PHP Developer

Either part or full time work, with flexible hours within a UK based remote company. £45-60k full time pro-rata About UsWe are a small, growing company which works with and supports Housing Associations throughout the UK.As a team we enjoy seeing how our work directly impacts and improves our customer’s daily processes, and we work closely with them to build and improve technology in the sector. We enable our clients to improve the ease of everyday communication with their tenants. After our recent strategic partnership with HomeMaster, we have ambitions to grow our company and the solutions we offer to better support our growing customer base. Our team of people works cooperatively from remote locations throughout the UK. We are motivated and nimble, supportive and creative. Our lives are more complicated than the 9-5, and we are able to work flexibly around our needs. Flexibility in the workplace enables us to fit work around life, whether that is spending time on the school run, running up a mountain, or giving our time to others. We find this leads to a more relaxed working atmosphere. Flexibility within our companies means that many of our team choose to work part time, some with reduced hours in holidays, and some take shorter days or later starts or finishes in the work day. We may currently be small, but in order to grow into the best company we can be, we want to work with a diverse and interesting team. If you are smart and hard working, we want to hear from you. Everyone has the right to be treated fairly. We try to put no barriers in place which stops anyone with valuable skills from applying. If you hesitate before applying, and it is something that we can help to resolve, we will be more than happy to hear from you. We value diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, age, disability, gender and gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, economic status or parental status. We are a fully remote UK based company. When we started Housing Online we wanted to bring the best team together and not be location restricted. This has enabled us to choose to work from where suits our lifestyles best, whilst working on the job we love. THE ROLEWe are looking for someone who is PHP proficient and able to write well designed, testable, secure and maintainable code. You must be able to take abstract feature concepts and turn them into fully implemented features with a focus on usability and the user experience. Our most important requirement is that you fit happily into the supportive and cheerful culture of our team. We want someone who is curious and can remotely connect and build professional relationships with us. What you'll be doing:Designing and implementing new sites and features, as well as supporting our existing PHP web applicationsMentoring other team membersOccasional internal third line support We’re interested in getting the right type of person in this role rather than ticking off a specific list of skills, but we do expect solid experience in:PHP, using OOP and MVCRelational databases and SQL, preferably MySQLHTML and CSSVersion control Experience in any of the following is a bonus:JavascriptAutomated testingAPIsCI/CDUK housing associations You will be working as part of a team, most of whom are developers, to build technologies for Housing Associations that support their mission in a cost effective and innovative way. Although not a requirement, any experience in HTML5, MySQL JavaScript or CSS/SCSS would be useful. Other technology skills which would interest us include AWS, Google Maps, RESTful APIs, Git, especially Gitlab, PSR-7 framework familiarity, Twig templates and Linux. We are a remote team so good written and verbal communication skills are essential. We are also looking for someone who is happy to work independently but is also able to work with others to work out a problem and find new solutions. To apply for this position, send an email detailing who you are and why you are interested, with a brief CV to sarah@housing-online.com. If you have any questions before you apply you can also drop us an email. If you look like a good fit on paper, we’ll schedule a short informal call where you can tell us more about yourself, ask us any questions you have. BenefitsWe try to make the work environment comfortable and relaxing. We ensure every team member has flexibility around the technology that they use. We will work with you to ensure the workplace you choose to base yourself from is ergonomically suitable. We believe in paying people well for the work that they do and offering a place of work that it is fun to be part of. We have a culture where work-life balance means that people stop working when they should, and where being away from work is important. We are a small team, so you will find yourself wearing many different interesting hats at work as we grow and develop, and you will be able to see the direct impact of the work you do on people’s lives. Our customers love what we do for them, which makes working here very rewarding.

Key Skills

• Mysql
• PHP