Server Side Developer

If you are interested in applying, please email your CV to
Steve Judge, Lead Developer at steve@speed.agency or call on 01832 280 032

Job Description

Speed Agency is looking for a Server Side Developer to join our growing team of technical perfectionists to deliver ambitious projects for an exciting range of clients.

The ideal candidate needs to be self-sufficient, motivated, and enthusiastic, with a passion for technological advancements and personal professional growth.

We use a range of technologies and methodologies. Candidates will need to be proficient in, or willing to learn our technical stack and workflows, and work well autonomously, but also as part of a collaborative team on larger projects.

Our developers work on a wide range of projects from microsites to complex websites with multiple integrations and modules; developed on our bespoke Laravel-based CMS, and bespoke Software as a Service and online software solutions, as well as WordPress.

Job Responsibilities:

Design of technical server-side solutions
Hitting specifications well, on time, and with minimal bugs
Writing high quality, clean code that is paired with automated unit and integration tests.

Tech Stack & Methodologies

This is the tech stack we use. The more experience you have with any of the below the better, but do not feel you need to be a master of them all.

Skills
- Required
  - Experience creating automated unit and integration tests.
  - Strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming.
  - Strong understanding of RESTful API Development.
  - Experience working with SQL databases (such as MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, PostgreSQL)
  - Experience with source control, in particular, Git and pull requests.
  - Understanding of modern software design patterns.
- Great to have, but not required
  - Experience with automated browser testing (Dusk, Selenium)
  - Experience with Amazon Web Services.
  - Experience with Linux server administration.
  - Experience with containerization tools (such as Docker, Kubernetes)
Languages
- Required
  - PHP 7
  - SQL
- Great to have, but not required
  - Go
  - Node
  - Python
  - JavaScript (ES5, ES6)
  - HTML, CSS
Frameworks
- Required
  - Laravel (or experience with other MVC frameworks such as Symfony)
- Great to have but not required
  - WordPress
  - VueJS
Tools
- Ubuntu 18.04 – 20.04
- NPM
- Composer
- GitGulp
- Docker
- REDIS
Software
- MacOS
- PHPStorm
- Figma

Benefits

Salary bracket between £30k-£40k, depending on experience
25 days holiday + birthday + bank holidays
4% employer pension contribution
Companywide profit bonuses
Personal development investment
Great social calendar
Vibrant, ambitious culture