Senior PHP Developer - Bare Metal
Are you passionate about software development and eager to define, develop and review new APIs? Can you work with the Agile / SCRUM methodology?
The Department:
Our international team at LeaseWeb Technologies is in charge of our scalability and automation platform. The Development department consists of around 90 techies, working in small scrum teams. Each of the teams is responsible for a different area of our software and infrastructure landscape, covering data center automation, product research & development (Bare Metal Servers, CDN, Cloud, Storage) and front-end implementations for our websites and customer portal.
We work in a cross functional environment with a DevOps philosophy. We are quickly moving towards becoming an agile company, and the Development department is certainly leading the way. There is a clear focus on innovation. Working on a scrum framework gives our teams a lot of freedom. It allows us to get our hands on the coolest projects and to be equal parts creative and effective.
What is the role?
As a PHP Developer you design, construct and support our systems written in PHP. Your responsibilities can vary from simple maintenance to very complex tasks in one of our innovative (Research and Implementation) projects.
Key responsibilities:
- Analyzing requirements and designs, developing and maintaining products and services
- Modifying existing software products to add new functions, adapt to new hardware, improve performance or enhance product usability
- Ensuring that all LSW applications are tested and deployed in an automated process
- Participating in all aspects from detailed programming to high-level systems design
- Participating actively in the team Scrum activities and registering the activities in JIRA
- Giving assistance to non-technical colleagues and collaborate with different departments (also non-technical) and customers
Who are you?
Our ideal candidate has:
- 5 years+ of PHP5 experience and Object Orientated Programming
- Understanding of MVC
- Experience with PHP frameworks is a plus (preferably Symfony/Symfony2, Laravel, Zend or CakePHP)
- Good knowledge of GNU/ Linux environments
- Knowledge of programming architectures and common Design Patterns
- Demonstrated experience with MySQL database design and implementation
- High level of MySQL (knowledge of NoSQL is a plus)
- Competent with revision control systems (preferably Git)
- Eager to play with new technologies and trends such as distributed systems, NoSQL, caching mechanisms, load balancing, CAP theorem
- Basic knowledge of ISP related technologies such as servers’ hardware and cloud technologies is a plus
- Self-motivated and able to prioritize, schedule and meet deadlines
- Willingness to take up 24/7 responsibility for their product (regular on-call duty)
What we offer
- Competitive salary, above market average + annual bonus
- Defined contribution pension plan and collective health care plan
- 25 days of paid time-off
- Free lunch
- Free parking
- VISA sponsorship when you are not living in the Netherlands.
- The possibility to develop yourself and build up your career
- Team fun events, including a full two-day hackathon every quarter
- Ping-pong, game consoles, chilling area, monthly happy hours and other fun events
- The chance to leave your mark in a company that grows quickly but still manages to keep a pioneer spirit.
Want to apply?
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