PHP Developer, Magento Platform

Amplifi Commerce is a leading provider of multi-channel commerce and interactive marketing services enabling clients to navigate and thrive in today’s digital economy. Our ecommerce and ebusiness consultancy provides business strategy, digital marketing, technology implementations and operational management solutions that make a measurable difference to brands across the globe.

Responsibilities

• Install and configure the Magento e-commerce platform for new projects.
• Maintain and enhance existing Magento websites while adhering to accepted Magento best practices.
• Create custom Magento modules or other new functionality using object-oriented PHP and the Magento APIs.
• Understand and effectively communicate Magento features and limitations with regard to design and development decisions on new projects.
• Help manage the design and development process, drive decisions, and coordinate efforts with fellow team members.

Requirements

• Significant PHP experience, including experience building object-oriented websites in PHP and familiarity with popular MVC frameworks such as Zend Framework.
• Solid experience interacting with MySQL database systems through abstraction layer (in addition to the ability to write raw SQL queries).
• Solid experience using PHP to create and consume web services (SOAP, XML-RPC) and/or other experience implementing data integrations within the Magento platform.
• Experience using Linux to maintain and configure Apache/MySQL web servers.  Additional Linux command line skills also a plus.
• Front-end development experience with strong Javascript skills (including frameworks/libraries such as jQuery) as well as familiarity with accepted CSS and HTML design standards.

Preferred

• Previous experience working with the Magento e-commerce platform or OSC.
• Knowledge of Magento best practices including extending existing functionality, creating custom modules, and working with the available APIs.
• Working experience with the eCommerce development process, and the ability to create solutions for common questions/concerns on this type of platform.
• Ability to come up with accurate development estimates based on high-level business and/or technical requirements.
• Experience working with the SVN version control system.
• Comfortable researching and adopting new web technologies.
• Back of the hand knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and standard business applications such as MS Office Suite, Powerpoint, etc.

Education & Training:

• Bachelor’s Degree Required

Location: Addison, TX.

Travel:

50% travel flexibility – more or less depending on project; candidate should be comfortable with travel and overtime as client commitment requires.

Competitive Benefits & Compensation:

Amplifi Commerce offers excellent compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k),

Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.

Ampli is an equal opportunity employer M/F/V/D