A PHP developer with a strong understanding of technology-driven business transformation, capable of developing effective and scalable solutions. The role will allow you to use your existing skills and experience to influence both the design decisions and the role will require good inter-personal and collaboration skills to work with both technical and business stakeholders.
Responsible for bringing ideas to life this role will collaborate with the wider development team stakeholders in the business to conceive and deliver innovative solutions to a high standard.
What will you be doing?
* Developing and supporting our existing product suite
* Helping to bring our ambitious product roadmap to life
* Participating in and contributing to the agile ceremonies
* Supporting and developing our internal IT systems
* Working with the development team to ensure that high quality solutions are delivered on time.
* Understanding and working within our standards framework
* Peer reviewing colleagues' code to ensure consistency and reduce bugs
* Seeking and identifying opportunities for improvement in the codebase wherever appropriate
* Participating in, or leading if appropriate, daily stand-up meetings with the team as appropriate
* Helping to identify and work to remove bottlenecks
* Embrace and support Agile methods and techniques.
* Producing specifications which deliver against acceptance criteria as described in user stories and requirement documentation
* Promoting full business engagement in the Agile development process.
* Supporting User Acceptance Testing
* Understanding the approach for validating the solution and work with the Development team to ensure that work is of a consistent high standard before release.
* Coordinating the use of non-production environments to ensure the release schedule of IT is maintained.
* Working with the Development team to deliver regular updates and fixes.
* Ensuring release notes are clear and informative.
* You may also be required to undertake additional duties that are necessary to effectively deliver the responsibilities and objectives of the role.
What will you bring to the role?
* Proficiency in object-oriented PHP development and application development in a professional, freelance, or open-source environment
* Experience with Lamp Stack, SQL, CSS, JavaScript, HTML
* Experience with version control (Git, SVN)
* A logical thinker and problem solver
* Ability to critically assess processes and suggest improvements where necessary
* The ability to manage time and priorities to meet tight deadlines.
* Ability to work independently while maintaining open collaboration with team members.
* Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
* It would be great if you had:
* Knowledge of the following:
* Git
* Linux admin
* JQuery
* SAAS
* VueJS
* Laravel
* Bootstrap
* Familiarity with Atlassian products
* Experience in agile development environments
Giving back to you – our Group Benefits
* 25 days' holiday rising with service and your birthday off.
* Holiday purchase scheme for those life changing trips and moments.
* Long service reward and recognition
* Enhanced Pension
* Group Life Assurance – 3 x Annual salary
* Unlimited access to six Smart Health services including a 24/7 virtual GP
* Health Cash Plan
* Access to curated wellbeing content and our Employee Assistance Programme
* Perkbox
* To support your work/life balance we give you the opportunity of flexibility within our core working hours (9.00 – 5.30).
* Enhanced sick pay
* Enhanced Maternity/Shared Parental and Adoption packages leave
* A reward programme and recognition programme and annual awards event
Who are Lifetime Training?
Lifetime Training is part of the Lifetime Group. As a Group, we collaborate to shape the future of the sectors we partner with. From delivering pioneering learning and apprenticeships to shaping technology and delivering innovative assessment, we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn new skills and reach their full potential.
Our mission is that "We solve talent gaps for competitive advantage: Transforming learning, skills and enabling social mobility. In this way we are "Creating Tomorrow's Workforce".
At Lifetime Group, we are committed to broadening the diversity of our workforce and creating a sense of belonging for all. In this way we will better represent our learners and partners to greater understand and fulfil their needs.
Your experience is invaluable to us, and we are committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable recruitment environment for all candidates. We welcome any feedback on how we can enhance our approach to an inclusive process, please feel free to share your ideas with us here: Your feedback.
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