PHP Developer

One Utility Bill; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utility management company based in Newcastle is seeking a PHP Developer to enhance their core billing systems. The ideal candidate will have strong PHP experience and knowledge of RESTful APIs, coupled with a collaborative mindset. You will be an integral part of a talented team, offering a salary up to £55,000 along with excellent benefits including training budgets and health services.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

£1500 learning budget

Paid volunteering day

Private GP access

Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of relevant commercial experience.
• Experience with PHP and large bespoke SaaS products.
• Experience with designing, creating and consuming RESTful APIs.

Responsibilities

• Creating and maintaining industry-leading products.
• Working closely with key stakeholders to gather requirements.
• Providing expertise on complex features.

Skills

PHP

RESTful APIs

Linux

Git

SQL

JavaScript

Docker

Education

Computer Science related degree

Tools

Laravel

Vue.js

AWS

Stripe

Google Pay

Job description

PHP Developer

Permanent | £43k - £55k

We are seeking an established Developer to become part of our Newcastle-based development team. This role will focus on upgrading and maintaining our core billing and quoting systems. Candidates that have experience with systems that handle high volumes of financial transactions and customer payments will be preferred.

A little bit about us

We are a tech business that bundle household bills into one fixed monthly payment. One payment means easier finances, less time on the phone to suppliers, and less admin. It’s a game changer.

It’s also a gorgeous place to work. Everybody gets stuck in to make things work, the team will make you feel welcome from day one, and the office is near some pretty great pubs.

What you’ll be doing?

You’ll be part of a talented and diverse team that spans every aspect of the development process, including DevOps engineers, platform specialists, dedicated front-end developers, UI/UX designers, and versatile engineers skilled across the stack. You will be paired with an experienced developer right from the start to help with your onboarding, continuous training and professional development.

You can expect to be:

• Creating and maintaining industry leading products.
• Working closely with key stakeholders across the business to help gather requirements and shape the direction of exciting products and features.
• Providing your expertise when tackling complex features with non-functional requirements or resolving production issues.

A little bit about you

We need you to:

• Have at least 4 years of relevant commercial experience
• Have experience with PHP, ideally with large bespoke SaaS products
• Have experience with designing, creating and consuming RESTful APIs
• Have experience with reliability / high availability systems
• Care about the non-functional requirements - security, performance, reliability, but appreciate when to strike a balance
• Have experience using Linux operating systems & services
• Have an appreciation for modern software development best practices and development lifecycle.
• Be familiar with Git and working collaboratively using version control.
• Have a good understanding of networking principles and the HTTP protocol
• Understand database normalisation and have experience designing relational databases
• Be confident with SQL syntax and the writing of queries

We’d like you to have:

• A Computer Science related degree
• Experience with JavaScript
• Prior experience with Laravel and Vue.js or similar
• Have worked with payment gateways such as Stripe or GoCardless
• Experience with any of the following: Worldpay, Braintree, Apple Pay, Google Pay
• Familiarity with PCI DSS
• Experience handling payment / billing systems with throughput of £10’000’s
• Confidence using Docker
• Familiarity with different automated testing strategies
• Experience with a major Cloud platform (preferably AWS)
• Experience of CI/CD pipelines and maintaining live systems
• Experience conducting code reviews
• Used monitoring tools (e.g. Datadog, Sentry, Prometheus)
• Understand security principles and experience assisting with security issues

What you’ll get from us

You can expect a salary of up to £55,000 plus an uplift each year to say thanks

25 days holiday each year, plus the usual bank holidays. Too many? Too few? You can buy or sell up to 5 per year

Access to our shiny employee discounts platform, Magpie.

Up to £1500 for direct business benefit learning of your choice

️ A paid volunteering day with our chosen charities or a charity close to your heart.

️ Access to Simply Health for 24/7 access to private GP and counselling services and much more health benefits

Saving you money on your commute to work with our nifty corporate travel with Nexus and Go North East

️ Prefer two wheels? Get yourself a new set with our Cycle to Work scheme

Enhanced Pension Contributions once you’ve been with us for 3 years

️ Free independent mortgage advice from Charles Cameron & Associates

️️ Lots of socials like our weekly football and badminton games, team activities and fundraising events to support our chosen charities Newcastle West End Foodbank and Newcastle Dog and Cat Shelter - do you see yourself as the Bob Ross of our next paint & sip night or taking the crown in our annual table tennis competition?

We are also proud sponsors of our neighbours Ouseburn Community Farm which means we get to walk their goats