Senior PHP Developer - Remote

Duties

Reporting into our Lead PHP Developer, you'd be one of several Senior PHP Developers who works on both new product/release development as well as working on fixes and changes to our existing products. You'd also work with the wider tech team and the wider business to communicate and prioritise key deliverable. Duties will include (but are not limited to):

• Extending our API's for our App Development team
• Developing new features and API's in Laravel
• Working on unit tests as well as wider performance optimisation
• Maintenance of our legacy code base (bespoke PHP)
• Integrating our platform with third parties (e.g. EPOS and payment gateways)
• Performing code reviews and supporting less experienced devs
• Supporting with the planning of more complex projects
  
  

To be considered for this role, you will be/have:

• Considerable experience coding with PHP
• Demonstrable knowledge of Laravel, Symfony frameworks or similar
• Knowledge of MySQL with large data sets
• Experience with Javascript, html and CSS languages as well as GIT version control
• Unit testing experience- ideally within a TDD environment
• Able to write and interpret REST APIs
• Real interpersonal skills
  
  

Snappy Shopper is the market leader in the growing Q-commerce convenience grocery sector, worth £41b in the UK. In addition to our independent retailers, we serve most of the major convenience store players, including Spar, Nisa, Premier and Booker.

Snappy exists to enable local high street businesses to serve their customers online so that local communities thrive, and revenue stays local. Retailers have seen revenue uplifts of between £5k and £120k per month, making the platform mission critical to local business. Our location We are a Scottish start-up with 140 colleagues based around the UK and our Head Office is located in Dundee with a second office in Edinburgh. This role can be offered on a fully remote, UK-based, contract. Occasional travel to our offices or our retailers may be required.

Who you are is as important to us as what you can do. Do these values and behaviors sound like something that would come naturally for you?

• Community: You'll work in a team of Subject Matter Experts and you'll be able to understand their priorities whilst being able to share your knowledge with the wider business
• Be Snappy: Work at pace, learning as you go and learning from yours, and others', errors
• Breaking Barriers: You'll be able to challenge others to create best practice and you'll be willing to try new approaches
• Craic on: You'll thrive working with a diverse range of colleagues in a (mostly) remote working environment
  
  

If you think you've got what it takes but hesitating… At Snappy we're all about Community, from the inside out. We hire great people from all walks of life with a wide variety of backgrounds that make our business stronger. We welcome everyone at Snappy that shares our values. What's in it for you If you've not already experienced it, time in a high growth Tech start-up is a whole new adventure! As the Company grows, so will your professional growth as you learn how to constantly apply your learning to scale the business at pace. The entrepreneurial nature of our business means you get to work with people who are passionate about our community purpose and our products. You'll also be closer to where the action happens than most other companies, with the chance to deepen your commercial acumen and influence in a high-growth sector. This role offers a competitive salary in a fast-paced environment.