PHP Developer - Up to £80,000 - Hybrid (3x week in Watford) - First 6 months can be remote
Overview:
I am currently recruiting for a PHP Developer for one of my clients who are a global digital marketing and technology agency specialising in online gaming. We are looking for a skilled developer who possesses strong technical skills in PHP, JavaScript and AWS and is comfortable working in a face paced, high transactional environment.
Role Responsibilities:
* Create effective solutions (inc. software designs) from product requirements
* Produce well structured, testable code
* Apply best practices (industry and internal standards)
* Make sure Solutions are performant and observable in the context of a high complexity, high throughput systems via metrics and monitoring
* Balance technical solutions with commercial constraints
* Provide technical mentorship to less experienced members of the team
* Own the technical solutions end-to-end including in production
Essential Skills and Experience:
* Commercial use of a modern PHP 8+ with experience in development frameworks such as Laravel / Symfony desired
* Proficiency in developing in JavaScript/TypeScript working with NodeJS frameworks like NestJS and frontend frameworks like React.JS
* Experience in building platforms using event-based architecture and CQRS
* Experience of working with AWS Services such as Aurora, MSK Kafka, ECS, EMR.
* Writing automated unit/integration tests for solutions
* Excellent practical understanding of SOLID principles and design patterns
* Hands-on experience with one or more DevOps tooling platforms
* Hands on experience engineering on high availability, high throughput OLTP platforms
* Good understanding of relational databases and MySQL and writing efficient database queries
Package:
* £80,000
* Free Gym membership
* On-site Chef provides free breakfast and lunch
* Free Parking
* Hybrid (3x week in Watford)
The first 6 months can be worked fully remote as they are currently in the process of moving offices. Once the office move is complete, the requirement to be onsite will be 3 days a week in Camden.