Description

About Gray Media:

Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 45 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

We understand that life needs balance. That is why we offer our employees and eligible family members a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Comprehensive Medical(Rx), Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Health Savings Account with Company contributions
• Flexible Spending Account
• Employer-paid life and disability benefits
• Paid parental leave benefits
• Adoption and Surrogacy Benefits
• 401(k) Plan, including matching and profit-sharing contributions
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary benefits, including Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness, Accident Insurance, and supplemental life insurance coverage
• Paid Time Off, including Relocation PTO
• Focus on Caring

Salary/Wage:

$75,000 - $95,000/yr.

Shift and Schedule:

TBD

Job Type:

Full-Time

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Job Summary/Description:

Gray Media is looking for a PHP / Laravel Developer with strong experience building and maintaining modern web applications, with a focus on internal business systems and operational tools. This role will work alongside the Gray Digital Development team to enhance, support, and modernize company applications used by staff across multiple departments. This position is remote.

Duties/Responsibilities essential will include (but not be limited to) the following:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable applications using PHP (8+) and the Laravel framework
• Enhance and support internal applications used in day-to-day company operations
• Modernize legacy PHP systems into maintainable Laravel-based solutions
• Build and maintain internal APIs and system integrations
• Design, optimize, and maintain MySQL databases on a per-application basis
• Develop front-end forms and interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve production issues and user-reported problems
• Collaborate with team members to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Participate in code reviews and follow shared coding standards and best practices
• Collaborate with other developers on multi-developer and cross-team projects
• Write unit and integration tests to help prevent regressions and validate functionality
• Document application behavior, workflows, and technical implementation details

Qualifications/Requirements:

• 3+ years of professional experience working with PHP
• 2+ years of experience working with the Laravel framework
• Strong experience with relational databases such as MySQL
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs
• Proficient in using git and GitHub
• Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Experience supporting and maintaining deployed applications
• Ability to troubleshoot and diagnose production issues
• Ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative team environment
• Strong problem-solving and organizational skills

Preferred (but not required):
• Experience maintaining or modernizing legacy applications
• Familiarity with background jobs, queues, and scheduled tasks
• Experience integrating with third-party APIs and data providers
• Understanding of authentication and authorization concepts
• Experience working on internal business systems or workflow tools
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks
• Exposure to AWS-hosted environments or cloud-based deployments

If you feel you're qualified and want to work with a great group of people, go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on "apply now", upload your resume, cover letter, and references

(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)

GDM-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

Additional Info:

Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.