Due to rapid expansion, we are seeking a Software Engineer to join our fast-growing e-commerce team. The position is full time and permanent and based at our Bredbury office.
The successful candidate will need to have 1-2 years' prior experience in PHP and MySQL development, including both front- and back-end work.
The role provides the opportunity to work on our Laravel platform and receive training in Magento. It would make a great role for someone who has a couple of years' commercial experience and is looking for the next step towards a senior position.
Qualifications required:
- Graduate with a minimum of 2-3 years' commercial experience in OOP PHP and MySQL
- A good degree in computer science/Software Engineering or a related field
Essential skills and experience:
- Excellent knowledge and experience of OOP PHP, CSS, HTML and JavaScript
- Very strong MySQL skills are a prerequisite for this role
- Strong MVC skills, including experience with frameworks (we use Zend in Magento and Laravel on other projects)
- Strong skills in the use of Git for version control
Desirable skills and experience:
- Experience of Laravel and/or Symfony
- Experience of front-end frameworks such as Bootstrap or Foundation
- Experience with Sass/Less
Benefits:
- Competitive holiday entitlement
- Health cover and death-in-service benefits, after a qualifying period
- Pension
- Monthly colleague recognition scheme
- Free on-site parking
- Unlimited free hot drinks
- Open plan, bright modern office
- Two luxury kitchens with top-of-the-range appliances including TVs
- Pool and table tennis tables for ultimate lunch time relaxation
- Company social events
- Regular fun days and charity events hosted in the office