Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters
Job Opening - PHP Developer
5/29/2012
Our team at Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters is seeking a talented developer to provide PHP programming services. Candidates must have demonstrable experience building real world, online applications and must be able to contribute from day one. Candidates must be comfortable working with team members at all levels and departments within the organization and must be willing to contribute leadership, opinions, and insights with department leaders in order to effect rapid decision cycles and effective technical solutions to business requirements. (Yes, we know this paragraph is full of ‘buzz’ words).
Requirements:
Must be a resident of Las Vegas
2-3 Years of PHP web application programming experience.
Can successfully write secure well engineered code.
Familiar with MVC architecture as implemented in CodeIgniter.
Write well documented easily readable code
Experience with MySQL
Experience in LAMP environment (‘We love LAMP’)
Proficient implementing and writing web service APIs using JSON or XML (and other acronyms as well!)
Extensive knowledge of (X)HTML, CSS, Ajax and Javascript
Familiar with mobile web browsers and mobile web applications
Familiar with W3C standards and best practices
Ability to translate business requirements into system design /specification documents
Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
Strong debugging skills and the ability to easily and quickly read and modify existing code.
Must be laid back as {a 4 letter expletive that our legal team made us take out}.
Needs to be creative and open minded
Needs to be self motivating and able to work without being under strict supervision.
Must be able to learn on your feet.
Preferred Skills:
Experience in custom built CMS(s)
Experience in the tourism and/or entertainment industry
Knowledge of basic processes in online reservations and booking methods.
Experience with the Cassandra datastore.
Experience with Microsoft Office (O_o) Suite,
OR (more preferred) experience in Google Docs (yay!!)
Practical knowledge of Adobe products, mainly CS5 et al.