(SW London)

We are a Republic - a coming together of people who can make great work happen.

We're looking for a Senior PHP developer with strong leadership skills to join our multidisciplinary technical team. Reporting to the Head of Technology you'll join one of the most passionate and exciting teams in Digital Advertising.

The primary focus of the role is to architect, develop and support the PHP back-end for sites and apps across a range of devices/platforms. Technical excellence in LAMP technologies supported by 5+ years commercial experience is essential to the role. You’ll be an advocate for writing clean, readable, maintainable code in collaboration with other developers. Your core skill set will be complimented with expertise across a range of additional languages and frameworks.

Digital agency experience is extremely desirable. The technical team are integral to the development of concepts and ideas, as well as interaction design, technical architecture and coding. You will collaborate with Creatives, Strategists and Designers, as well as other Technologists to deliver innovative solutions and engaging user experiences. 

Great communication, organisation and basic project management skills are essential. You must have a good understanding of Agile practices, be able to accurately scope and estimate the work of your team, identify and act upon risks to the project. You will be obsessed with quality (your code and others), champion our internal processes and industry best practice.

The role presents an opportunity to line manage a small section of the technical team. Working with the Head of Technology, you will be responsible for the welfare and personal development of your team. You will lead by example, with a positive outlook, confident in your expertise and experience. You will recognise talents in your team and help them to reach their full potential through mentoring and teaching.

We have a culture of innovation at Republic and we try to involve everyone in Research and Development initiatives and Training as much as possible. You’ll have a deep desire to experiment, inspire, and be inspired by our amazingly talented team. You will take every opportunity to learn new technologies and potentially work outside of your comfort zone.

Technical Skills

Mastery of object-oriented PHP 5 within a MVC framework (CodeIgniter/Kohana experience preferred)

• MySQL Server with pure SQL and ORMs e.g. PHP ActiveRecord
• Linux and Apache sys-admin skills, comfortable working in Terminal
• Deep understanding of architecture for scalable web applications, security, cloud based servers, load balancing etc.
• Unit Testing and Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Version control with Subversion and Git
• Automated deployment with Capistrano (or similar)
• JavaScript including JQuery and AJAX techniques
• Standards-compliant XHTML and CSS (HTML 5 and CSS3 a bonus)
• Knowledge of W3C Accessibility standards, cross browser compliance and testing
• Recent experience developing with the Facebook platform e.g. Social Plugins, Apps, Open Graph
• Additional skills in the following areas a big plus: Ruby on Rails, Silverstripe CMS, NodeJS, Objective-C for iOS or Java for Android

Agency Republic is committed to equal opportunities. See full brief at www.agencyrepublic.com