PHP Developer - £80,000 - Hybrid (3x week in Watford) Overview: I am currently recruiting for a PHP Developer for one of my clients who are a global digital marketing and technology agency specialising in online gaming.
We are looking for a skilled developer who possesses strong technical skills in PHP, JavaScript and AWS and is comfortable working in a face paced, high transactional environment.
Role Responsibilities: Create effective solutions (inc. software designs) from product requirements Produce well structured, testable code Apply best practices (industry and internal standards) Make sure Solutions are performant and observable in the context of a high complexity, high throughput systems via metrics and monitoring Balance technical solutions with commercial constraints Provide technical mentorship to less experienced members of the team Own the technical solutions end-to-end including in production Essential Skills and Experience: Commercial use of a modern PHP 8+ with experience in development frameworks such as Laravel / Symfony desired Proficiency in developing in JavaScript/TypeScript working with NodeJS frameworks like NestJS and frontend frameworks like React.JS Experience in building platforms using event-based architecture and CQRS Experience of working with AWS Services such as Aurora, MSK Kafka, ECS, EMR.
Writing automated unit/integration tests for solutions Excellent practical understanding of SOLID principles and design patterns Hands-on experience with one or more DevOps tooling platforms Hands on experience engineering on high availability, high throughput OLTP platforms Good understanding of relational databases and MySQL and writing efficient database queries Package: £80,000 Free Gym membership On-site Chef provides free breakfast and lunch Free Parking Hybrid (3x week in Watford)