PHP Developer

PHP Developer - Up to £80,000 - Hybrid (1x week in Camden) - First 6 months can be fully 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 (1x week in Camden)

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 1 day a week in Camden.