Job Title: Senior Developer
Languages: PHP
Term: Contract
Location: London, some ad hoc travel to Haddenham
The company:
Defaqto is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of financial information solutions to providers, intermediaries and consumers. We pride ourselves on our independence, can-do attitude and integrity. We offer a dynamic working environment with emphasis on personal development.
Job purpose:
Reporting to the Head of Digital, the Senior Developer will act as a lead technical resource for all projects relating to the Defaqto web site. This is the perfect opportunity for a LAMP developer to play a key role in creating enabling technology for a successful online and offline marketing company.
Responsibilities
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Design, build and support online applications in a LAMP environment
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Provide PHP programming and functionality for a wide variety of consumer-related websites, intranets, extranets and web-based applications.
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Be comfortable working with team members at all levels and departments within the organisation
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Be willing to share opinions and insights with business leaders on a daily basis in order to affect rapid decision cycles and effective technical solutions to business requirements
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Ensure all code adheres to established quality standards
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Maintain existing site content, when required
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Maintaining an awareness of issues and developments within the industry by reading the industry and financial press and familiarizing yourself with product literature, guides and brochures
Skills
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Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or commensurate work experience
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3+ years of PHP and MySQL development
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Knowledge of HTML, DHTML/CSS and Javascript
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Ability to translate business requirements into system design
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Ability to partner and work in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment
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Strong debugging skills and the ability to easily and quickly read and modify existing code
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Drupal module development experience
The role requires knowledge of:
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PHP 5
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MySQL
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AJAX
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CSS
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XML
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Drupal
Recommended:
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OpenX
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Template engine experience
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JSON
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Tiered cache systems
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Flex
Contact:
Andras Kora, Sr. Developer
akora@defaqto.com
Defaqto ltd
Caledonia House
23 Pentonville Road
London N1 9NG
http://www.defaqto.com