Backend Developer

Crain Communications Inc is a privately held media company producing trusted and relevant news publications, lead generation, research and data products, custom publishing and events with uncompromising integrity.

- We’re Crain Communications, a well-established media company, and for decades we’ve been a leading voice in Business to Business Media. We’ve got great digital properties - AdAge.com, Creativity-online.com, Autoweek.com, Autonews.com, CrainsNewYork.com, just to name a few - that we need to make better, stronger, faster. We need your PHP super powers to do that. - Position will be New York, Detroit OR Remote based. - How we work! We are an agile shop, keen to use industry best practices and the best tools possible to do our work. Your ideas on how to work more effectively will get immediate attention and rapid implementation. We’re a small, friendly group, passionate about our work and serious about creating great software. We want to work with other friendly, seriously passionate people. We are user-focused and we are creating software that is used by people. The better our software works, the happier people will be and the happier we will be. - Who you are! You have expert knowledge of PHP and MySQL. You spend serious time honing your craft, knowing what’s next, incrementally improving your skills and your work. You have fluency in object-oriented concepts and software design patterns. Your backend skills are legend and your front-end skills are pretty sharp, too, but honestly, maybe you're not totally up-to-speed with all the latest front-end gadgetry. You're a full(ish) stack engineer. We're OK with that.

You're going to need 5+ years of professional experience with: - At least one PHP framework such as Symfony2, Cakephp, Codeigniter - Xdebug and or other formal PHP debugging methods - Drupal, Wordpress or other open source CMS applications - Javascript, CSS, HTML, and AJAX - SOAP/RESTful API creation and integration - LAMP stack administration - Agile development methodology - Source control with Git Other requirements: - Fluent written communication and strong collaboration skills Nice to have: - Experience in Online Media / Publishing - Experience with Ad Servers such as Xaxis, Google DFP, OpenX - Experience with NoSQL or Graph databases such as reddis, mongoDB, Neo4JS - Experience with other languages such as Python, NodeJS, Perl