Senior PHP Developer (Remote)

No recruiters or applicants residing outside of the UK will be considered.

This is a full time position as a Remote Senior PHP Developer within a small but driven company. The position will be fully remote, however there will be an expectation to be in an office 2 - 3 times a year at various locations in the UK. We require at least 5 years experience in a similar role, we’d love to see some example applications you’ve created and may ask you to create a very small app based on our spec.

The ideal candidate has good knowledge of eCommerce and must have a positive, friendly and personable attitude for direct communication and interaction with clients.

Responsibilities:

• Developing new features and API’s in Laravel
• Working on unit tests as well as wider performance optimisation
• Maintenance of legacy code base (bespoke PHP build in the Yii2 framework)
• Integrating platforms with third parties (e.g. Finance applications, payment gateways)
• Communicating directly with clients in a clear, concise and non technical way
• Performing code reviews and supporting other developers
• Supporting with the planning of more complex projects
• Managing, Updating, Upgrading cloud based web servers and services such as AWS, Hetzner Cloud and Cloudflare Pages

Required Experience

• Extensive experience developing with PHP and Laravel
• A good knowledge of PHP design patterns, unit testing and security.
• Experience working as a Senior Developer
• Previous experience working in an dynamic, agile (ideally SCRUM) environment
• Strong working knowledge of AWS and linux based servers
• Frontend development knowledge and experience of JavaScript and Vue will be hugely beneficial
• Experience with building and using RESTful APIs

About Rework Digital

Primarily we're a bespoke web development company. We put a big focus on honesty, so if we don't believe what is proposed by a client offers any value or won't make a difference, we'll tell them. We know that some clients aren't experienced with digital, so we'll help guide and educate them. And if we ever get it wrong, we'll say we're sorry, learn from it and correct it.

We are a UK company and hire UK based remote web developers.

Our technology

Our web development is built on PHP platforms and frameworks with web applications utilising the power of Laravel for back-end processes. We also utilise front-end technologies like Vue.js and Astro, so knowledge of these will enhance any portfolio we review. REST APIs are utilised to integrate and extend the services we provide to our array of clients. We also partner with multiple server / hosting providers such as AWS and Hetzner to offer the best experience and value to our clients.

Benefits

• Fully remote
• Company events
• Pension scheme
• Vitality private healthcare membership after 1 year of service
• In-house SAAS project with profit share scheme
• Flexible working hours
• Unlimited annual leave
• Personal development – We’re committed to helping you grow not just as a person, but helping your career development too with relevant courses and investing into new technologies to further your development as part of an ever growing business.