Lead Software Engineer - PHP
On site
Birmingham, United Kingdom
£ 75,000 / year
Full Time
18-12-2024
Job Specifications
A Digital Marketplace on a Mission to the Moon!
There are companies that tick over, there are teams that plod, there are products that have aged and for some this is fine. Not us! We are game changers, disruptors and innovators.
AND, we are looking for you, an enthusiastic Senior PHP Developer, to join our team!
Who are we? Named as 'Europe's fastest growing E-commerce company' by the financial times. We are a Digital Marketplace and we're launching in 112 new countries, right now!
About You:
You are an experienced, talented, committed and enthusiastic Lead PHP Developer.
You have experience leading a team and projects across software engineering and development
You have strong Back End PHP/LAMP stack experience, sound knowledge of OOP, design principles and building quality, robust and reusable solutions.
You like people and working with them day to day!
You enjoy team collaboration when required but can tune-in and write quality, testable, reusable code, at pace and to high standards.
The Team:
A diverse and friendly team with bags of energy.
Talented software & web developers working on 15+ big, data heavy websites, platforms, web & mobile apps.
Our marketplace is growing exponentially month to month and requires scalability and performance enhancement on a daily basis.
Successful developers in this team demonstrate passion and enthusiasm and a willingness to contribute to team goals, help others and to keep improving and evolving their own skills.
The tech stack:
OOP, PHP 8+
MySQL, LAMP
MVC frameworks including Laravel
GIT/Source Control
HTML, CSS, JavaScript
GCP/AWS
This position provides the successful candidate with the exposure to the very latest in web technology release as well as the opportunity to work on multiple projects.
APPLY NOW! - Please send your CV or an introduction email to (see below)
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
About the Company
Spectrum IT Recruitment is a Software & Technology recruitment specialist formed in 2008 with the purpose of delivering customer driven services to the Software, Web and Technology sectors across the South of England. Established for 15 years, employing 30 staff and demonstrating year on year growth, Spectrum IT is one the UK's leading IT recruitment agencies with a strong brand name and a reputation of professionalism and integrity. Our success is built on strong moral values and providing first class customer service t... Know more
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