Software Development and Applications

PHP Developer – London – up to £60,000

A market leading Web development agency based in modern offices in the heart of Shoreditch is expanding their development team and looking to hire an ambitious PHP professional to work on a revolutionary new software platform that will transform the wholesale/retail industry. 

It is essential for the PHP developer to have:

• Experience of PHP development
• Strong Laravel Experience
• Experience of front-end development with JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Experience with SQL
• Systems integration experience

It would be ideal although not essential for the PHP developer to have

• Experience with modern frontend frameworks such as Vue.JS
• Experience with source control & dependency management tools such as GIT, Composer, NPM, and Webpack.
• Strong Unit Testing experience.
• Strong competency in web services such as SOAP, REST, and JSON.
• Experience working in high-growth, performance focused environments and in team with other frontend and backend developers.
• Systems Architecture and platform design experience

First round interviews are being arranged, send in your CV for a confidential discussion.

PHP Developer – London- up to £60,000

Magento 2 Developer – London -up to £80,000

A market leading magento development agency with offices in London and Liverpool is expanding and looking to grow the magento team due to a large number of new projects they have

It is essential for the magento 2 developer to have:

• Experience of Magento 2 development
• Experience of PHP development
• knowledge of software engineering and software design patterns
• experience of working with and optimising MySQL and/or Percona DB databases, creating efficient and complex SQL
• Experience in an Agile development environment
• familiar with GIT and Github
• experience of the full development life-cycle from planning to coding to delivery

First round interviews are being arranged, send in your CV for a confidential discussion.

Magento 2 Developer – London -Up to £80,000

Node.JS Developer – MongoDB, Elastic Search, Parse

Location: Fitzrovia, London

Pay: £50’000 per annum.

Contract: Permanent

Connecting retailers to the online world, you will be a valued team member for our modern Client who is challenging to bring forward a new exciting blend of technology, fashion, and retail.

Our Client is seeking a permanent and proficient Node.Js Developer to work across their platform front end, back end and for internal projects. You will work alongside a highly motivated team of Designers, Engineers, Data Scientists and Retail Specialists under the supervision of their Full Stack Engineer.

Duties:

• Work on platform back end services, databases and servers
• Build applications in a robust, clean and manageable way; providing the strongest possible base for expanding and growing the product in future 
• Build out APIs and backend systems to support front end web and mobile developers 
• Manipulate and support in management of the databases

Requirements:

• University degree in a technical subject, preferably computer science 
• Experience of developing in a commercial environment, ideally at a start-up or tier-1 digital agency 
• Proficient in JavaScript/Node.JS in TypeScript 
• Highly preferable to have experience of using MongoDB 
• Ideally a working knowledge of Elastic Search and Parse 
• Experience of managing back end tools such as AWS 
• Excellent at collaborating with a full development team of designers and engineers 
• Consider security of the solution at all development and integration points 

Sound like a good fit? Here’s some other benefits our Client can also offer;

• Working with a talented team of like-minds who truly love what they do
• A competitive salary
• Generous healthcare plan for you and your cohabitating partner
• Pension plan
• An employee assistance program available 24/7
• A shiny new computer, big screen and all the software you need
• A chance to work in a creative, productive environment in Camden with all of the snacks, fruit, coffee and tea you can eat/drink
• Plenty of team dinners and social events (and regular trips to karaoke!)

For consideration, please apply today with your CV.

Digital Product Designer

Location: Camden, London

Salary: Up to £50’000 per annum

Hours:  FT – Monday – Friday 9am – 17:30pm

Contract Duration: Permanent

Would you like to be part of a successfully growing and creatively innovative team, where you have the freedom to express your best work and ideas, which are also highly valued?

Our Client is seeking a permanent and passionate Digital Product Designer to become involved in an exciting mission to help grow an innovative and successful mobile app, which is set to give further power to huge brands and retailers globally.

Connecting retailers to the online world, you will be a valued team member for our modern Client who is challenging to bring forward a new exciting blend of technology, fashion, and retail.

Working alongside a highly motivated team of engineers, data-scientists and retail specialists, you'll play a pivotal role designing end-to-end across our mobile and web platforms. From research and ideation, to UX and UI, this opening will suit an ambitious Digital Product Designer who has previously worked within a commercial environment, or a fast-paced start-up business, and is keen to make an impact.

We Are Ideally Looking For…

● A Digital Product Designer with experience designing UXUI across a range of platforms, including mobile 

● 1 - 3 years of experience of design in a commercial environment, ideally at a tier-1 digital agency or start-up 

● A Sketch pro and proficient across a range of design applications including the Adobe Suite 

● Somebody who can operate in an agile environment and loves to also work in close collaboration with developers and product owners 

● An individual who has an instinct for understanding users, extracting meaningful insights and analysing data to inform product design decisions 

● A conceptual thinker who gets a kick out of a nice user-flow diagram (seriously) 

● A proactive designer, who loves to research, develop, prototype and iterate your work 

● Someone driven by purpose, who has a desire to be part of something meaningful and innovative 

● Ability to combine natural visual skill with an appreciation for systems thinking 

● An individual who is a clear communicator with a good grasp of copywriting for product 

● Someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment and enjoys a diversity of briefs 

Sound like a good fit? Here’s some other benefits our Client can also offer:-

● Working with a talented team of like-minds who truly love what they do 

● A competitive salary 

● Generous healthcare plan for you and your cohabitating partner 

● Pension plan 

● An employee assistance program available 24/7 

● A shiny new computer, big screen and all the software you need 

● A chance to work in a creative, productive environment in Camden with all of the snacks,  fruit, coffee and tea you can eat/drink 

● Plenty of team dinners and social events (and regular trips to karaoke!) 

If interested, please send over your CV today to be considered for the above permanent position.

PHP Laravel  Developer - up to £60,000

A market leading retail company based in modern offices in the heart of Hertfordshire is expanding their development team and looking to hire a ambitious PHP professional to work on a revolutionary new software platform that will transform the wholesale/retail industry. 

It is essential for the PHP developer to have:

• Experience of PHP development
• Strong Expereince of Laravel 
• Experience of front-end development with JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Experience with SQL
• Systems integration experience

It would be ideal although not essential for the PHP developer to have

• Experience with modern frontend frameworks such as Vue.JS
• Experience with source control & dependency management tools such as GIT, Composer, NPM, and Webpack.
• Strong Unit Testing experience.
• Strong competency in web services such as SOAP, REST, and JSON.
• Experience working in high-growth, performance focused environments and in team with other frontend and backend developers.
• Systems Architecture and platform design experience

First round interviews are being arranged, send in your CV for a confidential discussion.

PHP Developer - up to £60,000

Senior SQL Database Administrator

Location: Borehamwood, Hertfordshire

Pay: £60’000 per annum.

Contract: Permanent

Senior SQL Database Administrator, SQL, SQL Database Administration

A brilliant permanent opportunity has arisen to work at a successful company based in Borehamwood. The successful individual will be a hardworking, dynamic, and dedicated Senior SQL Database Administrator with a proven extensive track record of SQL Database administration experience.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure all database servers are backed up in a way that meets the business’s Recovery Point Objectives (RPO)
• Test backups to ensure we can meet the business’ Recovery Time Objectives (RTO)
• Troubleshoot SQL Server service outages as they occur, (This may include after-hours and weekends in major incidents)
• Configure SQL Server monitoring utilities to minimize false alarms
• As new systems are brought into the organisation, to advise on whether to use clustering, log shipping, mirroring, or other technologies to best serve the business needs
• Install and configure new SQL Servers and clustering / high availability technologies.
• Deploy database change scripts provided by third party vendors and internal teams.
• When performance issues arise, determine the most effective way to increase performance including hardware purchases, server configuration changes, or index/query changes
• Document the company’s database environment
• To oversee the SQL server performance and provide SQL code reviews for the Support and Information management teams.

• To ensure that the SQL server estate and associated databases are properly maintained to best practice standards and that backup resilience is successfully maintained.
• To make sure all change control procedures are adhered to and code reviews completed in a timely manner.
• To make sure the integrity of the database and SQL servers are maintained.

Successfully considered applicants must demonstrate the following:-

• On-call troubleshooting experience with at least one production SQL Server for 5-10 years.

• Finding DMV queries to answer questions about server-level performance

• Using tools to diagnose server reliability and performance issues.

• Tuning T-SQL queries to improve performance

• Troubleshooting hardware issues using standard tools

To be considered for the shortlist for this position, please apply today.

Skills: Service Desk Analyst, Deskside, Service Desk, First Line Support, 1st Line Support, IT Support, IT Technician, Local Support Engineer, Hardware Fix, Software Fix 

Our industry leading client requires a talented Service Desk Analyst for a long term contract engagement to be based out of their Guildford offices. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Take calls from customers and log their tickets
• Assigning tickets that can’t be resolved to 2nd Line Support
• Remotely connecting to customers for training and support
• Work to agreed SLA’s such as ticket quality and customer satisfaction

Things you need:

• Experience with 1st Line Support
• Strong experience of working with bespoke software and hardware
• Understanding of Windows 
• Experience of using remote access tools

Initially please submit your CV for immediate consideration. 

Skills: 2nd Line Support, Second Line Support, IT Support, IT Technican, ITIL, Service Management, Technical Analyst, 

An IT managed service provider requires a 2nd Line Support Engineer for a long term contract to be based out of their Guildford office location. 

This role would ideally suit someone with between 12-18 months experience in a 2nd Line Support role who is looking to further their experience. 

2nd Line Support Responsibilities: 

• Ensure assigned call requests and incidents are resolved in a timely manner to meet defined service level targets
• Problem Determination & Root Cause Analysis; Troubleshooting Integration Errors and Workplace related customer issues
• Accountability for locally held stock of Desktop/Laptop,/Tablet hardware and other peripherals e.g. printer, display screens, docking stations etc. that are used to fulfil requests, ensuring Asset Procurement and Stock Control processes are followed
• Adherence to agreed SLA’s in relation to Production availability and incident Management

Required Education, Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum 12 to 18 months experience in a technical support environment with a very strong all round technical competence
• ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
• Excellent knowledge of: Desktop PC's and operating systems (Windows XP/Windows7/Windows8), networking and firewalls
• Experience with: Anti-virus software management and rollout, backup technology, server installation, terminal server, IT security, data replication technologies
• Experience in server set up, configuration and support - in particular small business server 2003/8 and server 2003/8, Exchange 2003/7/10
• Ideally Microsoft qualified.

Interviews will take place this week, please submit your CV for immediate consideration. 

Application Support Engineer – Linux, SQL, HTML

Web Applications, Application Support, Unix, Linux OS, HTML, CSS, SQL

A leading online media outlet had an exciting opening for an experienced Application Support Engineer to join their growing team. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing 2^nd and 3^rd line support for in-house web applications and ensuring applications always perform optimally with regards to uptime and performance. This will involve analysing and investigating any incidences that arise thoroughly through to root cause. We are looking for strong communicators who can explain highly complex issues to non-technical staff.

To be considered you will need to have:

• Proven Application Support experience in a web industry
• Experience using Linux OS, SQL, HTML/CSS
• Highly skilled in programming and system administration
• Excellent problem-solving skills

The following skills would be desirable:

• Crome dev tools/Firebug
• Load balancers, Stingray, Brocade
• Akamai, Fastly, CDN Knowledge
• DNS management
• Service Desk, Zendesk, JIRA
• Cloud IaaS, Amazon Web Services, GCS
• Firewalls
• Programming, Java, Javascript, Ruby,  Perl, NodeJS
• Apache httpd, Tomcat
• Puppet
• Video transcoding, Video streaming
• Oracle, MySQL, Redis, Elastic Search
• Message queue, RabbitMQ

Due to the nature of the role, there is a requirement to be on call out of hours on a rotational basis.  

This is an excellent opportunity to join a busy, fast paced team. If you want a new challenge, please apply with CV for further details.

Service Desk Technician

Service Desk, 1^st Line Support, 2^nd Line Support, IT Support, Customer Service

A leading IT services provider has a requirement for an experienced Service Desk Technician for a 12 month Fixed Term Contract.

The successful candidate will be the single point of contact for all on-site IT issues and queries therefore will need to enjoy working independently. This role would involve maintaining user accounts, working to SLA’s and contributing to IT projects as required.

To be considered candidates will have:

• Demonstratable 1^st and 2^nd line support experience within a service desk environment
• Excellent customer service skills
• Ability to work independently using their own initiative

This role would suit an experienced, customer focussed Service Desk Technician who is happy to work independently.

If you are looking for a new challenge with a leading IT services provider, please apply with CV for further details.

Service Desk Technician

Service Desk, 1^st Line Support, 2^nd Line Support, IT Support, Opera, Customer Service

A leading Leisure and Hotel Group has a requirement for an experienced Service Desk technician on a 3-6 month contractual basis.

To be considered candidates will have:

• Demonstratable 1^st and 2^nd line support experience within a service desk environment
• Knowledgeable on Opera/ Oracle-based booking systems
• Excellent customer service skills   

This role would suit a customer service focussed Service Desk Technician with experience in using Opera/ Oracle-based booking systems.

If you are seeking a new challenge with a leading Leisure and Hotel Group, please apply with CV for further details.  

Middleweight Front End Developer- Shoreditch- up to £55,000

Flexible working 25 Days Paid Holiday

A small but exiting tech agency based in London’s “Tech city” is looking to grow the technical team and add a Middleweight Front End developer with exposure to React.JS. 

Having been established 8 years ago by people passionate about tech development they are now in the process of doubling their head count over the next few months and the middleweight fronmt end developer with be central to these plans.  They work with a range of clients EE, Jack Wills and Fox Films as well as many of London’s leading creative agents.

It is essential for the Middleweight Frontend developer to have:

• 2 years of front-end development experience
• Exposure to React.JS this can come from either professional work or personal projects
• HTML and CSS

It would be ideal but not essential for the Middleweight Front End developer to have:

• PHP development experience
• Experience of API based backend services such as Google Firebase
• Photoshop experience
• Exposure to Angular.JS

A completive salary of £55,000 is on offer for the Middleweight Front End Developer, there is also flexible working and 25 days paid Holiday.

First round interviews are now being booked in, send in your CV for a confidential discussion.