Ascend Learning is a national leader in data driven, online educational solutions for learners, educators and employers in high-growth, licensure-driven professions spanning healthcare, fitness and wellness, skilled trades, insurance and financial services. We are passionate about accelerating learning while impacting job readiness, employment success and employee retention with the belief that our work changes lives.
Our culture is intentionally results-driven and selfless with a relentless focus on our customers. We believe in trust, transparency, freedom and responsibility with a commitment to meritocracy, inclusion and diversity of thought. Continual investment in our over 1400 employees is also a core principle realized through ongoing professional development and providing opportunities to grow, develop and lead. Ascend Learning is headquartered in Burlington, MA with additional office locations and remote workers in cities across the U.S. and in the U.K.
Ascend Learning Technology & Operations (T&O) is hiring now for top tier PHP/MySQL talent. If you are an experienced and talented full stack PHP/My SQL software engineer who enjoys troubleshooting and would like the freedom to flex your DevOps skills while improving code through ongoing modernization efforts, we have a great opportunity for you.
As a Lead PHP Software Engineer, you will be an individual contributor with mentor/leader opportunities. Join a T&O team that supports our MedHub brand (www.medhub.com), SaaS solutions for healthcare education. You will work on a hybrid-remote engineering team that partners with our customer support center and would welcome collaboration from a skilled developer that enjoys researching & troubleshooting.
Responsibilities
Hands-on development and support for legacy software application within a SAFe Agile team.
Mentor/lead other developers through code reviews and code demos. Model a growth-mindset.
Think critically, refactor, and champion modernization efforts to continuously improve the software.
Demonstrate thought leadership and a focus on code quality.
Capable of working independently, as well as with team members on different teams and in different locations.
Perform code reviews with other team members in a reviewer capacity.
Support deployments outside of work hours and participate in an on-call rotation.
Participate in architecture and design processes.
Education & Experience
Minimum 5 years of experience in software development for web-based applications
Relevant degree, certificate, or equivalent experience
PHP, MySQL
Proficient with HTML/CSS/JavaScript
AJAX, XML, JSON
Git, Docker, Kubernetes, containerization
Well-versed in Linux (command line)
Experience mentoring engineers preferred
Skills & Abilities Preferred
Healthcare experience
Network administration
Server setup/configuration and other DevOps functions
Mobile application development
Experience with Selenium or other automated/regression testing a plus
Candidates should be aware that Ascend Learning currently maintains a policy requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated. Newly hired employees must be fully vaccinated by their start date. Ascend Learning is an equal opportunity employer and will provide a reasonable accommodation to those unable to be vaccinated where it is not an undue hardship to the Company to do so as provided under federal, state, and local law. Exceptions to the vaccine requirement may apply for employees living or working in Montana.
Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer(M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
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