PHP Full-Stack Developer
Summary
Middle+/Senior PHP Full-Stack Developer builds and maintains a school-management system using a custom PHP framework, vanilla JS, MySQL, and REST APIs for backend and frontend features.
About the role
ClassOwl is a school-management system for schools. We are hiring a Middle+ / Senior PHP Full-Stack Developer to work on the existing product.
The application is built on a custom PHP framework. Most tasks involve extending and improving the current application: adding product functionality, changing web interfaces, maintaining APIs and integrations, and investigating issues reported from staging or production.
The developer will work across backend and frontend parts of a feature. It is important to understand an existing codebase, make changes carefully, and consider how they affect different school installations. We expect the person to take part in a feature from clarification and estimation to implementation, code review.
What you will work with
- backend and frontend features in an existing PHP application
- vanilla JavaScript, HTML, CSS, jQuery - not a React/Vue SPA
- MySQL and SQL queries
- REST APIs used by the mobile application
- third-party integrations, including OAuth/SSO
- debugging and fixing issues in staging and production
Responsibilities
- clarify requirements and prepare technical tasks
- estimate tasks and discuss solutions with the team
- develop features across backend and frontend
- review code from other developers
What we expect
- 4+ years of PHP web-development experience, including backend and frontend work
- strong knowledge of PHP, vanilla JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and MySQL
- writing and optimizing SQL queries
- experience working with an existing codebase
- ability to work with REST APIs and third-party integrations
- Git and Linux experience
- English at B1 level or higher
Time off
This contractor role does not include paid vacation or paid sick leave. Planned unpaid time off can be arranged in advance.