What will you do?

• Coordinate with other developers in the team to create reliable, scalable and flexible web and mobile applications, ensuring they are well tested and delivered according to the project schedule.
• You will also assist in interpretation and understanding of project requirements and suggest technical solutions. You will be responsible for managing data and applications that are critical to the business, which requires a solid understanding of server configuration and database management.
• It's also important that you research and evaluate new technologies and maintain an understanding of industry best-practices with regards to application design, security, performance and web development standards.

Your experience & skills:

Essential:

• You must have at least 4 years experience of delivering PHP-based web applications
• A solid understanding of the software development process, including use of version control and continuous integration systems.
• Expertise in relational database design, optimisation and maintenance.
• With a diverse team spread between London and Cape Town, it's vital to maintain strong communications between stakeholders. You must be proactive in keeping the team up-to-date with development progress and self-disciplined in managing your time.
• Excellent problem solving and extraordinary levels of common sense.

Preferred:

• Modern PHP MVC frameworks, ideally Symfony and Doctrine ORM