Senior PHP web developer/programmer Leeds - Sense Internet
Moderator: General Moderators
-
warning_uk
- Forum Newbie
- Posts: 3
- Joined: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:29 am
Senior PHP web developer/programmer Leeds - Sense Internet
Hi.
I was advised last week that this may be a good forum to post to...
Sense Internet is a web agency based in Leeds City Centre, and we're currently recruiting to grow our team... here's more info
The company
===========
Since its formation in the mid 1990s, this Leeds-based company has grown into one of the UK's leading new media strategy and development agencies, designing and building websites and intranets/extranets, and creating highly innovative e-marketing campaigns for clients.
The company delivers projects for a wide variety of market-leading brands and, as one of the UK's earliest web design companies, is one of a small number that has remained independent, unamalgamated and profitable throughout its history.
The award-winning company is passionate about the work it does, keen to maintain a good life-work balance for its employees and committed to working in a sustainable environment, while maintaining an element of fun. The company has a rare devotion to its staff, a team of great people and clients who are big enough to undertake projects of an interesting size.
The successful candidate
========================
The company is looking for talented programmers with first class credentials who would like to work somewhere that will allow them to make a difference.
You should be confident in your abilities, a good communicator and disciplined about completing work to a high standard. You should be self-motivated and committed to a long-term position with a successful web agency, while receiving good support from the rest of the team.
The package
===========
- 20 days holiday (rising to 25 days after 5 years' service),
plus 1 additional holiday per month
- A fixed 37.5 hour week (with paid overtime)
- Staff share / bonus benefits
- Stakeholder pension scheme
- DIS benefit scheme
- Income protection package
- Optional company medical scheme
- Flexible start / finish times
- Time put aside regularly for professional and technical development
For more about the specific role, please see
http://www.sense.co.uk/scale/#senior_web_developer_php
If you have any questions, just post them here, or email me directly.
Cheers for now
Dave Small
Software Development Manager
Sense Internet Ltd
I was advised last week that this may be a good forum to post to...
Sense Internet is a web agency based in Leeds City Centre, and we're currently recruiting to grow our team... here's more info
The company
===========
Since its formation in the mid 1990s, this Leeds-based company has grown into one of the UK's leading new media strategy and development agencies, designing and building websites and intranets/extranets, and creating highly innovative e-marketing campaigns for clients.
The company delivers projects for a wide variety of market-leading brands and, as one of the UK's earliest web design companies, is one of a small number that has remained independent, unamalgamated and profitable throughout its history.
The award-winning company is passionate about the work it does, keen to maintain a good life-work balance for its employees and committed to working in a sustainable environment, while maintaining an element of fun. The company has a rare devotion to its staff, a team of great people and clients who are big enough to undertake projects of an interesting size.
The successful candidate
========================
The company is looking for talented programmers with first class credentials who would like to work somewhere that will allow them to make a difference.
You should be confident in your abilities, a good communicator and disciplined about completing work to a high standard. You should be self-motivated and committed to a long-term position with a successful web agency, while receiving good support from the rest of the team.
The package
===========
- 20 days holiday (rising to 25 days after 5 years' service),
plus 1 additional holiday per month
- A fixed 37.5 hour week (with paid overtime)
- Staff share / bonus benefits
- Stakeholder pension scheme
- DIS benefit scheme
- Income protection package
- Optional company medical scheme
- Flexible start / finish times
- Time put aside regularly for professional and technical development
For more about the specific role, please see
http://www.sense.co.uk/scale/#senior_web_developer_php
If you have any questions, just post them here, or email me directly.
Cheers for now
Dave Small
Software Development Manager
Sense Internet Ltd
- jaoudestudios
- DevNet Resident
- Posts: 1483
- Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:32 am
- Location: Surrey
Re: Senior PHP web developer/programmer Leeds - Sense Internet
Senior developer with OOP PHP, MySQL, Linux, HTML and potentially js, ajax for 23-25k. GOOD LUCK!
Re: Senior PHP web developer/programmer Leeds - Sense Internet
Reading Job Adverts 101: If the salary spec is low it's because the expectations of the employer are low.jaoudestudios wrote:Senior developer with OOP PHP, MySQL, Linux, HTML and potentially js, ajax for 23-25k. GOOD LUCK!
You'd be surprised how many developers see their role as someone who goes into the office, does what they're told to do, and goes home again, rather than someone who can come up with creative and exciting solutions, write frameworks, build innovative stuff, that sort of thing. If a company doesn't want another innovator on the team, mainly because those sorts of people cost a lot more, then they'll put out an ad with a relatively low salary spec. They want someone to whom coding is just a job rather than someone who's passionate about it.
Eg not someone who's helping people out on a PHP forum at 8:30 on a Sunday night.
- jaoudestudios
- DevNet Resident
- Posts: 1483
- Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:32 am
- Location: Surrey
Re: Senior PHP web developer/programmer Leeds - Sense Internet
Haha true
But even so, someone who just codes and all those languages is quite a specialist and deserves a decent salary. Its not like excel when one can lie and guess it all in the office by clicking a few options trying to get it to work.
But even so, someone who just codes and all those languages is quite a specialist and deserves a decent salary. Its not like excel when one can lie and guess it all in the office by clicking a few options trying to get it to work.
Re: Senior PHP web developer/programmer Leeds - Sense Internet
Well, £25k is about the national average, and it's in Leeds which is pretty cheap..jaoudestudios wrote:But even so, someone who just codes and all those languages is quite a specialist and deserves a decent salary.
-
warning_uk
- Forum Newbie
- Posts: 3
- Joined: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:29 am
Re: Senior PHP web developer/programmer Leeds - Sense Internet
Thanks for the feedback. To respond to this, Sense Internet believes in a good life-work balance, which doesn't require people to work more than 37.5 hours a week, and gives 35 (rising to 40) days' holiday a year. Unlike many companies, we believe that 37.5 hours/week should mean 37.5 hours/week, not 50 or more.jaoudestudios wrote:Senior developer with OOP PHP, MySQL, Linux, HTML and potentially js, ajax for 23-25k. GOOD LUCK!
I do realise that we may need to offer more than 25k to the ideal candidate, but it's interesting how many people like the package that we offer (which includes a profit share, and a share ownership), but don't fully understand that the package has to be realistic when we're giving 8 weeks' holiday a year
This role is working with a team of 7, and is not a team leader role. I hope we've got the salary range right, within 2-3k...
Dave
Re: Senior PHP web developer/programmer Leeds - Sense Internet
That's a very interesting approach. It's not one that would suit me (I used a total of 1 day of my 20 days holiday allocation last year) but I can understand the appeal.
- jayshields
- DevNet Resident
- Posts: 1912
- Joined: Mon Aug 22, 2005 12:11 pm
- Location: Leeds/Manchester, England
Re: Senior PHP web developer/programmer Leeds - Sense Internet
I hope people are still posting jobs like this in England regularly when I've finished my degree come July. Don't you require any sort of educational qualifications from the candidate? If not, then how would you know they are capable? Some sort of trial period?
-
warning_uk
- Forum Newbie
- Posts: 3
- Joined: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:29 am
Re: Senior PHP web developer/programmer Leeds - Sense Internet
Hehe - yeah - we have a three-stage interview process, and a three month probationary period for any new-starters... we generally have a pretty good idea of someone's ability by the end of the interview process... so I don't want you to worry for us too muchjayshields wrote:Don't you require any sort of educational qualifications from the candidate? If not, then how would you know they are capable? Some sort of trial period?
Cheers