Job description
VERB is a digital marketing and technology agency located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. Our global clients offer the opportunity to work and collaborate with some of the world’s biggest destinations, resorts, and travel brands—and with our employee travel credit, it’s easy to experience them for yourself. We take a balanced approach to work/life and have fun at the office– or wherever we happen to be working. We are passionate about exceeding expectations and we thrive on jobs other agencies might find too big, or too difficult, or too fast
Sound good? Great, here’s who we’re looking for…
The Staff Engineer develops API services for VERB’s enterprise products. They are innate problem solvers, with the ability to translate client requests into robust technical solutions. They have a deep understanding of Dolli and act as a subject matter expert for internal stakeholders.
What You Will Do
Develops software solutions by studying information needs, systems flow, data usage, and work processes while also conferring with stakeholders
Collaborate with third-party web service providers to create reusable integrations
Identify and utilize software design patterns
Build and track reusable code and libraries
Document and demonstrate solutions through flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, code comments and clear code
Optimize applications for scalability and performance
Debug complex issues spanning multiple systems and vendors
Adhere to internal workflow and development standards
Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders ensuring there is clear, consistent communication
Support Project team members through highly technical tasks and be the go-to person for questions and concerns
Provide architecture guidance and mentorship to Development team members
10+ years of experience with PHP frameworks
Post-secondary education in computer science or equivalent experience
Experience using LAMP-stack technologies and the Symfony PHP framework or similar MVC frameworks
Familiarity with modern PHP development practices and tools, including PHP7+ and Composer
Experience with API development tools such as Postman, SoapUI, Swagger/OpenAPI
Familiar with OWASP best practices
Working knowledge of CI processes, including automated testing
Familiarity with Web infrastructure technologies such as SSL and DNS
Proficient with version control systems, Git and Gitlab in particular
Proficient with development debugging tools and practices
Highly organized with the ability to function in a fast-paced business environment
Our benefits are anything but basic, with vacation time available on day one (not to mention an extra bonus week during the holidays), an annual travel credit (for non-work related travel), and free office snacks and drinks to keep you energized when you’re around.
In addition, we offer the following and are consistently looking for new ways to enhance the benefits we offer to our team:
- 80% premium share option for Group Health Insurance (medical, dental, vision), with a health spending account to top up your claims
- A healthy living account
- Company matching RRSP program
- Top up for Parental/Pregnancy leave
- Remote and flexible work arrangements
- Transit and fitness discounts
- Recreational sports teams
- Learning and development opportunities with a multitude of resources
- Internal recognition programs
