
  • Facebook Applications
  • R&D projects

Other skills that will be considered beneficial include:

  • Flash / Flex - Action Script 2 / 3
  • Natural SEO

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