PHP Software Engineer - Fulltime (near BART in SF)
Business Wire, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, is the global market leader in commercial news distribution. Thousands of member companies and organizations depend on Business Wire to transmit their full-text news releases, regulatory filings, photos and other multimedia content to journalists, financial professionals, investor services, regulatory authorities and the general public worldwide. We originate hundreds of thousands of news announcements each year, with a dramatic impact on capital and commercial markets around the globe and in virtually every industry sector.
This PHP Software Engineer position is responsible for designing, coding, testing and supporting software for Business Wire hosted websites. The Software Engineer will work on a small development team with other engineers and UI designers in a very Agile but structured Development/QA/Production environment to create dynamic content driven web sites and components for rapid site development using PHP and Drupal.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned):
• Write, debug, test, and document high-availability software for a Drupal environment
• Write, debug, test, and document high-availability software for news release processing, metrics gathering and reporting, email distribution, and other functionalities
• Work closely with team to jointly develop top quality applications
• Develop functions and features in Drupal using PHP
• Perform software QA testing on applications developed by the team
• Perform on-call 7 x 24 developer support duties on a rotating basis including software deployment to QA and production environments
• Come up with ideas for improvements to web-based products and services to improve functionality, cut costs, reduce time to market, improve reliability and performance, and make our systems more flexible to business change
Desired Qualifications and Skills:
• Experience with PHP, Java, C++, or C sharp
• Experience with MySQL or Oracle
• Experience with UNIX/Linux
• Experience with Apache
• Experience building websites using server-side scripting technology
• Knowledge of, and experience with, high availability architectures
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to learn from direct instruction and documentation
• Excellent communication skills
Business Wire is renowned for both its excellent and unique benefits package. While we offer the standard benefits such as health insurance, 401k matching and paid time off, we also have unique benefits including reimbursement plans for fitness, dental and education classes. Most importantly, we value those employees who make their career at Business Wire. Longtime employees are well rewarded, financially and professionally. We are always seeking exceptional people to join our team !
To apply for the PHP Software Engineer Position at Business Wire, please email your resume (in Word format) to php@businesswire.com with the subject 'PHP Software Engineer'.
No relocation. No telecommuting. No phone calls. No recruiters or consulting firms please!
