PHP Software Engineer

PHP Software Engineer

Location: Clerkenwell, City (EC1) , EC1 Salary: Unspecified Date posted: 19/05/2012 07:00 Job type:Permanent Company: Anobii Limited Contact: VJ Batkeviciute Ref: Totaljobs Job ID: 53623326

Anobii are hiring a PHP software engineer to join us in our London office - take a look here: http://pinterest.com/anobii/inside-the-anobii-office-london/.

We are an exciting new UK digital venture in the fast-evolving ebook sector. Our proposition is best summarised as social retailing, harnessing the power of social networking within a large, passionate and growing community to help solve the problem of what do I read next?, combined with an innovative approach to e-commerce.

Purpose of Role

We are looking for talented developers to join our development team based in London to help us make market leading technology that will change the world for book lovers.

Our current web technology stack is based on PHP and Postgres, so those are the core technical skills we are looking for, but we may well be adding to that stack with appropriate other technologies as we build out our platform.

You will be helping develop and maintain the Anobii website and RESTful API that powers it. You will have a TDD mindset, and believe the best code is testable and maintainable. You will also have a keen attention to detail and be performance conscious.

Key Skills

The successful candidate will have a good selection of the following skills:OO PHPZend (or other MVC) FrameworkSocial integration (Twitter, Facebook, etc)Javascript (jQuery, etc)HTML5/CSS3API development (REST)Postgres/MySQLPerformance optimisation and cachingAgile/ScrumVersion control (Git/SVN)Unit testing (PHPUnit/SimpleTest)SEO
Other information

A passion or demonstrated interest in books is essential. We have offices in London and Hong Kong. This role is based in our office in Clerkenwell, Central London (http://pinterest.com/anobii/inside-the-anobii-office-london/), and offers a competitive salary and bonus, flexible work hours and place of work, cycle to work scheme and other benefits - but most of all the opportunity to be part of a great team.

Please email careers@anobii.com if you are interested, including an up-to-date CV and covering letter explaining briefly your suitability for the role.