Senior PHP Developer

Join Net World Sports on our mission to become the world's leading sports equipment retailer. Nothing excites us more than finding hungry, talented individuals and unleashing them in a team capable of achieving incredible things.

• Collaborate with cross-functional Scrum-based development team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Mentor and support junior and mid-level developers, ensuring their professional growth and alignment with team goals.
• Maintain team processes for code reviews, testing, and task breakdown.

Process Improvement:

• Advocate for and implement best practices in TDD, CI/CD, and Software Design Principles.
• Work closely with the Leader, Product Owner and stakeholders to define technical objectives and timelines.
• Ensure high code quality and maintainability through testing frameworks, code reviews, and documentation.

Strategic Contributions:

• Drive innovation and continuous improvement within the development team.
• Work with the wider engineering and product teams to align technical efforts with business goals.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Act as a subject matter expert in software development, providing guidance to the team on complex technical challenges.
• Occasionally assist in infrastructure-related tasks, such as collaborating with DevOps to create or optimise CI/CD pipelines.

Technical Expertise:

• Deep expertise in PHP and JS/TypeScrpt
• Expertise with Symfony, Laravel and NodeJS frameworks.
• Proven experience with monolithic and microservices architectures.
• Advanced knowledge of MySQL, including complex database design and reporting.
• Strong experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD), unit testing, functional testing, and integration testing.
• Proficiency in API creation and integrating with 3rd-party APIs.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and CI/CD pipelines.
• Practical knowledge of Software Design Patterns and Software Principles (e.g., SOLID).
• Expert-level proficiency in Git.

Nice-to-Have Technical Skills:

• Experience with AWS infrastructure.
• Expertise with NoSQL databases.
• Knowledge of modern frontend JS frameworks.

Soft Skills:

• Well-versed in Agile methodologies, especially Scrum.
• Proficiency with Jira and Confluence for projects.
• Excellent mentoring skills, with a strong focus on supporting and developing junior developers.
• Strong communication skills, capable of fostering collaboration across the team.

• Health & Wellbeing- Workouts, Run Club, Nature Trail, Wellness Allowances, Gym Memberships, On-Site Gym (Coming Soon!), Golf Memberships & Mental Health Support
• 29 Days Annual Leave (Including Bank Holidays)- Increases with Length of Service
• Flexible Working Hours
• Social Events- Busy Schedule of Parties, Sports Tournaments, Charity Events & Lots More!
• Table Tennis, Pool Tables & Sports Equipment in the Office
• Additional Benefits Available- Vitality Private Health Insurance, Help to Buy Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, Discounted Travel Schemes & Lots More!
• Product Discount on Net World Sports & Affiliate Partner Products
• Subsidised On-Site Bistro- Serving Freshly Prepared Food Every Day for Breakfast & Lunch
• Employee Recognition- Bonus & Commission Schemes and Performance, Length of Service & Life Event Rewards
• Employee Support- Saving Schemes, Legal & Financial Advice, Parental Guidance

• Go above and beyond:Get stuck in and show your passion!
• Ideas over hierarchy:If you have an idea, speak up! It doesn't matter what role you're in, we want everyone to shout about ways the business can develop and improve.
• Be bold, move fast:We value speed; we make fast decisions, trust our guts and get things done as efficiently as possible.
• Keep it simple:Don't over-complicate it!
• Results driven:We embrace results that drive positive change, even if it means occasional failure. Mistakes are valuable as long as we learn from them and avoid repeating them.
• Growth:We're a fast-growing business and we want our staff to grow with us.