Job Title: PHP Developer
Job Location: Gaza
Duration of contract: three Months

Palestine Information and Communications Technology Incubator (PICTI), is an independent Palestinian organization based in Ramallah with a branch in Gaza. PICTI has been created through the initiative and support of the Palestinian Information Technology Community. PICTI’s mission is to support Palestinian ICT entrepreneurs in developing their innovative business ideas and contributing towards the revitalization and sustainable growth of the ICT sector in Palestine.

Warehouse for Information & Communication Technology Ltd, well known as ICT-Warehouse is a turnkey software and business solution provider. Established in 2011 to steer customers through the next generation of business innovation powered by technology with state-of-the-art business automation, software development and consultation services. it delivers high-end IT services in the area of Mobile and Application Development, Cloud Computing & Big Data solutions as well as Knowledge Management tools like ERP, CRM and CMS.

PICTI with Warehouse for Information & Communication Technology Ltd, are seeking talented individual/ freelancer to work with Warehouse as an early stage company incubated by PICTI under a Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) funded project entitled: "Economic Recovery in the Gaza Strip: Promoting Choice, Resilience and Dignity- Phase II". This project aims to increase participation in user-driven market systems for female and male small and medium-scale producers, processors and entrepreneurs in the Gaza Strip.

The Early Stage companies’ competition is a new competition targeting ICT firms (5 firms) and aims to support them by incubation services to develop their startup products.

Assignment Objective:

PICTI is considering the selection ofA highly qualified PHP Developer responsible for managing back-end services and the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. Heshe will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well. 

Main Tasks and  responsibilities : 

-Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers
-Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules
-Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges
-Integration of data storage solutions

Qualifications & Skills: 

-Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks such as Laravel
-Understanding the fully synchronous behavior of PHP
-Understanding of MVC design patterns
-Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
-Knowledge of object oriented PHP programming
-Understanding accessibility and security compliance.
-Strong knowledge of the common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions
-Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
-User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
-Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
-Familiarity with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds
-Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
-Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and their declarative query languages
-Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git. 
 

How to apply : 

Candidates with experience in the following field are encouraged to apply for this position, Cover letter and curriculum vitae in English are to be submitted by email to:

infoictwarehouse.ps AND infopicti.ps

Please ensure that you state the title of the post that you are applying for as subject of your email [PHP Developer // PICTI Project].Submission must be to the 2 e-mails as an acceptance condition.

Deadline for submission:  Must be delivered before 04:00PM on Thursday,25th August 2016.