PHP Developer Requirements, Skills & Qualifications

The following common skills and qualifications are required of a PHP Developer:

  • BSc/MSc  in Computer Science, Engineering or a similar relevant field
  • Previous working experience as a PHP Developer for (x) year(s)
  • 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
  • Proficient in PHP, HTML5, JavaScript, JQuery Expert
  • Experience with PHP MVC frameworks (Symfony, Kohana, CodeIgniter, Zend, etc.)
  • Extensive experience with Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
  • Hands on Angular, couchDB and/or MongoDB
  • Excellent relational database skills with MySQL
  • Experience with building restful JSON web services
  • Knowledge of API's, such as twitter, Facebook, Google maps, Instagram, etc.
  • Understanding of responsive design frameworks such as bootstrap

Note that this is not an exhaustive list of PHP Developer skill, qualifications and experience. Job requirements for specific PHP Developer roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.