Senior PHP Developer - Remote

Snappy Shopper; Stirling; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and fast-paced start-up leading the Q-commerce grocery sector! As a Senior PHP Developer, you will play a crucial role in extending APIs, developing new features, and optimizing performance. Collaborate with a talented tech team to enhance our platform and support local businesses. This role offers the chance to grow professionally in a high-growth environment while making a significant impact on the community. If you thrive in a collaborative and innovative setting, this opportunity is perfect for you. Embrace the adventure of working in a tech start-up and be part of a mission-driven team!

Qualifications

• Considerable experience coding with PHP and knowledge of Laravel or Symfony.
• Experience with MySQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and GIT version control.

Responsibilities

• Develop new features and APIs in Laravel while maintaining legacy code.
• Integrate platform with third parties and perform code reviews.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

Symfony

MySQL

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

GIT

Unit Testing

REST APIs

Job description

About Us

Snappy Shopper is the market leader in the growing Q-commerce convenience grocery sector, worth £41b in the UK. We serve independent retailers and most major convenience store players, including Spar, Nisa, Premier, and Booker.

Snappy exists to enable local high street businesses to serve their customers online so that local communities thrive, and revenue stays local. Retailers have seen revenue uplifts of between £5k and £120k per month, making the platform mission-critical to local business.

Our location

We are a Scottish start-up with 140 colleagues based around the UK. Our Head Office is located in Dundee, with a second office in Edinburgh.

This role can be offered on a fully remote, UK-based contract. Occasional travel to our offices or retailers may be required.

About the team

Our PHP team plays a key role in the development of our apps, website, and all other technical components that make up Snappy. We’re a fast-change, high-pace start-up where our tech team is always working on a range of new developments and fixing bugs/issues.

About the Role

Reporting into our Lead PHP Developer, you’d be one of several Senior PHP Developers working on both new product/release development and fixes/changes to our existing products. You’ll also collaborate with the wider tech team and the business to communicate and prioritize key deliverables.

Duties will include (but are not limited to):

• Extending our APIs for our App Development team
• Developing new features and APIs in Laravel
• Working on unit tests and wider performance optimization
• Maintenance of our legacy code base (bespoke PHP)
• Integrating our platform with third parties (e.g., EPOS and payment gateways)
• Performing code reviews and supporting less experienced developers
• Assisting in the planning of more complex projects

About You

To be considered for this role, you will have:

• Considerable experience coding with PHP
• Demonstrable knowledge of Laravel, Symfony frameworks, or similar
• Knowledge of MySQL with large data sets
• Experience with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, as well as GIT version control
• Unit testing experience—ideally within a TDD environment
• Able to write and interpret REST APIs
• Strong interpersonal skills

Who you are is as important to us as what you can do. Do these values and behaviors sound like something that would come naturally to you?

• Community: You’ll work in a team of Subject Matter Experts and understand their priorities while sharing your knowledge with the wider business.
• Be Snappy: Work at pace, learning as you go and from yours and others’ errors.
• Breaking Barriers: You’ll challenge others to create best practices and be willing to try new approaches.
• Craic on: You’ll thrive working with a diverse range of colleagues in a mostly remote working environment.

If you think you’ve got what it takes but are hesitating…

At Snappy, we’re all about Community, from the inside out. We hire great people from all walks of life with diverse backgrounds that make our business stronger. We welcome everyone at Snappy who shares our values.

What’s in it for you

If you’ve not already experienced it, time in a high-growth Tech start-up is a whole new adventure! As the Company grows, so will your professional growth as you learn how to apply your learning to scale the business at pace. The entrepreneurial nature of our business means you get to work with passionate people about our community purpose and products. You’ll also be closer to where the action happens than most other companies, with the chance to deepen your commercial acumen and influence in a high-growth sector.

This role offers a competitive salary in a fast-paced environment.

Applying

Don’t forget to include a cover note that tells us why you are interested in the role and shares more about who you are and what matters to you.