Senior PHP/JavaScript Developer - Agile, CMS & APIs

University of the Arts London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Maternity/Paternity pay (26 weeks)

Job summary

University of the Arts London (UAL) seeks a Senior Developer for the Digital Services Group to deliver new digital functionality and support across student information, booking services, the main site, and portfolios using PHP, JavaScript, HTML5 and related tech.

You will work with core CMS systems, collaborate with development teams, design foundational systems to modernise the tech stack, and contribute in an Agile environment with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of developing websites and web applications using PHP8+, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, AJAX/JSON.
• Good working understanding of CMS and frameworks such as Drupal, WordPress, Craft and Laravel.
• Proficiency and application of WCAG2.2 accessibility guidance.
• Knowledge of microservices, APIs (build and integration) and cloud services (AWS).
• Strong stakeholder management experience, along with high level inter-personal and communication skills.
• Experience working as a member of a development team, providing support, mentoring and cover where needed.
• Experience of Agile and Scrum, as well as other software and product development and delivery methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Delivering new digital functionality and web development support for UAL’s digital products.
• Collaborating with development teams to produce new functionality across CMS-based platforms.
• Designing and building foundational systems to modernise the tech stack and working in an Agile environment.

Skills

PHP

MySQL

JavaScript

HTML5

CSS3

AJAX/JSON

CMS

Drupal

WordPress

Craft

Laravel

WCAG2.2

APIs

AWS

Stakeholder management

Agile/Scrum

Tools

Drupal

WordPress

Craft

Laravel

AWS

Job description

University of the Arts London (UAL) seeks a Senior Developer for the Digital Services Group to deliver new digital functionality and support across student information, booking services, the main site, and portfolios using PHP, JavaScript, HTML5 and related tech.

You will work with core CMS systems, collaborate with development teams, design foundational systems to modernise the tech stack, and contribute in an Agile environment with stakeholders.