[Job] Lead PHP Developer - London, UK

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[Job] Lead PHP Developer - London, UK

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Type: Full-Time
Position: Lead PHP Developer
Scope:
---DESCRIPTION---
Our client is an innovative mobile start-up that is looking to disrupt the personal banking sector with their person-to-person money transfer app. They are a fun and sociable start-up and are looking for a like minded Lead PHP Developer to join their team in London. They are currently funded by VCs and the Senior Management team has experience from the likes of Morgan Stanley, Google and Yahoo!

They are looking for someone who has confidence in making an architectural decision, is able to set direction and keep discipline to deliver maintainable, well written code.

---RESPONSIBILITIES---
- Demonstrable experience in design, development and operational support of fault-tolerant distributed systems, with emphasis on PHP, SQL, and object-oriented programming techniques. The current platform is predominantly PHP-Symfony2, but we are looking for developers who understand the inner working of such framework rather that how to use it.
- Able to influence and promote best development practices
- Strong knowledge and passion for test-driven development, including the specification of detailed test cases, and writing integration and unit tests. Exposure to continuous integration tools, outside-in development, concept of continuous delivery, and if you speak gherkin - great!
- A record of active involvement in a number of full product lifecycles within agile environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and must be able to work effectively in cross-functional teams
- Not a stranger to topics such as: MVC and other design patterns, unit testing, behaviour testing, test driven development, mocking, stubbing, REST services, outside-in development, agile and lean methodologies

---REQUIREMENTS---
- You're interested in mobile payments and want to help shape the industry
- You get excited when you see customers using your applications
- You thrive working in an agile and collaborative environment
- You care about great design and user experience
- You have strong self-management skills, and love taking the initiative.
- Experience using GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins and other team tools

Location: London, UK
Start: Immediate
Duration: Full Time
Rate: £40,000 - £60,000 GBP + Equity / Share Options
Contact: Christine Kin-Yee Ng
Phone: (+44) 203 434 1112
Email: cng@saulpartners.com
Webpage: http://www.saulpartners.com
Remarks: Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK
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