Symfony Engineer

IQ-EQ; North East; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the RegTech field is seeking a skilled PHP Engineer to join their development team. This role involves working with Symfony and contributing to the architectural evolution of proprietary software solutions within an Agile framework. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in PHP development, a strong understanding of modern development practices, and a dedication to producing high-quality code.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of commercial experience in PHP and modern frameworks like Symfony or Laravel.
• Excellent English communication skills.
• Enthusiastic about learning and growing professionally.

Responsibilities

• Develop backend microservices using PHP and Symfony.
• Contribute to software architecture and resolve code issues.
• Write clean, efficient code in accordance with OOP principles.

Skills

PHP

Agile

REST API Design

OOP SOLID Principles

Unit Testing

Tools

RabbitMQ

Bitbucket

Jira

Job description

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The successful candidate will be working on the continuous development of our multiple proprietary RegTech software solutions, in an Agile environment. The engineer will be largely working on a LAMP based technology stack, using the PHP framework Symfony 7 and above, for developing the backend microservices.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a dynamic development team on the forefront of PHP application development
• Contributing to the continuing development of the software architecture of our applications
• Finding code solutions to business process specifications by programming new software modules, with exposure to the full technology stack
• Resolving bug fix tickets on the internally developed code base
• Liaising with superusers to identify and specify business requirements for new features
• Show an awareness of ongoing security risks and solutions
• Write well-structured, clean, and efficient code, in line with OOP SOLID principles

Qualifications

• At least 4 years’ experience in one of the modern PHP frameworks (experience with Symfony or Laravel is a plus)
• At least 4 years’ experience in the Agile/Scrum development methodology
• Understanding of microservice approach to application development
• Understanding of OOP SOLID principles
• Good understanding of designing robust REST API
• Experience writing automated unit tests
• Experience working with relational databases
• Knowledge of NoSQL databases is a plus
• Experience with queueing systems (RabbitMQ) is a plus
• Experience with caching systems is a plus
• Exposure to IDE environments and Continuous Integration tools (Bitbucket, Jira etc)
• An understanding of financial compliance processes is not necessary, but a willingness to learn and understand business workflows is essential

Qualifications and Experience

• 4+ years of commercial software development experience in PHP
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Enthusiasm to grow and learn from experienced colleagues
• Process-oriented working style with clear goal direction and output focus