Back-End PHP/Laravel Developer

About the job

We?ll keep our job description simple and to the point - what we expect from you, what you can expect from us, and the benefits of working with us. We are looking for a backend/PHP developer to join our small, agile team in bringing exciting websites and applications to life while supporting the fantastic work that our team has already produced. 

On the average day, you may:

• Perform a mix of new development, enhancements, and maintenance development using PHP 8.x, Laravel and JS.

• Integrate with, or build out 3rd party APIs

• Collaborate with teammates, solving problems or implementing new processes and practices

• Join meetings with clients to understand requirements and add technical knowledge

• Document features, technical specifications & infrastructure

Required skills/experience:

• PHP: 2-3+ years, with PHP8.x experience

• Laravel: 1-2 years+, with v9/10/11 experience

• Filament/Nova: 6+ months experience

• MySQL: 2-3+ years experience

• JavaScript: 1+ years experience

• Git/Github

Bonus skills:

• Linux/*nix command line/configuration

• Build tools, such as Webpack/Vite

• Server management/configuration, such as: nginx/Apache/crontab

• Amazon Web Services (inc Lambda/Cloudwatch/RDS/EC2)

• Laravel 1st party software (like Vapor/Forge/Cashier)

• MacOS experience (we supply and use Macbook Pro's to develop on)

• Vue/React/React Native experience

• Basic HTML/CSS skills

• Shopify API experience

• A creative eye/mind

About you

As a member of our team, we want you to:

• Get involved with your teammates' projects.

• Create exciting new websites and bring your thoughts and experience to the table.

• Work intelligently - using industry standard libraries and frameworks to speed up development, then writing bespoke code for the problems no one else has solved.

• Have time to play around and improve your skills - you?ll be given training materials and time to expand your skillset.

• Go home on time - our working hours are 9-6 (9-5 on in-office days) with an hour lunch (flexi-time available), and we're strict about maintaining your work/life balance

Our benefits are pretty good:

• Free lunches on Wednesday and Fridays.

• 32 days holiday a year (including bank holidays) + more free days off when we close down between Christmas and New Years Day.

• A fully stocked fridge of soft drinks and beer, Espresso machine and fresh gourmet coffee/teas to keep you energised

• Team drinks out roughly every month, and twice yearly team parties

• Loads of snacks/fruit/sweets to keep you fueled

• Subsidised gym membership

Some of the nitty-gritty bits:

• This is a split remote/office role, with 2 days a week (Wednesdays/Fridays) in our central London office

• This is a mid-weight role and therefore we expect you can work mostly independently with support from our senior backend developer and technical director. 

• Your code should be easily picked up and maintained by anyone on the team. 

• You need to be able to give realistic estimations of time to complete work and communicate openly throughout a project. 

• You'll need to have the right to work in the UK. Sorry, we can't supply a visa. 

In terms of knowledge and understanding, we expect you to have: 

• Excellent understanding of PHP and MVC frameworks.

• Good understanding of using and developing API?s.

• Good understanding of MySQL.

• Knowledge of version control systems, specifically Git.

• Nice to have: knowledge/experience of continuous integration.

• Knowledge of software testing using frameworks such as PHPUnit/Dusk.

• Awareness of web markup, including HTML, CSS and JS.

• Basic understanding of CSS pre-processing, such as LESS/SASS.

• Good understanding of vanilla JavaScript, and common libraries and frameworks, such as Vue.js, React,, etc.

• Basic knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image. Familiarity with Photoshop/Sketch/Figma is a plus.

• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.

• Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that site will adhere to them.

Salary range: 

£36,000 - £49,000 p/a, depending on experience.