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A successful online retailer is looking for a talented backend PHP developer to join their existing team in the Web & Marketing department. Your primary focus will be development and maintenance of new and existing systems built in Laravel and CakePHP.
The role is hybrid 2 days WFH and 3 day in the office only.
? Free tea, coffee and milk and fruit to all employees.
? Monthly lunches and free parking
? Flexi-time working to accommodate a positive work-life balance
? Hybrid working (3 days in office per week)
? Staff discount on all our products - extending to your friends and family!
? Funding for your continual Professional Development - training sites, books, courses etc
? Choose your own device. Work how you work best, whether that be Windows, Linux or Mac.
Responsibilities As a PHP Developer
? Working with the existing team to develop and maintain systems in Laravel and CakePHP.? Working cross departmentally with different areas of the business - Marketing, Graphic design, Customer service, Purchasing, Trends and Production? To improve the performance of the eCommerce websites in terms of aesthetics, functionality and conversion rates.? Work collaboratively as part of a team - developing in house systems to aid in productivity and profitability? Adopting new technologies and techniques? Advancing your own career by learning and developing your technical knowledge.? Collaborating with the front-end developers and other team members to establishobjectives and design functional & cohesive code to enhance the user experience.? Taking lead on projects, as needed.
As a PHP Developer you’ll have….
- Strong communication and analytical skills
- Object oriented development
- Experience with PHP & relational databases (MySQL or similar)
- Experience of using (at least one) MVC frameworks such as Laravel or CakePHP
- Familiarity of working with building and consuming APIs
- Strong attention to detail
- Team player - must be able to work effectively
- both individually and as part of a team
- Passion and interest in programming
- Passion and interest in e-commerce and online retail
- Willingness to challenge the status quo - thinking outside of the box and continually seeking ways to improve efficiency by changing the way in which we work to benefit team and the Company
- Experience of using code versioning software e.g Git SVN
