Full Stack Web Developer Remote
Job description
Full Stack Web Developers
Remote or hybrid working arrangement (UK or US based)
Full Time – 37 ½ hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary circa £45k plus per annum plus pension and benefits
We need highly motivated and experienced Full Stack Web Developers with excellent PHP skills and experience of the Laravel framework to join our fast-growing E-commerce team who develop our global ecommerce web applications.
Work will require the ability to drive projects. Development will be front-end to back-end so skills with HTML and MySQL based databases are needed. Experience with Amazon Web Services is an advantage.
The role reports to the E-Commerce Development Manager who is responsible for both the development and operation of the websites.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is self-starting, highly organized and motivated and who is dedicated to producing high quality work.
This is an opportunity to work on the leading International wallpaper website, Wallpaperdirect and the website for the leading Decorator Centres in the UK, Brewers.co.uk.
Brewers are the largest independent decorator’s merchant in the UK, serving trade, consumer, and industrial markets from over 190 branches across the UK and online. Our successful family business has been trading for almost 120 years, which says something about our ability to anticipate and meet our customers’ demands through changing times and trends.
What does the role of a Full Stack Web Developer involve?
- Developing and maintaining high-quality, mobile-first, responsive web applications
- Taking project requirements and translating them into technical proposals and specifications
- Working closely with other development team members
- Implementing current best practice and coding standards
- Keeping up to date with industry trends and technologies
- Providing input into future developments
- Using a range of changing technologies
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate the following skills and experience:
- A minimum of two years’ experience in the same or similar role
- Expertise in the use of PHP particularly within the Laravel framework
- A strong working track record of developing and maintaining robust, responsive web applications
- Knowledge of best practices for web performance, usability, SEO, security and data privacy
- Experience of testing, integration and deployment processes
- An understanding of server architecture and cloud-based hosting solutions - ideally Amazon Web Services
- A demonstrable ability to proactively manage tasks, projects and issues
- An appetite for emerging technologies and an ability to quickly pick up new skills
- A hands-on, self-starting friendly attitude, be positive, passionate, persistent, creative and curious
Technology specific experience:
Essential
- PHP/Laravel
- MySQL/
- HTML5/CSS
- JavaScript/jQuery
- Bootstrap
- Git
Beneficial
- Gulp/Sass
- Elasticsearch
- Amazon Web Services
- PSR 1-2 coding standards
In return we offer a comprehensive benefits package consisting of:
- Competitive rates of pay
- 31 days holiday including bank holidays increasing with service
- Free life assurance
- 5% of your salary employer contribution to the pension plan (subject to employee contributions)
- We offer Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
- Brewers Colleague discounts giving you huge savings on your home improvements
- Employee Assistance Programme - accessible to colleagues, partner/spouse and dependants
- Access to Medicash, an optional contributory scheme where you can claim money back for the most common routine healthcare treatments
- Discounts and rewards with selected partners - major high street brands, supermarkets etc
- Additional financial assistance such as Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loans and Helping Hand Loan Scheme for times of crisis,
- Comprehensive Induction Programme
- After a qualifying period, you will also be eligible for additional benefits such as profit related pay, enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay and a chance to use one of our two Company Holiday Homes in Cornwall or the Lake District
To apply for this exciting opportunity, please click the Apply Now button on this page to complete the mandatory application form.
Please note – we have a specified timescale within which to appoint and train. This role may be removed from listings before the closing date if we are successful in finding an appointment.
Please ensure you fully complete the application process if you wish to be considered for this position. Due to the number of applications, we receive, we are unable to respond to any applicants that do not complete the process.
