Web Application Developer

Quarry Integrated Communications Inc.

(Waterloo, Ontario)

Full Time

Job Posting Details

About Quarry Integrated Communications Inc.

At Quarry, we believe a strong brand is just the beginning. We help marketers of highly engineered products and services design better interactions at key points along the Buyer Experience Value Chain™ to convert branding into buying. www.quarry.com

Responsibilities

What you’ll be doing:

- Maintain and continually improve upon existing LAMP-stack based hosting infrastructure, including existing hosted websites.
- Work with Front-end developers to implement full-service CMS and/or web application installations, including integrations with third party tools/systems, SSO platforms, SaaS providers and other data-driven web services.
- Collaborate with the rest of the Digital team to recommend and implement customized technology stacks that solve for use case scenarios and support an overall end-user experience.
- Interface directly with client-based and/or thirdparty IT departments to collaborate on joint infrastructure setup and maintenance needs.
- Maintain and improve upon legacy code of existing sites.
- Assist in building responsive and elegant cross-browser user interfaces for a range of sites with our team in a fast-paced environment.
- Translate visual design comps into standards-based, accessible code that is search engine optimized.
- Manage multiple projects and deliver them on time, to spec and with an appropriate level of communication.

What you’ll be doing:

Maintain and continually improve upon existing LAMP-stack based hosting infrastructure, including existing hosted websites.
Work with Front-end developers to implement full-service CMS and/or web application installations, including integrations with third party tools/systems, SSO platforms, SaaS providers and other data-driven web services.
Collaborate with the rest of the Digital team to recommend and implement customized technology stacks that solve for use case scenarios and support an overall end-user experience.
Interface directly with client-based and/or thirdparty IT departments to collaborate on joint infrastructure setup and maintenance needs.
Maintain and improve upon legacy code of existing sites.
Assist in building responsive and elegant cross-browser user interfaces for a range of sites with our team in a fast-paced environment.
Translate visual design comps into standards-based, accessible code that is search engine optimized.
Manage multiple projects and deliver them on time, to spec and with an appropriate level of communication.

Ideal Candidate

What we’re seeking:

- Expertise in the PHP server-side language, with experience in other languages like Python or Ruby on Rails a plus.
- Experience with PHP frameworks such as CodeIgnitor and/or Laravel.
- Expertise in LAMP-stack server administration, with CentOS/Redhat-specific experience a plus.
- Expertise in relational database design and management, primarily using MySQL, with MariaDB, SQLite and PostgreSQL experience a plus.
- Expertise in the Git version control system, including specific experience with Github and/or Github Enterprise, branch management, working with/across multiple Github Organizations and using Github webhooks to automate various aspects of code promotion across multiple development environments a plus.
- An understanding of usability, accessibility, cross-browser compatibility and semantic markup.
- Experience with Mobile First, Progressively Enhanced Responsive Web Design.
- Knowledge of unobtrusive JavaScript based on browser feature support.
- Experience with Mobile Web Development.
- Knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and W3C standards compliance.
- Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJS and/or Node.js is a definite plus.
- Proficiency with Mas OS X and Adobe Creative Suite.

What we’re seeking:

Expertise in the PHP server-side language, with experience in other languages like Python or Ruby on Rails a plus.
Experience with PHP frameworks such as CodeIgnitor and/or Laravel.
Expertise in LAMP-stack server administration, with CentOS/Redhat-specific experience a plus.
Expertise in relational database design and management, primarily using MySQL, with MariaDB, SQLite and PostgreSQL experience a plus.
Expertise in the Git version control system, including specific experience with Github and/or Github Enterprise, branch management, working with/across multiple Github Organizations and using Github webhooks to automate various aspects of code promotion across multiple development environments a plus.
An understanding of usability, accessibility, cross-browser compatibility and semantic markup.
Experience with Mobile First, Progressively Enhanced Responsive Web Design.
Knowledge of unobtrusive JavaScript based on browser feature support.
Experience with Mobile Web Development.
Knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and W3C standards compliance.
Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJS and/or Node.js is a definite plus.
Proficiency with Mas OS X and Adobe Creative Suite.