Full-Stack Web Developer - Laravel
Steel City Collectibles is seeking a talented, self-motivating full-stack Laravel developer to help maintain and implement new features for existing applications already in production. Work with a small team in the fast-paced and ever-changing landscape of the emerging trading card field for one of the most trusted names in the industry. This is a full-time, on-site position located at our McKeesport, PA headquarters.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Architect, design and implement end-to-end features within existing Laravel applications being used in production with performance, usability and security at the forefront
- Refactor and update legacy code bases where necessary
- Maintain third-party API implementations to account for upstream changes and deprecations
- Self-motivation to bring new ideas to the team and suggest ways to improve user and developer experiences on existing applications
- Willingness to conduct critical maintenance during off-peak hours on rare occasions
- Communicate necessary infrastructure updates or outages with our managed hosting provider
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Required Skills:
- Minimum 2-4 years of full-stack PHP development, with a heavy focus on the Laravel framework
- Proficient in front-end technologies, including Vue.js (or similar), CSS and HTML
- Proficient in writing raw SQL queries to maximize performance
- Ability to quickly diagnose bugs and performance bottlenecks in production code
- Deep understanding of the Laravel ecosystem, including Eloquent, migrations, queues, middleware, caching (Redis) and supervisor
- Experience consuming and implementing RESTful and SOAP API’s
- Understanding of various authentication methods (OAuth, JWT, etc)
- Experience with software package managers, including NPM and composer
- Experience using git for source control in a team environment
- Understanding of SEO concepts and front-end performance
Position Notes and Benefits:
- Full-time position
- Competitive Salary
- IRA Matching Program
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Health, dental, and vision plans are available
Pay: $75,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Ability to Commute:
- McKeesport, PA 15132 (Required)
Work Location: In person
