Lead PHP Architect - Scalable E-commerce Platform

Nexus Jobs Limited; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexus Jobs Limited seeks a Senior PHP Developer to join our City London office. You will bring 8+ years of commercial PHP/MySQL experience on Linux, with a focus on database optimisation, caching technologies and scalable e-commerce platforms.

You will work just below the Tech Director, helping remove bottlenecks and drive technical direction. You will collaborate with an in-house development team on coding, spec writing, project planning, code reviews and architectural overviews.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of commercial PHP and MySQL experience on Linux servers.
• Experience with database optimisation and caching technologies.
• Ability to lead development teams and provide technical direction.
• Knowledge of MVC, ORM, unit testing, HTML/CSS, and jQuery.
• Excellent English communication, both written and spoken.
• Advantageous: Apache ModRewrite, Linux command line, server admin, e-commerce, Smarty.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimise our high-end e-commerce platform.
• Assist with spec writing, project planning, and road mapping.
• Participate in code reviews and architecture overview sessions.
• Provide technical direction and leadership to development teams.

Skills

PHP

MySQL

Linux

MVC

ORM

Unit Testing

HTML

CSS/XHTML

JQuery

Caching

Leadership

English

Tools

Apache ModRewrite

Job description

Nexus Jobs Limited seeks a Senior PHP Developer to join our City London office. You will bring 8+ years of commercial PHP/MySQL experience on Linux, with a focus on database optimisation, caching technologies and scalable e-commerce platforms.

You will work just below the Tech Director, helping remove bottlenecks and drive technical direction. You will collaborate with an in-house development team on coding, spec writing, project planning, code reviews and architectural overviews.