Full Stack Web Developer

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:

• PHP/Laravel
• MySQL/
• HTML5/CSS
• JavaScript/jQuery
• Bootstrap
• Git

Beneficial

• Gulp/Sass
• Elasticsearch
• Amazon Web Services
• PSR 1-2 coding standards