PHP Team Lead

We have 2 openings for PHP Team Leaders, to develop and manage projects in TYPO3 and Drupal. As a PHP TEAM LEADER the candidate MUST BE ABLE to perform the following tasks:

1. Technical Skills and Development
   • Develop web applications independently (if required) in atleast any one of the following PHP frameworks : TYPO3, Drupal, ezPublish, Zend, Seagull, Symfony, ATK, CodeIgniter, Horde, CakePHP
   • Understand workflow (with help from Project Manager) and purpose of web applications to ensure the development is accurate and upto customer expectations
   • Actively work with Project Manager(s) and Technical Managers in breaking down the project into achievable tasks and modules
   • Work with XML, XSLT, and atleast any one of the following Javascript libraries : jQuery, EXTJS, Scriptaculous, Mojo, Dojotoolkit
   • Work with atleast one CSS framework such as Blueprint/ 960 degrees/ YAML
   • Have good understanding of MVC Architecture and be able to implement the same in web applications development
   • Delegate tasks defined for the project to his/her project team consisting of 1-3 people and own responsibility of getting the tasks completed
   • Troubleshoot PHP technical issues among peers and his/her team

Skills and tasks that are important, yet NOT REQUISITE for the current opening (these would required to be learnt over a period of time through internal training at Srijan):

1. System Architecture and Project Management
   • Architect web applications using the above mentioned frameworks
   • Advises customers actively on features and workflow after having understood their requirements and ideas
   • Think through gaps in the project workflow, and ask right questions from customers and internal Project Manager(s)
   • Pro-actively communicate about the progress (and bottlenecks) of the project with managers and client representatives
   • Maintain Project Scope with help from Project Managers
   • Identifies bottlenecks, thus predicting forthcoming delays
   • Escalates information about bottlenecks and delays internally in time, and regularly
   • Ensures deliverables meet high Quality standards, including doing Quality check herself

We would prefer candidates with the following Personality Traits:

• Manages personal time efficiently and completes tasks within regular office timings
• Eager and willing to learn self-improvement techniques; identifies gaps in own skills and works towards self-improvement
• Follows accepted internal policies and practices diligently
• Tests and checks Quality at completion of each stage of the project - milestone or to-do list (or similar broad tasks)
• Even basic spoken or written German skills would be ideal

Please write to us at: jobs@srijan.in with your CV, and the email subject as "PHP Technical Leader".