At 5411 Hub, we’re partnering with a leading technology company to recruit a PHP Developer / Engineer for boutique web development and new media marketing company in Canada.
Our core product is a member-driven application that interacts internally with a multitude of
systems and processes, as well as externally with affiliate applications and reporting frameworks.
We’re looking for candidates who are eager to work on a live application with real users, and
who want to contribute to both the technical and business requirements. Ideal candidates will be
proactive in innovating solutions for technical challenges and driving the evolution of our
platform.

The Ideal Candidate Will:
• Have strong knowledge of the PHP language and have experience with frameworks like
Laravel, Symfony, or similar.
• Experience implementing and using RESTful APIs in a microservice architecture.
• Have usable understanding of front-end technologies.
• Understand the concepts of object-oriented programming.
• Have familiarity with optimizing interactions with backend storage, such as MySQL.
• Have experience developing in a largely distributed environment.
• Be eager to make an impact on the organization.

Architecture Experience and Work for this Role:
In addition to PHP development and backend responsibilities, the Senior Developer will also
contribute significantly to the system architecture and design. This includes:
• System Design & Architecture: You will lead the design and
implementation of the overall system architecture. This includes designing scalable,
efficient, and maintainable systems that handle many users and complex
workflows. You will work on designing microservices, API integrations, and data flows
to ensure optimal system performance.
• Cloud Infrastructure and Deployment: Experience with AWS or similar cloud
platforms is critical. You’ll play a key role in architecting cloud-based services, setting up
scalable databases, configuring load balancing, optimizing server costs, and ensuring
smooth application deployment and scaling.
• High-Availability and Reliability: You’ll design systems to ensure high availability,
fault tolerance, and redundancy. This includes working with distributed architectures load balancing, and managing distributed databases to ensure the application can handle
traffic spikes and recover from failures seamlessly.
• Performance Optimization: As part of your architectural role, you will actively engage
in performance analysis, identifying bottlenecks, and optimizing system performance.
You’ll be responsible for tuning database queries, refactoring code for scalability, and
implementing caching solutions.
• API Design & Integration: You will provide input on the design of RESTful APIs to
integrate with external systems and services. This includes ensuring API performance,
security, and flexibility, as well as adhering to best practices in API versioning,
documentation, and testing.
• Data Architecture & Modeling: You will contribute to decisions about database
structure, data storage, and schema design. This includes optimizing complex queries,
implementing indexing strategies, and managing data across relational databases and
NoSQL systems.
• Security Architecture: You will ensure that security considerations are embedded
throughout the system design and development. This includes implementing encryption
strategies, securing APIs, handling sensitive data securely, and ensuring compliance with
security best practices.
• Collaboration and Mentorship: As a senior team member, you will collaborate closely
with other developers, project managers, and business teams to refine requirements,
establish priorities, and ensure alignment between technical goals and business
objectives. Additionally, you will mentor junior developers on best practices, code
quality, and design patterns.

Key Architectural Responsibilities:
• Architect scalable, modular, and reusable components and services
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure effective integration across platforms and
systems
• Make strategic decisions regarding the adoption of new technologies or frameworks
• Provide architectural leadership and guidance to ensure the application can evolv• Maintain a focus on code quality, performance, and maintainability through continuous
refactoring and technical debt management
Responsibilities:
• Develop, debug, and maintain website applications using our in-house methodologies and
process flows.
• Solve complex and basic technology issues as they arise.
• Communicate issues and status updates promptly to Team Leads regarding
system development activities.
• Provide architectural input for modifications to existing systems and assist in creating
new systems from the ground up.
• Collaborate closely with project managers and senior staff to ensure business objectives
are met.
• Other duties as may be assigned by management.

Expert Level Skills Required In:
• PHP (7+ years)
• MySQL (4+ years)

OOP Concepts (3+ years)
• JSON
• Remote Processing
Intermediate Level Skills Required In:
• Linux-based systems administration
• Knowledge of open-source solutions like AWS
• Proficient understanding when committing code to Git, Branching, and Merging code
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Payment Gateway Integration

Additional Skills Preferred:
• Large volume email dispatching
• React
• Javascript
• HTML5
• CSS3
• RabbitMQ
• Elasticsearch