Senior PHP Developer - Wakefield

Senior PHP Developer - Wakefield

Senior PHP Developer, with brilliant Laravel or Symfony experience is required by a leading ecommerce company based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Due to massive investment and a pipeline of brand new green field work, they need a couple or PHP experts to join the team.

Essential Skills:

• 4+ Years experience with PHP and LAMP evironment
• Laravel or Symfony experience
• Good knowledge of database systems, including MySQL or PostgreSQL
• Experience with payment integrations (Worldpay, Paypal, Stripe etc)
• Unit testing (PHPUnit/pest)
• Be able to produce and document clean code
• CSS frameworks (TailwindCSS/Bootstrap) and in-depth experience with SCSS/SASS
• Javascript experience with one or more JS frameworks (Vue, React or Angular), preferably Vue and have a good understanding of modern frontend and backend technologies
• Version Control (Github/bitbucket)
• Experience working with RESTful APIs and integrating backend services
• In-depth experience with security, form validation, XSS prevention, database security, session management, input validation and other OWASP guidelines
• Proven experience in developing scalable web applications using Laravel and other web technologies
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Understand the basic concepts of server management
• Experience with debugging and replicating issues/bugs throughout an application

These are brand-new roles, and you will be able to be part of something special. As the Senior, you will be given so much autonomy and it is a true green field project. Job responsibilities include:

• Take the lead on projects, develop and maintain software features and the supporting build/release/test infrastructure
• Be responsible for delivering high-quality solutions to specification and on time
• Actively contribute to the continuous improvement process and drive efficiencies within the team ​​
• Peer code reviews with more junior-level developers
• Uphold good development planning and procedures
• Follow industry best practices and coding standards
• Optimise application performance and improve user experience through innovative front-end and back-end development techniques
• Assisting junior to mid-level developers when required

My client is offering a starting salary between £40,000 - £60,000 depending on experience. They also provide a good benefits package, a very relaxed but dynamic working environment and the flexibility to work from home 3 - 4 times a week

To apply, press apply now, or send your CV to matthew.leach @ circlerecruitment.com

Keywords: Senior PHP Developer / Laravel / Symfony / SQL / Linux / LAMP / MySQL / PostgreSQL / Wakefield / Leeds / Huddersfield

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