Mid-level PHP Developer (12 Month FTC)

What is the point of this role?

As a Developer at ANS, you will be given the opportunity to work on a wide range of exciting projects, using the latest technologies and advancements, in a truly agile environment.
You will spend your week ‘on the tools’, attending scrum events, cutting code, and contributing to our projects in all ways.

What will I be doing?

• Deliver high value outputs regularly
• Advocate for throughput over output
• Learning and utilising programming languages, frameworks and development tools
• Be confident enough to admit when you don't know something and be passionate about finding solutions.
• Understand that "done is better than perfect" to maintain productivity and progress.
• Ensure security risks are considered, identified, reduced, and mitigated when designing, developing, testing, and implementing new products & services.
• A passion for technology and innovation
• Collaboration experience working with the team to understand project requirements and specifications
• Knowledge and experience in software development principles and methodologies
• Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts.
• Excellent problem-solving skills to analyse and resolve technical issues efficiently. This involves the ability to break down problems into smaller components, identify root causes, and propose effective solutions.
• Be able to adapt to changing technologies and champion change with the team

What will I bring to the role?

• Experince in a commercial software developer role and able to demonstrate capability to deliver high quality, well principled code quickly – even when under pressure
• Demonstrate an understanding of agile principles and methodologies like Scrum or Kanban
• Demonstrate an understanding of DevOps skills and methodologies
• Exposure to a broad technology landscape – understanding when to build vs use off the shelf capabilities
• Public and Private cloud experience, (AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware & others)
• Demonstrate an understanding of Cloud Native principles and approach

What is needed to do the role?

• A foundation in programming languages, frameworks, and tools relevant to the project or technology stack you're working with (including experience in strongly typed or typesafe languages)
• You should be an proficient in the core technologies used in the development process and have an understanding of software development principles and best practices.
• Proficient in one or more programming languages, such as PHP, JavaScript as examples.
• Familiarity with web technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript or PHP and knowledge of web frameworks, such as React, NestJS, Vue.js, Laravel or Symfony is also valuable.
• Experience working with one of the below technology stacks,
  • JavaScript based tech stack, including familiarity with TypeScript, Node.js, React & other JavaScript based frameworks, libraries, packages, and tools
  • PHP based tech stack, including familiarity with Laravel & other PHP based frameworks, libraries, packages, and tools

Why work for ANS?

At ANS, we’ve created a place where everyone can be themselves, and we empower our people to get the job done. Openness, ambition, honesty, and passion are what drive us every day. We are bold, courageous, and innovative – and we do it like no other. We invest in our people. In training, development, health and more – we give you the benefits and flexibility to maintain a happy work-life balance.

We’re proud of the inclusive, fun, dynamic environment we’ve created. It’s a safe space that works for all. You don’t have to be a techie to work in tech. Bring your authentic self and find your dream role here. Find out more at LinkedIn pages.

What’s in it for you?

With fantastic benefits, an inclusive culture, and a cool office space, we’re your kind of workplace. 

Company benefits

• As standard: 25 days’ holiday, plus you can buy up to 5 more days
• A little extra: we’ll give you your birthday off, and an extra celebration day for whatever you want! Tying the knot? You get 5 days’ additional holiday in the year you get married. Oh, and 5 volunteer days!
• Private health insurance
• Pension contribution match and 4 x life assurance
• Flexible working and work from anywhere for up to 30 days per year (some exceptions)
• Maternity: 16 weeks’ full pay, Paternity: 3 weeks’ full pay, Adoption: 16 weeks’ full pay
• Company social events – get ready for a jam-packed calendar
• Electric car scheme
• 12 days of personal growth development time

ANS are an equal opportunities employer. We encourage diversity and anyone applying for a role at our organisation can be assured that their application will be treated fairly, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and sex or sexual orientation. We sometimes ask for information relating to individuals for equal opportunities monitoring purposes only.