An international start-up led by one of the UK’s most successful tech entrepreneurs is looking for an enthusiastic junior content writer. We help international students find and enroll at their ideal university abroad, and we’re already working with more than 180 universities across 30 countries.



We believe incredible results can be achieved by a small team of super-smart, engaged individuals. We like to cut the waffle, make decisions fast, work collaboratively and get sh!t done. We also understand that we spend a huge amount of our life at work so it’s important for us to have fun and genuinely get on well as a close-knit team.



We’re looking for an enthusiastic and passionate backend engineer to work in our engineering team, which includes lead engineer, lead back end engineer, front end engineer, Q&A engineer. You will also be working closely with our product owner.



Senior PHP Developer - Key tasks & responsibilities:

Work collaboratively alongside the backend engineer team and ensure we develop and code the best product

Constantly improve yourself by learning new technologies and concepts following best industry practices

Take technical responsibility for your code within an engineering environment

The codebase is well structured, modular and efficient

Lead on the overall design software architecture and implementation for API and Databases

Ensure the quality of architecture and design of systems.

Challenge ideas.

Website development based on agreed specifications and graphical designs

Understanding business needs

Understanding technical roadblocks

Understand how the product needs to get built

Liaise with lead back end engineer, lead engineer, Q&A, and front end engineer.

Ensure all code that goes to production is of top quality

Ensure new and existing applications are scaled to meet expected demand

Identify and fix gaps in system reliability, such as production monitoring

Continuously improve the software infrastructure, such as the deployment process

Senior PHP Developer - Key skills & experience needed:

Highly proficient with PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, HTML & CSS.

Experience using modern JavaScript frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue, Node.

Experience using MVC frameworks - Laravel, Symfony, Zend

Creating REST APIs.

Ideally, you will have worked with things like Git, Grunt, Gulp, and Webpack.

Attention to detail.

You will have worked in an agile/scrum environment.

Senior PHP Developer - Desirable, but not essential:

You will have worked with cloud computing (ideally AWS).

Experience with Redux and React Native.

TDD, BDD.

TDD, BDD. Worked with remote team members when required.

Experience using distributed content delivery networks.

Involved with recruitment processes and hiring suitable candidates.

Involved with recruitment processes and hiring suitable candidates. Good understanding of SEO best practices.

Experience using an automated testing tool, e.g. Selenium.

Senior PHP Developer - Equipment provided: