PHP Application Developer

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

1d•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.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience)
2 years relevant experience
PHP/JavaScript developer with experience using modern frameworks
Experience using modern frameworks
Flexible software architecture and the ability to rapidly refactor/modernize
Ability to solve medium to complex problems
Application Development (Intermediate)
Applications Development Standards and Procedures (Novice)
Applications System Design - (Novice)
Applications System Analysis (Fundamental Awareness)
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, 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.