Lead Developer

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About the Job

Our client has a requirement for a Lead Developer for a 6 months contract opportunity.  The position is located in Toronto.

Requirements or Qualifications 

The chosen candidate will join a development team responsible for developing a Patient Record Medical System. The system will provide users with in-depth information around patient records, appointments, doctors scheduling, inventory and patient health electronic record submissions.

This project is considered amongst the top initiatives for our client.

The candidate must

• Be capable of proposing and documenting software design, analyzing requirements, and presenting implementation options.
• Understand the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), be capable of analyzing requirements, be detail-oriented, embrace development best practices.
• Communicate clearly and effectively with peers, users, testers, and supervisors.
• Be hands on, capable of analyzing existing code, writing new code, testing, debugging and production

 Essential Skills

• 2+ years’ experience with PHP
• Strong experience with MySQL & SQL(Knowledge of other server side languages such as Perl or Java is advantageous)
• Extensive experience of working with Symfony and other frameworks such as Zend
• Extensive experience with source control and version control tools (preferably Subversion- SVN)
• An understanding of how to configure and administer IIS and MySQL/SQL
• An understanding of common backend performance issues.
• Experience of working with a dedicated QA team and adhering to a formalized QA and release process.
• Familiarity with frontend development technologies and an understanding of the importance of modern web standards
• Develops designs and delivers web site structure for Internet/Intranet sites.
• Coding website using HTML, CSS, PHP, and XHTML, JavaScript or GUI design software.
• Design HTML templates and supporting graphics that are consistent with company design standards.
• Ability to work in a small team and build consensus with colleagues

Education / Experience

• A degree or diploma from a recognized post-secondary institution (such as an Institute of Technology, College or University) in a field related to computer technology or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years’ experience in web design HTML programming.
• Enjoys helping people
• Patience and versatile.
• 5-10 year’s experience with IIS, SQL, & MySQL
• 3-5 year’s experience with CMS systems, i.e. Drupal. Joomla, etc.
• Good communication skills, good interpersonal and writing skills.
• Ability to clearly and politely communicate with customers of all skill levels.

Nice to have

• Experience managing Windows Servers
• Some  knowledge of Networking (DNS, DHCP, Active Directory)
• Some Technical support for Clinic staff on email, printers, network, and applications
• Assist other members of the department with Clinic related issues.
• Design graphical user interfaces for web-based applications on organization’s web sites.

Key Words: PHP, HTML, SQL, MySQL, Symfony, Developer

How to Apply

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