PHP Developer

PHP Developer

Covington

Type: Contract

Category: Engineer

Industry: Financial Services

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Hours:

Open

Reference : JN -

Date Posted: 10/10/2026

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Description:

On-site Every Other Week onsite / 5 days in Covington, KY

Our client seeks a PHP Developer to support and modernize digital solutions. The role will design, develop, test, and maintain applications while helping migrate legacy PHP functionality to Angular and Node.js. You will collaborate with peers, apply secure coding practices, and contribute to continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment.

Rate: $60.00 to $70.00/hr. w2

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Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain web applications across PHP, Angular, and Node.js ecosystems.
• Support modernization by migrating monolithic and legacy PHP features to Angular and Node.js solutions.
• Maintain and enhance legacy PHP applications and resolve production issues.
• Implement secure coding practices, authentication and authorization, input validation, and data protection controls.
• Identify, analyze, and remediate application security vulnerabilities, including OWASP Top 10 risks.
• Design and consume RESTful APIs and integrate with enterprise systems.
• Write automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests and practice TDD.
• Collaborate in Agile ceremonies and partner with architecture and engineering peers on technical designs.
• Develop maintainable standards and scalable solutions while meeting project timelines.
• Foster teamwork and knowledge sharing within the engineering team.

Experience Requirements:

• 5+ years of software engineering development experience.
• Hands-on experience with PHP 8, Node.js, NPM, Angular 17+, Type Script, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Git, and REST APIs.
• Experience developing Angular applications using Standalone Components, Signals, and modern control flow syntax.
• Strong background maintaining and troubleshooting legacy PHP applications.
• Experience modernizing monolithic applications and migrating from PHP to Angular/Node.js.
• Proven experience with application security and vulnerability remediation, including OWASP Top 10.
• Experience implementing authentication, authorization, input validation, and data protection.
• Experience with relational databases such as MySQL.
• Automated testing experience across unit, integration, and end-to-end tests with TDD practices.
• Plus:
  Agile Scrum or Kanban, CI/CD, modernizing Code Igniter, Mend/CodeQL/Sonar Qube, penetration testing support, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Azure and AWS, OAuth/OIDC/SAML, jQuery, and deploying to Azure.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal…