Senior PHP Developer

Jas Gujral; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech-focused firm in London is seeking a Senior PHP Developer with at least 8 years of experience. You will work closely with a passionate development team on a scalable e-commerce platform, performing development tasks, leading the team, and assisting project managers. A competitive salary of £60K - £65K is offered. Team leadership experience is an advantage.

Qualifications

• At least 8+ years of commercial experience and knowledge in PHP.
• MySQL experience, including database optimisation.
• Proficient in LAMP stack and Linux.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the development team to improve and grow a high-end, scalable e-commerce platform.
• Participate in spec writing and assist project managers.
• Conduct code reviews and provide architectural guidance.

Skills

PHP

MySQL

Database optimisation

LAMP stack

Linux

MVC

ORM

Unit Testing

HTML

CSS/XHTML

JQuery

Caching technologies (MemCached, Redis or Varnish)

Communication skills in English

Leadership skills

Teamwork

Job description

Overview

Senior PHP Developer

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 8 years commercial experience with PHP and MySQL working on a Linux server with good experience of Database Optimisation and Caching Technologies. You will sit just below the Tech Director and help perform some of the task that he does which are causing bottlenecks.

You will be working hand in hand with our passionate in-house developer team helping improve and grow, our high-end, scalable e-commerce platform. You will be expected to do development work, along with getting involved in spec writing, assisting PMs with project planning, code reviews, architecture overview and implementation and assisting with the Company road map.

You could either already be a Lead Developer/Development Manager etc. with full leadership over a development team.

Responsibilities

Work closely with the development team to improve and grow a high-end, scalable e-commerce platform. Perform development tasks, participate in spec writing, assist project managers with planning, conduct code reviews, provide architecture overview and implementation guidance, and assist with the company road map.

Potential to lead a development team or hold a leadership role such as Lead Developer/Development Manager.

Required Skills

• At least 8+ years of commercial experience and knowledge in PHP
• MySQL experience, including database optimisation
• LAMP stack knowledge
• Linux
• MVC, ORM
• Unit Testing
• HTML
• CSS/XHTML
• JQuery
• Caching technologies (MemCached, Redis or Varnish)
• Ability to share and communicate ideas clearly, both orally and in writing in impeccable English
• Ability to proactively lead development teams and provide technical direction
• Capacity to work independently or as part of a team and to operate under tight deadlines

Advantageous But Not Essential

• Great knowledge of Apache, specifically Mod-Rewrite
• Good working knowledge of Linux, including command line
• Server administration experience
• Ecommerce experience
• Smarty

Salary and application

Salary will be £60K - £65K.

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