Job Description

Reporting into the head of development this role requires significant experience of Object-Oriented Software design principles and best practices, such as working to PHP Standards Recommendations (PSRs), and a good understanding of the current JavaScript and CSS ecosystems. Familiarity with SQL and basic database normalisation is also required. PHP, JavaScript and MySQL applications form the core of all this businesses systems, including the email and web hosting infrastructures. As such, an understanding of the protocols underlying these internet technologies, such as HTTP, SMTP, FTP, SSH, TLS and DNS would be beneficial. Working with sensitive and business-critical data also requires a thorough understanding of security and data integrity issues on the Internet.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The successful applicant will have an enthusiastic attitude for their work with significant commercial experience in creating secure, high-performance web applications. Some knowledge of dependency and package management solutions for both PHP and JavaScript would be helpful, and an understanding of asynchronous JavaScript using promises would be a bonus. Some knowledge of the following frameworks would be desirable Zend, Knockout and Backbone as well as experience working in an agile environment.