Backend Software Developer
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from £35000

We’re looking to welcome a new member to our team of talented developers to help us deliver a wide range of bespoke software projects.

Apply if you like

  • Solving problems – it’s core to our business and its the ethos that’s seen us delivering awesome software to happy customers for over 25 years
  • Variety – our expertise attracts a wide range of clients and projects, so we’re constantly learning and discovering new ways that software can transform our clients businesses! No two days are the same, so there’s no time to get bored!
  • Learning – we never stop learning. Whether it’s a new book, a training course or conference, we’ll support you in your hunger for knowledge and career development.
  • Flexibility – we’re predominantly office based but if you need to work from home or flex around childcare, we can make that work
  • Shiny things – we’ll provide all the hardware and software that you need to do your job effectively.
  • Beautiful surroundings – Alresford is a beautiful part of the world. It’s an easy to reach, idyllic market town, with shops, pubs and river walks all within minutes walk of the office giving lots of lunchtime options.
  • Chocolate and pizza – We hand out chocolate every week and we’ve got a pizza oven for lunchtime pizza parties when the weather’s good.

You will be trusted to

  • Design the back-end systems architecture 
  • Create beautiful, maintainable code
  • Work closely with the rest of the development team to deliver projects on schedule.
  • Integrate with front end interfaces
  • Deliver projects on web, desktop and mobile
  • See a project through its entire lifecycle
  • Meet and speak with clients
  • Integrate into the development team, sharing ideas, collaborating and supporting other team members
  • Learn new technologies and develop your skills

Skills and experience

  • At least 2 years commercial experience
  • Good analytical and problem solving skills
  • Computer Science/software related qualification at degree level
  • An understanding of software from a client’s perspective
  • An appreciation of front-end development 
  • Well-developed JavaScript skills in the context of Node.js etc
  • Server-side technologies centred around PHP and SQL 
  • Use of relevant frameworks, such as Symfony, Laravel etc 
  • Use of version control (git)