Lead PHP Software Developer

About Friday Media Group:

Friday Media Group is a business with an international scope, where our primary purpose remains the same, to bring people and businesses together in niche industries across the globe. We do this in 4 key areas:  Marketplace Websites, Job Boards, E-Commerce brands and most recently, Web Services.

We are a progressive company with a start up mentality but backed by a 40 year history, owning over 30 different brands across multiple fields, making us experts in various industries. 

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Through our development house based in Bangalore, we innovate and deliver great products that are the heartbeat of our international brands. We believe success is built on people and teamwork. We need people that want to build great things and feel part of a team that delivers amazing products through a shared vision and direct input; not just working to a brief, but helping to continuously define it. 

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Our business is only as good as the products we offer, and a large part of that is reflected by the quality and passion of our development team. We have room for more great minds as we look to expand further. 

 

Website: http://www.fridaymediagroup.com

 

Why work at Friday Media Group? 

• Work for a company where your effort will be rewarded, your voice heard and your ideas implemented
• A competitive salary package to match the industry’s best
• Paid Time-off
• Medical Insurance coverage
• An exciting & easy going work environment
• Employee referral program
• Company sponsored events

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Job Description: Harnessing your raw talent, acquired knowledge and desire to keep learning, you will utilise your PHP abilities to enhance our existing web products and build exciting new solutions. As a digital marketing services company, we thrive on innovation and want to add people who exhibit a high degree of technical aptitude, creativity and commitment. You should be confident to put ideas forward (and encourage others with theirs). We are seeking problem solvers and engineers who approach development with a holistic view of the entire product. We look for individuals who can take a product concept and architect and develop sophisticated solutions. This is the calibre of talent we aim to hire for our lead PHP role.

Technical Skills: You are a good match if you have experience in the below technologies and tools: 

• Laravel or Symfony Framework
• Core PHP Proficiency is a bonus
• PHP, Oops, jQuery
• HTML5, CSS3, PHP-FPM
• Solr or ElasticSearch
• MySql, MariaDB
• Linux (Cent OS), Apache, NGinx

 

Other skills:

• At least six years of experience as a PHP Software Developer being able to clearly demonstrate PHP proficiency during this time.
• Experience leading a development team
• Experience with Agile & Scrum methodologies
• Familiarity with Devops model
• Experience in cloud based development and deployment
• A technical expert with the ability to generate new ideas and solutions.
• Proven experience leading a team of developers.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

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You will be responsible for:

• Developing new web applications on our Local Marketplace and Niche Marketplace platforms
• Interfacing with Product Development, Project Management, Business Analysis and the Internal Development teams in UK
• Learning new technologies & trends
• Coaching and mentoring junior team members when and where appropriate

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• Extras & Perks
• Voluntary EPF option for employees
• More in hand salary and minimal standard deductions like PF,PT and Income tax if application
• Amazon Gift Vouchers for serving for more than 3 years and so on
• Team Outings
• Rewards and Recognition
• Company Sponsored Medical Insurance for Self and Spouse/Partner with maximum 2 kids
• Birthday paid Leave and 12 bank holidays along with Casual and Earned Leaves every year
• Gratuity benefits for serving more than 5 years
• Monthly Team events with refreshments