Senior PHP Software Developer – City London

Jas Gujral; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading e-commerce development firm in Central London is looking for a Senior PHP Software Developer. The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of experience in PHP and MySQL, with a strong focus on performance optimization and e-commerce solutions. The role allows for flexible working arrangements with 3 days remote per week, competitive salary, and career growth opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Career growth opportunities

Opportunity to work from home up to 3 days a week

Qualifications

• 5+ years proven experience with PHP and MySQL.
• Experience optimizing databases and caching technologies.
• Comfortable with back-end business logic and front-end development.

Responsibilities

• Develop software using PHP and MySQL, focusing on performance.
• Work with back-end logic and contribute to front-end development.
• Collaborate on a scalable e-commerce retail platform.

Skills

PHP

MySQL

LAMP

Linux

MVC

ORM

HTML

CSS/XHTML

jQuery

Memcached

Redis

Varnish

Job description

Overview

Senior PHP Software Developer – City London

The ideal candidate will have sound 5 to 10 years proven commercial experience with developing software with PHP and MySQL. Must have experience of working on a Linux server with good experience of database optimisation and caching technologies, such as Memcached, Redis or Varnish. Will also need to be comfortable working with back-end business logic and have experience of best-practice front-end development, using jQuery. Based in Central London you will be working on the development of a high-end, scalable e-commerce retail platform.

Responsibilities

• Develop software using PHP and MySQL on a Linux server, with a focus on performance optimization and caching technologies (Memcached, Redis, Varnish).
• Work with back-end business logic and contribute to front-end development best practices using jQuery.
• Collaborate on building a high-end, scalable e-commerce retail platform based in Central London.

What You Need to Bring to the Table

• At least 5+ years of commercial experience with knowledge of:
• PHP
• MySQL, including database optimization
• LAMP
• Linux
• MVC, ORM
• HTML
• CSS/XHTML
• jQuery
• Caching technologies such as Memcached, Redis or Varnish
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team and operate to tight deadlines
• Sense of humour

Advantageous But Not a Must

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

Benefits & Salary

• Competitive Salary: £45K - £60K
• Career Growth and Financial Stability
• Excellent Benefits: Opportunity to work up to 3 days a week from home
• Please send your CV to us in Word format.