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)
- Required
- Languages
- Required
- PHP 7
- SQL
- Great to have, but not required
- Go
- Node
- Python
- JavaScript (ES5, ES6)
- HTML, CSS
- Required
- Frameworks
- Required
- Laravel (or experience with other MVC frameworks such as Symfony)
- Great to have but not required
- WordPress
- VueJS
- Required
- 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