PHP Web Developer


We are currently expanding our web team and are looking for a PHP Web Developer with a passion for coding. As an experienced PHP Developer, your main responsibilities include the production, modification & maintenance of a back-end platform used by customers & staff. This involves working closely with other developers.

Key Responsibilities

  • Maintain 1 bespoke platform that serves all our internal, corporate & customer facing websites
  • Develop new feature requests and enhancements within the specification outlined.
  • Create efficient reporting facilities using framework’s ORM
  • Optimisation of code for efficiency and scalability
  • Integrating & maintaining XML, JSON & REST web services
  • Creating & extending libraries for reuse

Skills and experience required

  • 3+ Years OO PHP & MySQL experience
  • MVC Framework (Laravel, Zend)
  • WAMP / LAMP Stack
  • SSH & Basic Server administration
  • External web service experience (XML, JSON, REST)
  • HTML5 & CSS – Twitter Bootstrap
  • JS / jQuery
  • Excellent written & spoken communication
  • Ability to identify and fix bugs across browsers.

Beneficial but not essential

  • Git / Bitbucket Version control
  • Experience in caching technologies
  • AWS (amazon web services)

Job Type

Full-time

Experience

  • OO PHP & MySQL: 3 years (Required)
  • MVC Framework: 2 years (Required)

Location

License

Language

Halifax

Full UK Driving Licence (Preferred)

English (Required)