PHP Developer

We are looking for a developer with robust principles and philosophies; not just killer code. You’re well established as a developer, you love working with WordPress, Drupal, and PHP, and you understand that your approach to owning and solving sophisticated problems—of all kinds—is just as critical as your code.

We are looking for a well-rounded developer with experience working within a LAMP stack environment. You have a solid understanding of the programming principles involved with such duties. We’re not looking for someone who would describe themself as a full stack developer. Beyond that, you love being presented with sophisticated problems, taking ownership of the approach required to solve those problems, and working as part of a smart, well-trained, and multi-disciplinary team to design and develop award-winning, meaningful work.

The August team is smart and nimble; working together to build innovative applications, committed to learning and sharing something new every day, and known to own more than a few code-related t-shirts. PHP Developers work within our talented team to ensure the work we produce today is better than what we put out yesterday. This is a great opportunity for bright, pragmatic, and highly experienced PHP Developers to grow through collaboration with talented senior teams, while contributing to mentoring others.

We are fixated on improving our clients’ outcomes and the experience for their audiences. We expect you to join us in our obsession.

Your role at a glance

• Work with WordPress themes and plugins on a daily basis.
• Work with the team to deliver awesome functionality that our client love on their Wordpress sites.
• Provide technical support, solutions and recommendations.
• Work closely with production and design team members to ensure projects follow technical and production processes.

You will need

• Approximately 2-4 years' experience as a PHP Developer (or thereabouts, this is not a hard requirement)
• You have a passion and curiosity for plugins & Wordpress themes.
• Not only do you love building Wordpress sites, but you know how to extend them the Wordpress way.
• You love solving complex problems for clients.
• Can work autonomously but you also love being part of a team and actively contributing.
• Good problem-solving skills and the ability to think clearly and logically.
• Willingness to take ownership of projects and manage your own time.

You get extra credit for

• Experience working on Drupal sites or building bespoke Symfony apps.
• Knowledge of AWS or similar cloud infrastructure.
• Making a mean coffee (We have a sweet coffee machine you can use)

What you can expect when joining August

Working at August is unique. It's probably unlike other roles you've experienced. While we take our work seriously, we enjoy each other's company and we don't take ourselves too seriously. It takes time to find the right people to join our team. There's a high level of trust and flexibility in our team that is hard to describe, but let's try.

You'll enjoy the freedom to create and contribute to sophisticated projects in the way you want, combined with robust processes that ensure you have total support to focus all your energy and inspiration on compelling design and technical challenges. If you'd like more detail, please be sure to ask us about it: we learn a huge amount from your questions and level of curiosity.

Our values play an important part in everything we do at August. They help us deliver world class award-winning work with organisations that are both interesting and meaningful, and they've seen us through some difficult times.

As a team member, you'll continue to develop not just your technical craft, but other valuable qualities. Things like powerful communication skills, commercial and business acumen, and handy insights into totally random stuff, like a killer dumpling recipe, the narrative methodology of Seinfeld, or the engineering magic behind the latest SpaceX test flight (again, you might want to ask us!).

As a team member you can also expect

• A competitive salary package with various incentives and rewards
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• To work within a highly motivated, talented, and technology–driven team
• A team of people who will invest in your career progression and development
• Generous company policies that help you grow and balance life
• Many other perks we will discuss when we meet you

Apply now

Applications for this role are open now and we are actively hiring to fill this spot in our team.

If you have questions about this role or about August, feel free to contact us and ask for Simon. Again, we value curiosity highly—what traits do you value in a team culture?

To apply for this position you need to

• Mention one of our clients in your application
• Provide your CV, outlining your skills and experience
• Include a covering letter explaining why you are perfect for this role
• If you have a personal website or folio site, feel free to include it in your application; we'd love to check it out

Are you a recruiter?

We understand you work in a competitive industry and you will be tempted to contact us with potential candidates for this and other listed roles.

We respectfully request that you do not contact us regarding applicants for this role and please do not send us unsolicited applications.

About August

August is an independent award-winning digital consultancy headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. We work with ambitious, under-resourced marketing teams to make them faster, better, stronger, and more effective. We empower their marketing capability. We amplify the impact of their marketing. And we increase the influence of marketing leaders. We do this through our ability to thrive in complex environments (again, ask us), direct access to multi-disciplinary teams, and our unique, high-performance processes and systems. 

August is a B Corp and a member of SoDA. SoDA members are among the world’s most innovative and celebrated digital agencies, product design studios, creative production companies, and digital experience consultancies. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at August. We don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.  

When we hire someone to join the team, we are interested and invested in all the different parts that make up you – because ultimately, that’s what makes August what it is.