PHP Developer

Pearson Whiffin Recruitment Ltd
Colchester, UK
4 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Compensation
£40,000.0 - £50,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

HTML JavaScript (Programming Language) PHP (Programming Language) Agile Methodology Amazon Web Services Amazon Cloudfront Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 Code Review Linux DevOps ECMAScript
+18 more
Nginx Redis Cloud Services Apache Solr Symfony Systems Integration Web Performance Optimization Google Tag Manager Stylesheet Language ReactJS Backend Git Amazon Relational Database Service Webpack Functional Programming Cloudwatch Restful APIs Microservices

Job description

Pearson Carter are currently working with a market-leading travel organisation that is investing heavily in its in-house technology team. Due to continued growth, they are looking to appoint an experienced PHP Developer to help drive the development of their customer-facing platforms and internal systems. This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established business where technology plays a key role in its future. You’ll work with modern PHP technologies, cloud infrastructure, APIs and microservices, contributing to large-scale projects while collaborating with a close-knit development team. Get in touch if you’re looking for your next opportunity! Responsibilities

  • Develop, maintain and enhance backend applications using PHP and Symfony.
  • Design and develop REST APIs and microservices for internal and external integrations.
  • Build scalable, secure and high-performing applications.
  • Work with AWS services including EC2, S3, CloudFront, Lambda, CloudWatch and RDS.
  • Collaborate with developers, stakeholders and other business teams to deliver new features.
  • Write clean, maintainable and well-documented code following best practices.
  • Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical discussions.
  • Work within an Agile development environment to deliver projects on time.
  • Stay up to date with emerging technologies and recommend improvements where appropriate.

Requirements

  • Around 3 years’ commercial experience developing with PHP.
  • Strong experience with the Symfony Framework.
  • Experience designing and consuming REST APIs.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.
  • Experience working with Linux and NGINX environments.
  • Strong understanding of Git version control.
  • Good knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively. Desirable

  • Experience with React, Webpack and modern JavaScript (ES6).
  • Knowledge of Redis and SOLR.
  • Experience with website performance optimisation.
  • Familiarity with SEO best practices.
  • Experience with Google Tag Manager.
  • Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

Benefits & conditions

Salary is dependent on experience but is looking to pay between £40,000 - £50,000., + Annual performance bonus.

  • Employee profit share.
  • Company pension.
  • Health & wellbeing programme.
  • Casual dress.
  • Company events.
  • Cycle to Work scheme.
  • Free on-site parking.
  • Referral programme.
  • Sick pay.
  • Ongoing training and professional development.
  • Supportive and collaborative working environment.

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Apply on www.pearsoncarter.com

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