We are looking for a passionate coder with 1+ years of Zend or Symfony supported with 3+ years PHP (with good OOP and ORM) skills. The candidate should be a logical thinker and a good problem solver, able to see the shortest and best route to achieving the desired objectives. They will need to fit into a talented team of the highest calibre people who work and play well together. We are a team in London but are opening a new office in Liverpool Leeds area !

You'll be responsible for architecting websites and slick web applications from the ground up, making decisions on which technology we use and sharing knowledge with the team. You will devise Quality Assurance techniques using PHP Unit and other functional testing technologies. We are looking for someone with a logical but creative spark. You'll be working on continuous integration projects and performing code reviews to ensure the highest possible quality of code. We are big on using open source technologies to their maximum effect and occasionally contributing back!

• Creating object models using configured database schemas and entity descriptions
• Architecting APIs to manipulate the model, using use cases as guides
• Devising database schemas and object maps
• Ability to quality assure work of junior developers and communicate ideas and concepts to other members of the development team
• Unit testing experience and experience with other QA methodologies is also necessary to some level.
• Any web based business applications experience, working with creative agencies and competence with JavaScript is a real bonus.
• All projects are well project managed with in house project managers using Jira, Fogbugz and agile methodologies
• Must show a high level of organisational skills and be highly productive and self- managing.

Salary: £25-30k depending on experience, flexible working times and amazing office/location. A 10% discretionary bonus scheme and private healthcare is included. Salary increase after 6 months. Initial trips to London may be required and working at home is also part of our flexible approach.

Note: Candidates must clearly state no. of years PHP experience first, followed by required salary, availability to work (when you can start) and confirm eligibility to work in the EU.

About Byng:
We build advanced web applications and create our own products that are used by both the private and public sectors, securing new licensing deals regularly. We build PHP applications for clients such as intranets, portals and other information management systems. These systems are business critical and have a direct impact on the clients work flows and overall business. We also work with some of the big brand advertising agencies, building systems for their clients. This is an exciting opportunity

Start: Janurary 2012 PHP Developer