PHP Developer

IntecSelect; Watford; Hybrid; GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global digital marketing and technology agency is seeking a skilled PHP Developer to join their dynamic team. You will be responsible for creating effective solutions and ensuring high performance in a fast-paced environment. The role offers a hybrid work model with competitive salary and excellent perks including free gym membership and meals.

Benefits

Free gym membership

On-site chef providing free breakfast and lunch

Free parking

Qualifications

• Experience with modern PHP 8+ and frameworks (Laravel/Symfony).
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and NodeJS frameworks.
• Experience handling AWS services and high-availability systems.

Responsibilities

• Create effective solutions from product requirements.
• Produce well-structured, testable code.
• Provide technical mentorship to less experienced team members.

Skills

PHP 8+

JavaScript

AWS

DevOps tooling

SOLID principles

MySQL

Job description

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PHP Developer - £80,000 - Hybrid (3x week in Watford)

Overview:

I am currently recruiting for a PHP Developer for one of my clients, a global digital marketing and technology agency specialising in online gaming. We are seeking a skilled developer with strong technical expertise in PHP, JavaScript, and AWS, comfortable working in a fast-paced, high transactional environment.

Role Responsibilities:

1. Create effective solutions (including software designs) from product requirements
2. Produce well-structured, testable code
3. Apply best practices (industry and internal standards)
4. Ensure solutions are performant and observable in high complexity, high throughput systems via metrics and monitoring
5. Balance technical solutions with commercial constraints
6. Provide technical mentorship to less experienced team members
7. Own the technical solutions end-to-end, including in production

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Commercial experience with modern PHP 8+ and frameworks such as Laravel or Symfony
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, with experience in NodeJS frameworks like NestJS and front-end frameworks like React.js
• Experience building platforms using event-based architecture and CQRS
• Experience working with AWS services such as Aurora, MSK Kafka, ECS, and EMR
• Ability to write automated unit and integration tests
• Strong understanding of SOLID principles and design patterns
• Hands-on experience with DevOps tooling platforms
• Experience engineering high availability, high throughput OLTP platforms
• Good understanding of relational databases, especially MySQL, and writing efficient queries

Package:

• £80,000
• Free gym membership
• On-site chef providing free breakfast and lunch
• Free parking
• Hybrid work model (3 days/week in Watford)