PHP Application Developer

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

23h•Remote

About The Position

This PHP Application Developer will be a PHP/JavaScript developer with experience using modern frameworks who will join our team in crafting software to support medical research. Our applications are continually evolving to incorporate more data sources and provide greater utility, requiring flexible software architecture and the ability to rapidly refactor/modernize. Our goal is always to produce software befitting of a leading medical institution - clean, maintainable, and efficient behind the scenes; responsive, intuitive, and beautiful for the end user. As a PHP Application Developer you would work with the REDCap software platform to build new features related to data entry and surveys, including building unit tests. You would also fix bugs in REDCap that have been reported by users or administrators, and help ensure that older REDCap code is maintained and able to function on newer and upcoming versions of PHP. This position will work regular business hours Monday - Friday, and has the possibility of working remotely. The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical & Translational Research (VICTR) is Vanderbilt’s virtual home for clinical and translational research. Supported by Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Office of Research and the NIH-sponsored Clinical and Translational Service Award (CTSA), the mission of the institute is to transform the way ideas and research discoveries make their way from origin to patient care. VICTR functions to help researchers and clinicians do their jobs better by providing tools and support to improve the quality of research, publications, grant writing, and training for future doctors and researchers.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience)
2 years relevant experience
PHP/JavaScript developer with experience using modern frameworks
Ability to solve medium to complex problems
Demonstrates proficiency of programming and other development tasks independently and without support from others for moderate to difficult applications.
Has conducted all of the tasks and activities required to complete the applications development phase and participated in the process of fully implementing the system.
Able to successfully debug complex routines.
In terms of structured programming, has used structured code to produce modules of straightforward logic.
Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate knowledge of applications development standards and procedures in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
Is attentive to existing applications development standards and procedures, and may recommend improvements to existing applications development standards and procedures within the work area.
Demonstrates the ability to conduct systems design tasks in a team environment or independently to build or enhance a simple system.
Has conducted the basic phases of systems design including preparing design and file specifications, preparing testing, conversion, and implementation plans, designing system architecture and process flows, and preparing program requirements and specifications.
Creatively generates multiple potential solutions.
In terms of structured systems design, if applicable, has participated in the structured design of one or more conventional, relatively uncomplicated data processing systems as a member of a project team.
Is familiar with standard methods for functional decomposition.
Has participated in structured design walk-throughs.
Has some training in or light exposure to basic systems analysis tasks.
Participated in one or more systems analysis tasks such as: collection of documents, user interviews, file analysis, process flow charting, functional process modeling, data modeling, feasibility, prototyping, and evaluating existing systems.
Able to analyze information and verify its completeness.
If applicable, has knowledge of the concepts of structured functional specifications, modularity and partitioning.

Nice To Haves

4+ years of PHP experience with knowledge of object-oriented concepts
Working knowledge of JavaScript, jQuery, and CSS
Working knowledge of REST API services

Responsibilities

Develop and modify software under occasional guidance.
Design, code, and perform benchmark testing, as well as debugging and documentation of programs.
Implement small projects or components or large projects.
Build new features related to data entry and surveys using the REDCap software platform, including building unit tests.
Fix bugs in REDCap that have been reported by users or administrators.
Help ensure that older REDCap code is maintained and able to function on newer and upcoming versions of PHP.