We are looking for a Full Stack PHP Software Engineer responsible for the development and maintenance of our award winning cloud based web applications.

What does the job involve? 

Your primary focus will be the development of our web applications, building APIs, consuming external data sources and developing back-end services utilising a combination of the Zend framework and AWS lambdas. You will be working in a small highly focused, yet relaxed team, following agile processes & principles to ensure a high level of code quality. Working towards CI/CD practices you will be an advocate for clean, tested, scalable code.

In addition to back-end focused developers, you will also be working in a cross functional team with front-end designers, developers, automation engineers, mobile application developers and the product teams. Therefore, commitment to collaborative problem solving, clean code and creating high quality products are essential.

 Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into high quality, tested, and secure code
• Design, build & maintain highly performance, reliable and reusable code
• Tackle complex projects using Agile principles in line with business priorities
• Identify and fix bugs or performance issues
• Build new features for the client facing web applications
• Build new APIs for mobile and web applications
• Consume external 3rd party API services
• Contribute to our CI/CD objectives.

Competence:

• Strong PHP knowledge with full stack, front and back-end development experience using either Zend, Symfony or Laravel.
• LAMP stack experience (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP).
• A strong understanding of programming fundamentals such as OOP, inheritance, & composition.
• Good understanding of Typescript and node.js
• Good knowledge of the fundamentals of REST API design.
• Good problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Knowledge of MongoDB beneficial.
• Knowledge of React would be beneficial
• Familiarity with Linux environments.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Previous experience with Amazon AWS & Docker would be beneficial

Knowledge & Skills

Core language and platform skills:

• Object oriented PHP 7.x
• MySQL, MongoDB
• Typescript / JavaScript
• Node.js
• XHTML
• CSS
• JSON
• GIT

Familiar with the following frameworks:

• Zend Framework 2 & 3 or Laravel or Symfony
• GraphQL
• Doctrine
• Composer
• React
• NextJS
• NestJS

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers, to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 449,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £71.5 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.

Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1100 employees and have been named one of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ for five consecutive years.

There are opportunities for growth and professional development for employees wanting to progress within their career including induction training and our study support scheme which is part of our benefits package.

There is an active programme of social events throughout the year, which are open to all employees.

What we offer:

• £50,000  £60,000 starting salary (dependent on experience)
• Generous holiday allowance increasing up to 30 days with service, plus bank holidays
• Holiday buy/sell scheme
• Hybrid working policy
• Casual dress code
• Discretionary bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Dedicated time for proof-of-concepts and assessing new tech
• Support to attend conferences, events, and meet-ups
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Free share scheme
• Paid study support for qualifications
• Enhanced maternity/paternity scheme from day one
• Bike loan
• Season ticket loan portal
• Discounted PMI and Dental
• On-site gym and personal trainer led classes
• Paid volunteering opportunities
• Free social events and more

This role is available under our hybrid working scheme. Ideally we're looking for people who are within commuting distance of one of our offices however for certain roles we can consider UK-based candidates who are further away - ask the recruitment team for more information. 

AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.