PHP Software Developer
£30-35k DOE
Maidstone
VR/02071J
Our client has a vacancy for an experienced Software Developer join their UK Development team and contribute to their industry leading platforms. You will work closely with other Developers, Software Testers and Product Managers to drive their platforms forward exploring new technologies and approaches to existing challenges.
Your main task will be the rapid development of commercial software to their leading product range. Your work must be of a very high quality and follow company programming standards (of which you will have significant input).
Candidates must be ambitious and have proven commercial experience as a PHP Web Developer. In return they will gain support from a large team of developers in taking their ideas and development ambitions to another level.
Key Responsibilities
• Contribute to ongoing process improvement
• Create appropriate technical documentation and configuration management records
• Ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of all IT business information
• Assume proactive involvement in personal and technical development
• Assist senior members of the team
• Peer Review work of other team members to ensure functionality is as expected
Technical Skills
• Current working experience of Object Oriented PHP (>=5.4)
• Javascript / Node knowledge (not limited to JQuery, Angular, Angular 2)
• Version control (GIT /SVN)
• Good Knowledge of PHP framework principles (experience of Yii2 would be advantageous)
• Awareness of Continuous Integration / Unit Testing / BDD / TDD
• Experience in the creation of Technical Documentation
• Experience with MySQL, Postgres or NoSQL
• Familiar with API principles (SOAP, REST, HATEOAS)
• Experience with Atlassian JIRA and Confluence products would be advantageous
• Knowledge or experience of Angular2 (advantageous)
• Knowledge of AWS Infrastructure is advantageous
Company Benefits;
· 25 days holiday + 1 day per year up to 5days after 5 years’ consecutive service
· Birthday off
· Group Pension Plan
· Discounted Health Care scheme
· Preferential car buying rates
· Childcare vouchers
· Enhanced paternity and maternity package
· Free fruit before 9:00am
· Perkbox employee discounts
· Flexible working hours
· Regular socials and company events
· Free onsite parking
· Smart Casual dress code