Remote Senior Backend Developer

We specialise in the recruitment of high quality candidates in the IT Development sector. We have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Backend Developer to join a high successful IT firm at the cutting edge of technology, based in Cirencester

You will work as part of a small team of back-end developers working on a market leading platform. Initially this role will be to help deliver an MVP platform and then going forward you will help develop a more robust and scalable architecture for future features and development work.

This role can be office or home based (Remote Working)

Senior Backend Developer’s Core Duties

• Hands on design and development
• Mentoring junior members of the team
• Ensuring development standards are met and followed
• Participating in daily stand-up meetings
• Reviewing pull requests
• Producing design documentation
• Helping in requirement gathering where required
• Working with other developers to deliver high-quality solutions against user requirements

Senior Backend Developer’s Key Requirements

• 3+ years' experience building enterprise grade software solutions
• 3+ years' experience of Laravel framework (ideally 7.x), including Facades, Service Providers, Eloquent and Authentication
• (3+ years' PHP knowledge (ideally v7)
• Experience of writing efficient MySQL queries
• Experience of working in an Agile environment
• Experience of integrating third-party APIs
• Test-driven development experience (TDD) using phpunit
• The ability to work both independently and as part of a close-knit team
• Quality-driven approach to documentation and coding
• Background knowledge of Fintech (insurance), not essential
• Experience with GraphQL, not essential
• Experience with docker and Kubernetes, not essential
• Working knowledge of React/Redux, not essential

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