Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Senior PHP Developer with a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in building robust web applications using PHP (5+), Smarty Template Engine, and CodeIgniter Framework. The ideal candidate will have strong front-end development skills and experience working with dynamic UI components, APIs, and databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL).
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain web applications using PHP 5+, CodeIgniter, and Smarty Templates.
- Build dynamic and interactive user interfaces using JavaScript, jQuery, jQuery UI, and Datatables.js.
- Integrate and manage Google Maps API v3 for location-based features.
- Develop and optimize database queries using MySQL and PostgreSQL.
- Collaborate with UI/UX designers to implement responsive designs using HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, and Bootstrap 4.
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices.
- Debug and resolve technical issues in a timely manner.
- Document development processes and technical specifications.
Required Skills:
Backend: PHP 5+, CodeIgniter Framework, Smarty Template Engine.
Frontend: JavaScript, jQuery, jQuery UI, Datatables.js, HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, Bootstrap 4.
API Integration: Google Maps API v3
Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL
- Strong understanding of MVC architecture and RESTful services
- Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git)
Good to Have:
- Familiarity with newer PHP versions (7.x/8.x)
- Basic knowledge of deployment and server management.
- Experience in working with legacy codebases and upgrading them.
Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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What We Do
Orion is a leading digital transformation and product development services firm. Headquartered in Edison, NJ, we have a global team of 6,200+ associates, with engineers in 14 major delivery centers across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America.
For over 25 years, Orion has been solving complex business problems for our clients. Our transformative business solutions are rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, empowering our clients to operate with agility at scale.
Our mission is to serve as an agile and trusted partner for business transformation initiatives, providing deep emerging technology, experience design, and domain expertise.
Our business has more than tripled over the last three years.
We have grown aggressively both organically and inorganically, adding new clients, complementary skills, domain expertise, and strengthening our global footprint.
