Full-Stack Developer

iTech Media ,
London, Greater London
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iTech Media is a values-led, Talent first and rapidly scaling, online media company operating in a hugely demanding, competitive and innovative sector. This necessitates hiring and retaining the sharpest and most adaptable people in technology in order to build the #1 digital teams in London & Warsaw. We service a rapidly growing network of over 150 sites across 50+ countries and 21 languages. Founded in late 2015, we're building diverse, talented and high-performing teams including Engineering, UX & Design, Content, SEO, Conversion Optimisation and of course, Product. We comprise an international team of over 100, vectored towards a compelling vision of building the #1 online digital media company in gaming. What we absolutely need you to do: * The main responsibilities of the role will be to assist in managing and producing high quality interactive widgets and tools for both users and also your fellow team members. * You will be tasked with creating industry leading engagement and interactivity in a highly competitive industry. You also will be responsible for helping improve and refactor the current codebase, in an effort to enhance the workflow of the network of sites being worked on. * Additionally, you will work on making cutting-edge and creative tools that will make the rest of the Tech Team's jobs more streamlined, which means that you will need to be confident in your backend development skills. The role will require you to be fluent and confident on both backend and front-end technologies. Ticket to play: * Fluent skills in PHP and JavaScript. * 3+ years of production quality work using PHP and JavaScript. * A full working knowledge of HTML and CSS. * Sound knowledge of regular JavaScript and common libraries like jQuery. * Ability to easily navigate and understand the document object model. * Know what impacts the speed of a website from both the front and backend and take it into consideration with every piece of code you write. * Have experience with and also be able to use a version control system. * Not only be able to write excellent procedural code, but also write object-oriented PHP and be fully versed on classes, objects, interfaces. * Be familiar or experienced with the Symphony or similar frameworks. * Experience integrating PHP and JavaScript through asynchronous requests or other modern techniques. * MySQL experience for queries and command line fixes. * Understanding of caching technologies and how they work and when they should be used. * Debugging and code profiling experience. * Knowledge of public API's and how to interact with them as well as how to build and manage your own. What we can do for you: Competitive salary package including annual bonus scheme. Yearly training budget of 1000. Annual company retreat to have fun, team build and grow together. Previous destinations include Marrakech, Mykonos, Mexico and Thailand. Brand new, state-of-the-art offices with a fun and engaging culture. 41 days off (25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays + additional 6 days over Xmas/New Year + 1 day Birthday + 1 life event day). Flexible working hours - you pick what suits you best. Free private health care including dental, optical, physio and wellbeing. Annual travel season ticket loan. In-house Friday lunches cooked by a variety of food companies on premise. Unlimited drinks, snacks and organic fruit. Herman Miller chair, top spec Bose headphones and a choice of hardware/OS. Regular wellbeing activities - mindfulness (monthly Sanctus sessions) & nutrition guest speakers, free health screening (MOTs). Join in with yoga, 5-a-side football, HIIT sessions and much more. Monthly social events as well as legendary summer and Christmas extravaganzas. Charity volunteering days off to support causes you're passionate about. Pension contribution matched up to 10%. Our ambition is to build the Number 1 Online Media Company in Gaming, Worldwide! Please take a moment to read iTech Media's privacy policy

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