Overview

Western Power Sports is seeking a Full Stack Web Developer for our fast-paced and expanding IT community at our Corporate headquarters located in Boise, ID. This is the ideal role for a mid-to-senior level candidate with the desire to grow professionally.

A well-qualified individual will have at least 2 years of hands-on experience building, testing, deploying and supporting high-quality scalable web applications. Projects exist on a fleet of cloud-based, load-balanced auto-scaling Linux server instances on AWS. Current work is taking place in Laravel, so be prepared to dive into this if you have not already. The primary languages are PHP and JavaScript but WPS is not necessarily limited to those areas.

If you desire to work in a professional team environment, enjoy finding solutions to programming challenges and have a passion for web application development, this is the opportunity to further develop your career! Submit your resume and cover letter explaining why YOU are the right person for this position! Please provide URLs of sites you have developed or a GitHub username.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES 

  • Innovative thinking to help WPS lead the powersports industry with creative programming ideas and software solutions.
  • Help replace older technology on the B2B site where dealers place orders.
  • Help innovate and iterate the B2B site to improve usability and dealer experience.
  • Maintain, improve, and expand the Dealer API. See the website for API Documentation.
  • Make changes and upgrades to in-house websites as needed.
  • Participate in code reviews to maintain quality.

DESIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS 

  • 4-year Degree in job related education, and at least 2 years of solid programming accomplishments.
  • Self-starting learner with excellent communication and organizational skills.
  • Understanding of PHP, application architecture and object-oriented design.
  • Ability to work with minimal direction while maintaining an elevated level of productivity.
  • Basic knowledge of Linux environments and open source tools/platforms.
  • A solid foundation of semantic HTML and CSS and at the very least experience working with JavaScript and related libraries.
  • Knowledge of cross-browser/cross-platform compatibility.
  • Experience building applications that use REST based web services and JSON data structures.
  • Experience with version control systems (particularly Git).
  • Comfortable learning and embracing new languages quickly; ability to help us assess where innovative technologies, languages, and platforms may be things we should consider.
  • Please provide URLs of sites you have developed or a GitHub username

Bonus Points for – 

  • ReactJS, Vue, JavaScript, NodeJS
  • CMS experience, PHP framework experience, Laravel, OOP, Unit Testing
  • Administration on Amazon Web Services (AWS); including EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, CloudFront, API Gateway, and Route 53.
  • Postgres, MySQL, DB2, and/or other database knowledge.
  • Mobile Development (Web-based HTML5 mobile responsive design).

**Any offer of employment subject to successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen and background check**

About Western Power Sports

COMPANY CULTURE

At Western Power Sports, our motto is "Work hard. Play hard". We seek individuals who are passionate about life and bring that energy to their careers. As one of the fastest growing wholesale distributors of aftermarket power sports parts, apparel and accessories, we sell fun products to a nationwide network of dealers, shipping from multiple warehouse locations around the country.  As a member of our team, you will be exposed to the fast-paced power sports environment, which has experienced booming expansion over recent years.