Software Developer PHP

139
Glasgow
Permanent
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About us
 
We have been at the heart of the UK energy market for 25 years and are today playing a critical role in decarbonising the UK energy system. As a major energy services and smart metering company with technology, data and sustainability at the core of our ethos and business model, SMS is committed to delivering the future of smart energy.
 
We are proud of being both an equal opportunity employer and an accredited real living wage employer! We look out for our customers and our focus is ‘putting our people first’.
 
Our people enable us to do all of this by living our 5 core values: Safety, Customer excellence, Sustainability, Innovation and Pride
 
 
The Role
 
Reporting directly to the Tech Lead, the Software developer will work as part of a multi-disciplinary scrum team tasked with designing, building, testing, deploying, operating and maintaining internal software applications at SMS Plc.  The role requires software to be engineered to a high standard of quality and maintainability using best practices and tools.
 
 
Typical Duties
 
  • Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analyst and QA to deliver application changes requested by business functions
  • Investigate and fix root cause of application defects
  • Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable and reliable code
  • Help maintain code quality with a high level of automated test coverage
  • Collaborate in reviews of specifications, with others as appropriate
 
Skills 
 
  • Good knowledge of PHP programming language is essential
  • Good knowledge of SQL is essential
  • Understanding of object-oriented programming and SOLID principles is essential
  • Ability to write clean, readable and easily maintainable code is essential
  • Familiarity with Symfony framework 
  • Familiarity with SugarCRM 
  • Knowledge of unit testing methodologies and automated testing platforms 
  • Proficient understanding of version control using Git 
  • Knowledge of Agile development processes 
  • Knowledge of AWS cloud computing services
 
Education and Professional Qualifications
  • Degree (or equivalent), preferably in computer science or related subject would be desirable  
 
Experience
 
  • Working with PHP as a professional developer or significant open-source contributor is essential
  • Working with relational database schemas and SQL queries is essential
  • Working with Git is essential
  • Working with Symfony Framework 
  • Working with SugarCRM 
  • Working in an Agile development environment 
  • Working with AWS cloud computing services

 

In Return 

  • 25 personal holiday days per year with additional allocation of 8 public holidays
  • After 5 years of service you will be rewarded with an additional 5 days annual leave taking it to 30 personal days and 8 public holidays.
  • Length of service cash incentive
  • Refer a friend bonus (£500)
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Corporate season ticket travel
  • Automatic enrolment into the Company Stakeholder Pension Scheme (will commence following 3 months employment)
  • Eligibility to join the Share Incentive Plan following 6 months employment
  • Life Insurance cover where your next of kin will receive 4 times your annual salary

 

 

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