Employer: Achieve Test Prep
Do you enjoy flexibility and the ability to work from home? Achieve Test Prep provides virtual prep courses to increase students’ likelihood of earning college credits via credit-by-exam. We are a fully virtual organization with all team members working 100% remotely.
We are seeking a Web Programmer responsible for maintaining and developing code across a broad range of ATP’s internal systems. Candidates should be open to learning new technologies and techniques and applying them to various existing and new projects.
Our Technology Stack: You will be working with the following technologies: Javascript, JQuery, PHP, Django, WordPress, Bootstrap, Salesforce
Responsibilities:
- Designs and writes code that solves programming issues with little or no help; unit tests, debugs, documents, and implements computer programs.
- Interprets business and system use cases and requirements documentation to understand functionality to be developed, translates these requirements into a software coding solution and may provide input for functional requirements specifications. Prepares detailed analysis, plans, diagrams, and verification procedures for existing and proposed applications.
- Develops new code or modifies existing application program code; maintains, supports, and monitors program code ensuring ongoing operations and execution of this software.
- Facilitates root cause analysis of system issues to minimize impact and future occurrences.
- Provides support for application software programs, including problem resolution from software failures or other problems, answering questions, etc.
- Installs, tests, and upgrades proprietary application software.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
- Bachelor’s degree in a Technology related field or a combination of education / certification and experience preferred
- 3+ years experience in programming
- Experience in HTML/CSS
- Practical knowledge in Server-side programming using PHP.
- Experience using Javascript and jQuery to support interactivity and API consumption
- Understanding of responsive web design techniques
- Experience resolving differences between internet browser versions and devices
- Organized, detail oriented and willing to learn and apply new skills.
Nice to have: What would make you stand out, so let us know if you have any of these
- Experience with Moodle (or similar LMS system).
- Salesforce development experience.
- Experience using Bootstrap.
- Knowledge of the React framework.
- WordPress application experience.
- Django application knowledge.
- CD/CI knowledge.
- Experience using version control tools, such as Github, Bitbucket, etc.
- Experience developing for a cloud hosted environment, such as AW.
- Experience using a task planning solution, i.e. Asana, Jira, Basecamp, etc
- Knowledge/Experience using an agile-based development methodology (Scrum).
