Port Chester, New york
Senior Software Developer Job Opening in Port Chester, New york - Position: Senior Software Developer
Location: Port Chester, NY
Position Reports to: Chief Technology Officer
ABOUT THE SHADE STORE®
We're a 70-year family business that prides itself on delivering a world-class customer experience and product. We?ve revolutionized the custom window treatment industry by simplifying and stylizing a traditionally complicated and expensive purchase. We?re growing quickly and expanding aggressively: 50+ showrooms across the country, a state-of-the-art e-commerce website and a beautiful yearly catalog. But with all this exciting growth, our core values and principles have not changed. We still handcraft every product right here in the USA and we still treat each and every customer with the greatest appreciation and professionalism. These are our guiding principles and the backbone of our company ? they will always remain true.
THE POSITION: Senior Software Developer
The Shade Store has a solid infrastructure now, but as we continue to grow aggressively, it has become ever more apparent that we need to continue to grow this very important team. We?re committed to building an excellent team of collaborators and innovators. Our team is ambitious and passionate; the environment is close-knit, fast paced and fun. We are a company that values doers over talkers and mentors over managers. If you work well with people and most importantly have the technical skill set to help support the business in the functions described above -- then we would love to hear from you.
The position will report directly to the CTO in the interim and will be part of the Development team responsible for developing and improving our website, showroom and corporate applications for The Shade Store. The role requires strong technical skills, and good communication skills for collaboration with the rest of the development team, IT Product Management and QA teams.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Work closely with the product team and shared development resources across all phases of projects
Write ?clean?, well designed code
Produce detailed specifications
Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
Contribute in all phases of the development life-cycle
Follow industry best practices
Develop and deploy new features to facilitate related procedures and tools if necessary
Forecast resource needs based upon the project road-map
Provide guidance and leadership to other developers
Rapidly develop proof of concepts to demonstrate proposed solutions to key decision makers
Document all development activities in accordance with the company best practices
Perform other duties as they arise
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor?s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject, or equivalent experience
A minimum 6-8 years of solid web development experience using LAMP stack technologies in a professional environment using object oriented and MVC design
Demonstrated knowledge of modern SDLC, Agile/Scrum, Kanban etc.
Understanding of CVS workflows, primarily GIT
Extensive PHP (5.5+) experience with MySQL and Apache
Familiarity with one or more PHP frameworks
Strong front-end JavaScript, jQuery as well as other libraries or frameworks and CSS/Sass knowledge
Smarty, Handlebars or other template frameworks
Experience with RESTful API design, development and consumption using JSON and XML
Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas
Ability to organize and manage multiple tasks and priorities
Sharp attention to detail
Strong communication skills with the ability to cross collaborate amongst internal departments
Comfortable using and developing with a Mac
Good experience and comfort level with Linux
Self-motivated and willing to "do what it takes" to get the job done
NICE TO HAVES:
Understanding of virtual machines
Experience with AWS
Ansible or other server recipe technologies
MySQL tuning
Server clustering
Significant experience with automated unit testing
WHY WORK AT THE SHADE STORE®
We set out to create a company culture that is enjoyable, rewarding, and where there is continuous upward mobility and growth opportunity. If you work hard, give the company your all, use good judgment, and have a positive attitude ? then the sky?s the limit. In return, there are numerous perks and benefits including:
Full time highly competitive salary
Cover 80% of health insurance premiums for each employee
401k Available and we match up to 4% of your contributions
$100k Life Insurance & STD Coverage provided at no charge
Partake in many charities and local events
And many more?..
If you're looking to be part of a growing family of enthusiastic and hard-working individuals, we'd love to hear from you!
We invite you to apply: /careers
Job Type: Full-time
Required education:
Bachelor's
Required experience:
Software Development: 7 years
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