Symfony Developer

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An exciting new opportunity has emerged, working with a leading distributer of games and role play games. This company is the best in Europe, distributing games such as Warhammer and Star Wars.

My client is looking to expand their Web team with a dynamic and focused Symfony PHP developer to work in their head office located just outside of Southend in Essex.

To succeed in this position, you will need a combination of strong web development skills and commercial awareness combined with a proven ability to create high end tools and applications. You will be rewarded with a competitive salary, 28 days per year holiday and significant promotion opportunities for the right individual.

Requirements:

*Extensive PHP (Symfony) development experience is essential

*Comfortable using JavaScript, and upcoming related technologies/libraries.

*Experience working with other front-end technologies such as HTML CSS and JavaScript

*Know what impacts the speed of a website from both the front and backend and take it into consideration with every piece of code you write.

*Have experience with and also be able to use a version control system. (GIT

*Experience integrating PHP and JavaScript through asynchronous requests or other modern techniques.

*MySQL experience for queries and command line fixes.

*Understanding of caching technologies and how they work and when they should be used.

*Debugging and code profiling experience.

*Knowledge of public API's and how to interact with them as well as how to build and manage your own.

The ideal candidate: