Lead PHP Developer

About ClearCourse

Join a rapidly growing collaborative of disruptive technology companies working together to build a great software and payments business, with exceptional people and the best products and services. 

Across our portfolio of software platforms, we’re creating an environment where talented entrepreneurs and businesses flourish. Our team is over 900 people strong and supports over 20,000 customers across the globe. 

We have 40 brands located across the UK and internationally, with two primary UK ClearCourse hubs, in which multiple brands are located in London and Preston. These market-leading software businesses form our five verticals; with our integrated payments platform, ClearAccept intrinsic to the entire organisation.

Working better together is central to everything we do, each time we add a new business we’re adding new ideas and innovation.

Our mission is to help our customers build great businesses with our industry-specific software and embedded payments solutions.

Job Overview

ClearCourse Membership Services – Solutions Division provides best of breed CRM and integrated digital IT and SaaS solutions to clients based predominantly in the ‘not for profit’ sector. The Lead PHP Web Developer will work with our multi-disciplinary team in the delivery of integrated web solutions, predominantly for the not-for-profit sector. The ideal candidate will be comfortable leading and working in a team environment across a variety of projects and in line with agreed schedules.

Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Working with PHP/Symfony as a senior software engineer
• Leading a team of other PHP/Symfony engineers
• Owning the application of good practice within the team
• Oversee and execute process improvements and the development of policies, procedures, methods, and tools in support of delivery.
• Line management, coaching and mentoring of other engineering team members
• Lead daily development team huddles for discussions on developments/progress
• Engage in technical discussions and collaborative problem-solving to devise innovative solutions for complex data handling and visualization issues
• Collaborate directly with the Frontend team to ensure coherent implementation and functionality
• Assist front-end team delivery of React front-end by liaising and coordinating back-end API work accordingly

Desireable attributes and experience:

• 3+ years as a software PHP/Symfony engineer
• Experience of modern engineering principles, practices and processes such as SOLID, OOP, MVC, REST, CD/CI, TDD, BDD and DDD
• Experience with agile methodology
• Experience with version control software (we use git/bitbucket)
• Experience in automated testing tools and frameworks (e.g. PHPUnit) 
• An understanding of security requirements to develop secure services.
• Experience with Docker and devcontainers.
• Exposure to Oracle
• Familiarity with Linux
• Experience with Jira administration
• Experience with bitbucket pipelines