Senior PHP Web Developer - Back End

Venditan; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading eCommerce technology company in Manchester is seeking a developer to enhance and maintain their robust technology platform. Candidates should have 3+ years of commercial software development experience, focusing on OOP PHP and MySQL. The role requires building new features, integrating with third-party systems, and ensuring high performance of existing solutions. As part of a team committed to innovation in retail technology, you will get to work with AWS, Docker, and more, contributing to a thriving industry.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of commercial software development experience, preferably in e-commerce.
• Strong knowledge of OOP PHP and experience with MySQL.
• Familiarity with web technologies including JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Venditan Commerce, building new features and enhancing existing ones.
• Integrate third party systems and handle backend deployments.
• Investigate client problems and provide solutions using logging systems.

Skills

Commercial software development

OOP PHP

Software design patterns

MySQL databases

Javascript

HTML

CSS

Apache

Nginx

Linux

Tools

Docker

AWS

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Laravel

Symfony

React

ElasticSearch

Datadog

GCP

Job description

Salary : £45,000 - 60,000 per year

Requirements

• 3yrs+ Commercial software development; e-commerce or other complex applications
• OOP PHP (7.
• Software design patterns
• Working with MySQL databases
• Basics of Javascript, HTML, CSS
• Familiarity with Apache or Nginx
• Basics of Linux

Responsibilities

• Venditan Commerce development; build new features, extending or maintaining existing ones
• Working with MVC OOP PHP, MySQL, basic JS / HTML / CSS
• Help to investigate and solve client problems using our centralised logging system (Datadog)
• Integrating with third party systems, e.g. couriers
• Writing specification based on client requirements and estimating time to complete the work
• Reviewing other people’s code e.g. pull requests
• Making sure the current and new features work reliably and performantly
• Back-end deployments when necessary

Technologies

• API
• AWS
• CI / CD
• Cloud
• CSS
• Datadog
• Docker
• ElasticSearch
• GCP
• JavaScript
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Laravel
• MVC
• MySQL
• Nginx
• NoSQL
• OOP
• PHP
• Symfony
• Zend
• Linux
• PHPUnit
• React
• Backend
• Web

More

We build robust eCommerce solutions for ambitious retailers & distributors

Venditan Commerce caters for independent retailers, medium-sized retailers and distributors. It adapts to every type of product mix beautifully.

Our vision is to create a secure future for independent retail in the UK. Our mission is to continually develop the technology that retailers need to thrive.

We are technology trailblazers in a £420bn industry. We create award-winning eCommerce solutions responsible for £100’s millions of sales. We hire the most talented software engineers in Manchester. We have invested over £12m in our platform. We are development led, and our people come first.

We push the boundaries of retail technology and innovation, backed by Google Cloud as the only UK eCommerce GCP Partner.