Midweight PHP Developer
Posted By:
Greg Phipps
Salary:
Up to £35,000 DOE
Location:
Gateshead
Job Type:
Permanent
Category:
Information Technology
Central Employment are delighted to be working in partnership with a leading and hugely successful eCommerce Retail organisation, as they look to appoint a Midweight PHP Developer.
Purpose of the Mid-weight PHP Developer:
We’re looking for someone who is keen to hit the ground running with in-house web development projects, including a mix of new features, improvements and bug fixes as well as bigger projects. You’ll be maintaining the current portfolio of e-commerce stores and also be involved in longer term projects that will help the company grow.
Key responsibilities of the Mid-weight PHP Developer:
- Implementing new features and fixing bugs for the current portfolio of eCommerce stores
- Maintaining and optimising infrastructure to provide best performance across all stores
- Carrying out regular deployments ensuring stability is top priority
- Carrying out regular code reviews
- Implementing integrations between Magento, our in-house systems and 3rd
- Party services like Nosto and DotDigital
- Building bespoke modules to accomplish business requirements
- Providing estimates for scope of work
- Carrying out stringent testing on all sites and projects ensuring effective functionality is maintained
- Using industry insight and initiative to discover new ways to improve the current website portfolio
- Providing support for the in-house team with technical queries and troubleshooting current stores’ portfolio
- Mentoring junior team members
Key skills we’re looking for:
- At least 2 years of experience working in a commercial environment.
- Git/Bitbucket account with examples of your work would be very beneficial.
- Strong knowledge of PHP, MySQL and APIs (REST/GraphQL)
- Strong knowledge of website performance optimisation and security best practices
- Strong coding standards and methodologies
- Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Eager to learn and passionate about web technologies
Desirable experience:
- Experience in Magento 2 (Adobe Commerce Cloud)
