Senior PHP Developer- IBI Central

Informa Business Information currently has an exciting opportunity available in the London office for a Senior PHP Developer with Symfony and WordPress skills to join our expanding and industry leading team. This is your opportunity to join an international digital publishing company and develop your skills and career in a challenging, creative and fast-paced environment.

Informa is a FTSE 250 digital publishing company that provides market intelligence, news and analysis, bespoke consulting services, industry events and specialist online training to millions of customers worldwide through online platforms and multimedia subscription services.

Reporting into a Technical Platform Manager, the successful PHP Developer will be responsible for maintaining, improving and helping build new high value legal and e-commerce based customer-facing websites. We are seeking a talented PHP developer withSymfony andWordPress skills as well as excellent coding and communication skills. They will also have a good understanding of object-oriented programming practices and ideally an understanding of database principles and SQL would be useful.

Key programming language/technology requirements:

Essential:

  • PHP 4/5
  • Symfony
  • XML/XSLT
  • Web Services
  • JavaScript/Ajax/HTML/CSS/
  • TDD/Version Control/Build tools/Continuous Integration
  • WordPress

Desirable:

  • Magento or experience with payment gateway integration
  • Experience with other MVC frameworks
  • Jira
  • MySQL
  • Jquery
  • Linux Administration

Key Requirements:

  • Proven commercial experience in agile development, with demonstrated history of advancement
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, engineering or applied mathematics or comparable real word experience
  • Ability to work in fast-paced, rapidly changing, virtual environment
  • Strong Technical Expertise
  • Strong Functional /Domain knowledge
  • Passion for delivering high quality products
  • Ability to Work with cross-functional teams from multiple departments
  • OO analysis/design concepts
  • Identifying and addressing performance and scalability issues

Rated as one of the top 5 large companies to work for in the UK, we have on offer world class training, competitive salaries, as well as an award winning benefits package which includes pension, private healthcare and a healthy lifestyle subsidy. This position will have the opportunity to work flexibly from our London office location with the option of home working in the future.

To apply for this opportunity and develop your career within an industry-leading global brand, please send your CV and a covering letter highlighting your suitability and salary expectation to , quoting reference PHP/IBI.