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

Server Side Developer

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