Building distributed services, such as tools & features for high-performance eCommerce websites, retail business process tools, EPoS systems, mobile application services and more.
We believe in securing the future of independent retail in the UK. We are doing this by building software that delivers; scaling, fast, secure, powerful, and beautiful retail customer experiences.
We don’t just use PHP to build eCommerce websites, we use many technologies to help our clients redefine eCommerce and traditional Retail commerce with; powerful, highly intuitive, and sophisticated business software.
You will build distributed services, such as; tools & features for high performance eCommerce websites, retail business process tools, EPoS systems, mobile application services, warehouse & inventory systems, payments & security systems, marketing solutions, analytics tools, and lots more.
As a senior developer you will be trusted and expected to; pragmatically self navigate, learn & share, write logical-clean-code and ensure performance targets are exceeded. We are passionate about software development and what we produce, we aim to beat the competition.
This is an amazing time to join Venditan. eCommerce is embarking on a golden age, literally responsible for half of the world’s GDP and we have ambitious plans to be an important part of the technology landscape.
Join us and together we will change the face of Retail and eCommerce.
Responsibilities and Duties
Venditan Commerce development; build new features, extending or maintaining existing ones
Working with MVC OOP PHP, MySQL, basic JS/HTML/CSS
Help to investigate and solve client problems using our centralised logging system (Datadog)
Integrating with third party systems, e.g. couriers
Writing specification based on client requirements and estimating time to complete the work
Reviewing other people’s code e.g. pull requests
Making sure the current and new features work reliably and performantly
Back-end deployments when necessary
Qualifications, Skills, & Experience
A must
3yrs+ Commercial software development; e-commerce or other complex applications
OOP PHP (7.*)
Software design patterns
Working with MySQL databases
Basics of Javascript, HTML, CSS
Familiarity with Apache or Nginx
Basics of Linux
Great to have
Familiar with PSR coding standards
Familiar with open source frameworks (e.g. Zend, Symfony, Laravel)
Developing API’s or SDK’s
Elasticsearch (NoSQL search)
Used Jenkins for CI/CD
GCP or AWS
Experience using Kubernetes
Understanding basic of Docker/Containers
Behaviours & Values
Naturally curious about innovative and novel approaches to software development
Applies consultative, first principles approach to understanding problems
Willing to collaborate, share knowledge, and contribute to the higher purpose
Able to autonomously self-manage and direct workloads
Committed and driven to get the job done
You believe in leading by example
Benefits & Rewards
Excellent salary
28/33 paid holidays
Flexible 37.5 hour week
Career progress and development
IDE budget provided
Childcare vouchers
Cycle to work scheme
No dress code
Relaxed environment
Exposure to new technologies
Mastery of problem domain
Easy access to public transport
Snacks, beer, soft drinks, company lunches, company socials, champagne launches and lots more.
