PHP Software Engineer

Job description
Company overview:

Team.Blue was created in June 2019 by the merger of the regional leading hosting

providers Combell Group, Register Group and TransIP Group.

team.blue is an ecosystem of successful brands working together across regions

to provide customers with everything they need to succeed online. 40+

successful brands make up the group; within those brands, over 2300 experts

serve its 2.5+ million customers across Europe and beyond.

Why choose team.blue?

We want every member of our team to achieve more than they thought was possible so that we can keep supporting our customers to succeed. We do this with:
• A diverse and inclusive culture
• Access to flexible working opportunities
• A relaxed, collaborative atmosphere
• Motivational, coach-style leadership
• Employee perks, including an enhanced holiday scheme and a birthday bonus.

What We Do

We make succeeding online as easy as it can be for our customers. We:
• Provide award-winning IT services.
• Keep our products accessible and competitive.
• Offer a diverse range of products to allow customers to grow.
• Are customer-obsessed, offering multi-channel exceptional support.

Our values

The five characteristics that drive our behaviours and the heart of our business culture.
• We put our customers at the heart of everything we do.
• We’re stronger together and we trust each other to do the right thing.
• We tell it like it is and keep doors and minds open.
• We treat each other with respect and regard.
• We’re always thinking ’what’s next?

Job Description

An opportunity has arisen for a PHP Developer to join our established Development Team. The successful applicant must have a passion for writing clean, secure and testable code, and a commitment to ongoing professional development. The role requires significant experience of Object-Oriented Software design principles and best practices and a good understanding of SQL and database normalisation. You will also need to have a working knowledge of javascript. PHP, JavaScript and MySQL applications form the core of all of Namesco's systems, including the email and web hosting infrastructures. As such, an understanding of the protocols underlying these internet technologies, such as HTTP, SMTP, FTP, SSH, TLS and DNS would be beneficial.

They will be working with sensitive and business-critical data which also requires a thorough understanding of security and data integrity issues on the Internet. Some knowledge of dependency and package management solutions for both PHP and JavaScript would be helpful, and an understanding of asynchronous JavaScript using promises would be a bonus. The successful applicant will have an enthusiastic attitude for their work with significant commercial experience in creating secure, high-performance web applications.

Required Skills And Experience
• Extensive knowledge of Object Orientated PHP.
• Solid understanding of software design patterns, principles and best practices.
• Ability to write modular, reusable code, without relying on frameworks.
• Ability to develop frontend solutions using JavaScript and AJAX .
• Relational databases and SQL.
• Unit testing with PHPUnit.
• Good understanding of security issues on the internet.
• HTML / CSS.

Desirable Experience
• Agile Software Development (Scrum, Kanban)
• RESTful Web Services
• Asynchronous JavaScript using Promises.

Working Hours:

The normal hours of the business are 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive. Some flexibility can be offered in start and finish times as per discussion with the hiring manager.

For the first two-four weeks training will be provided, on a full-time basis from our offices in Worcester, UK, which may be open for a discussion.

Following initial training, we will offer hybrid working which can be discussed with the hiring manager.

Right to work

At any stage please be prepared to provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Unfortunately, we are unable to support Sponsorship Visas.

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