Senior PHP Web Developer

Building distributed services, such as tools & features for high-performance eCommerce websites, retail business process tools, EPoS systems, mobile application services and more.

We believe in securing the future of independent retail in the UK. We are doing this by building software that delivers; scaling, fast, secure, powerful, and beautiful retail customer experiences.

We don’t just use PHP to build eCommerce websites, we use many technologies to help our clients redefine eCommerce and traditional Retail commerce with; powerful, highly intuitive, and sophisticated business software.

You will build distributed services, such as; tools & features for high performance eCommerce websites, retail business process tools, EPoS systems, mobile application services, warehouse & inventory systems, payments & security systems, marketing solutions, analytics tools, and lots more.

As a senior developer you will be trusted and expected to; pragmatically self navigate, learn & share, write logical-clean-code and ensure performance targets are exceeded. We are passionate about software development and what we produce, we aim to beat the competition.

This is an amazing time to join Venditan. eCommerce is embarking on a golden age, literally responsible for half of the world’s GDP and we have ambitious plans to be an important part of the technology landscape.

Join us and together we will change the face of Retail and eCommerce.

Responsibilities and Duties

Venditan Commerce development; build new features, extending or maintaining existing ones

Working with MVC OOP PHP, MySQL, basic JS/HTML/CSS

Help to investigate and solve client problems using our centralised logging system (Datadog)

Integrating with third party systems, e.g. couriers

Writing specification based on client requirements and estimating time to complete the work

Reviewing other people’s code e.g. pull requests

Making sure the current and new features work reliably and performantly

Back-end deployments when necessary

Qualifications, Skills, & Experience

A must

3yrs+ Commercial software development; e-commerce or other complex applications

OOP PHP (7.*)

Working with MySQL databases

Familiarity with Apache or Nginx

Basics of Linux

Great to have

Familiar with PSR coding standards

Familiar with open source frameworks (e.g. Zend, Symfony, Laravel)

Developing API’s or SDK’s

Elasticsearch (NoSQL search)

Used Jenkins for CI/CD

GCP or AWS

Understanding basic of Docker/Containers

Naturally curious about innovative and novel approaches to software development

Applies consultative, first principles approach to understanding problems

Willing to collaborate, share knowledge, and contribute to the higher purpose

Able to autonomously self-manage and direct workloads

Committed and driven to get the job done

You believe in leading by example

Benefits & Rewards

Excellent salary

28/33 paid holidaysFlexible 37.5 hour week

Career progress and development

IDE budget provided

Cycle to work scheme

No dress code

Exposure to new technologies

Mastery of problem domain

Easy access to public transport

Snacks, beer, soft drinks, company lunches, company socials, champagne launches and lots more.

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