Web Application Developer

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.
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.

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Waterloo, Ontario
Skills Desired
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  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • JavaScript
  • MySQL
  • PHP
  • Python
  • Web Design
  • CentOS
  • CSS3
  • Git
  • HTML5
  • LAMP Administration
  • Mac OSX Administration
  • Ruby on Rails
  • W3C Widget API
  • Mobile Software

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