Software Engineer 2 (php)

The Company  Serving the People Who Serve the People  Granicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and their constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers by meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.   Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers powering an unmatched Subscriber Network that uses our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe.  Want to know more? See more of what we do here.

The Software Engineer 2 role at Granicus is for developers who are looking for a fun, supportive, and fast-paced environment to grow their skills and contribute code to production systems. The Software Engineer 2 role will be expected to take on leadership roles in the maintenance of automation test suites, and they will be tasked to work on production code as well.  All Granicus Software Engineers are expected to contribute to the broader Granicus technology organization in the deployment and support of these applications in higher environments.

What your impact will look like here:

• Learn about and uphold the Development team’s core values: Test-Driven Development, Collective Ownership, Agile Development, and Egoless Programming
• Write high-quality software using test-focused practices
• Be a core contributor to Granicus's automated testing suites
• Develop bug fixes and feature changes for at least one application within the Granicus product suite
• Collaborate with your Scrum team, the Development team, and the broader Product Organization
• Be a participating member of the broader Granicus technology organization

You will love this job if you have:

• 3+ years of experience developing, testing, shipping, and supporting production-quality web applications.
• Strong knowledge of PHP and related frameworks.
• Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL).
• Knowledge of HTML 5, CSS, Java Script.
• Knowledge of at least one related web framework, i.e. React, Angular, jQuery, or others.
• Experience developing unit tests.
• Experience with AWS or Azure services is a plus.
• Experience with Accessibility is a plus.
• Familiarity with architecture styles/APIs (REST, RPC).
• Commitment to quality and the craft of software development.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies.
• Develop documentation throughout the software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Participate in requirements analysis.
• Collaborate with internal teams to produce software design and architecture.
• Write clean, scalable code.
• Test and deploy applications and systems.
• Revise, update, refactor and debug code.
• Improve existing software.
• Passion for learning new things.
• Interest in being a part of an open, collaborative, and extraordinarily skilled software development team in which to grow their skills. Don’t have all the skills/experience mentioned above? At Granicus, we are trying to build diverse, inclusive teams. We do not have degree requirements for most of our roles. If you don’t meet every requirement above, but are excited to learn more, we encourage you to apply. We might just be able to find another role that could be a perfect fit!