PHP Developer (Magento)

Copious is a design-forward digital agency focused on delivering exceptional brand, storytelling, and commerce experiences. We believe in true partnership with our clients where we not only deliver great work, but help clients grow by supporting and optimizing those solutions over time. We care equally about the experience for team members at Copious and continually help one another improve with the same focus we apply to client work. As a Magento Developer, you’re an essential member of our core project teams who build and support high-quality e-commerce sites for our clients.

About You

You thrive in a collaborative environment where you’re trusted to work directly with clients and non-engineers

You’ve proven you can balance writing good software against shipping on time

You care about how your code impacts your teammates both now and in the future

You’re comfortable with ambiguity and know how to solve problems within constraints

Key Experience and Qualifications

3+ years PHP software development

1+ years developing for the Magento e-commerce platform

Strong background using MVC frameworks and Object Oriented PHP

Substantial work with relational databases and SQL (MySQL preferred)

Prior systems integration experience, e.g. consuming web services APIs

Current knowledge of web development best practices, e.g. page speed optimization

Familiarity with supporting services like load balancers, web servers, cache, etc.

Fundamental understanding of web application security

Proficiency with version control systems (Git strongly preferred)

Managing work through ticketing systems (JIRA preferred)

Bonus Points For…

Magento Certification (especially Magento 2)

Using Vagrant-based development environments

Working on Agile teams

Prior agency experience

Primary Responsibilities

Develop application features for new site builds on our primary platforms

Integrate applications and perform data migrations between systems

Support existing client applications with ongoing feature additions and bug fixes

Perform platform updates, extension updates and security patching

Write automated software tests to prove correctness of your code

Estimate engineering effort and track hours for assigned work

What else do we offer?

Competitive salary

Medical, dental and life/disability insurance, plus 401(k)

Flexible scheduling opportunities

Generous paid leave plus company holidays

Monthly stipend for phone and public transportation

A fun, supportive team

Rotation of snacks, food and drinks, including Stumptown cold brew on tap

Pet-friendly office

This is a full-time mid-level position at our office in the Washington High School building, located in SE Portland.