Full Stack Laravel Developer

Description

Role overview

An experienced Full Stack Web Developer who works together with our Senior Developers to build and deliver our next generation solutions to the IT developer community. You will work closely with Senior Developers and product owners and business functions to deliver solutions to market.

As a Full Stack Web Developer, you will be responsible for maintaining product quality standards. You will be facilitating improvement in all areas of development across our platform. You will be mentored and guided to improve current and learn new skills. You will strive to utilise cutting edge technology but also look bring established programming knowledge.

Skillset Required

The ideal candidate must have experience in OOP for PHP, Laravel Framework and any JS Frameworks.

About Packt

Packt is a leading publisher of technical learning content with the ability to publish books on new and emerging tech faster than any other publisher in the world. We believe that software has a deep impact on the world, and that software runs on knowledge. Our mission is to increase the shared value of deep tech knowledge. We are tech content engineers and we work with some of the most interesting technical minds and ground-breaking creators on the planet. For more details, see www.packt.com

About the team, and how does it contribute to Packt?

You will become a pivotal member of the Packt+ team who are responsible for developing and maintaining a class leading customer experience across our subscription platform.

We are a delivery-focused team who enjoy actively developing our own skills using the best technologies and methodologies from front-end to back-end.

Our team members thrive on helping each other to progress and learn. We are a friendly bunch who love to succeed and improve our products. If you are friendly with a good sense of humour and a desire to achieve you could be just the person, we are looking for in Packt+.

What you’ll do?

You will be a key member of the IT Development Team, helping drive progression across the platform.

Responsibilities

• Actively helping to make sure tasks are executed to agreed solutions.

• Helping to make sure products are delivered on time, on budget and to a high quality. By support and actively maintain products that are in production.

• Learning to Develop a key understanding of customer needs, products and technologies.

• Maintains a strong relationship with the Product Owner and other stakeholders to ensure satisfaction and expectation management.

• Good programming ability in OOP PHP.

• Expertise in building solutions with the Laravel framework.

• Experience in one or more modern JavaScript framework. React/Vue

• Knowledge of developing REST API's.

• A hands-on approach to solving problems.

• Understanding of the key principles and best practices in Software Development.

• Good understanding of database tools, design and modelling principles.

Requirements Beneficial but not essential requirements

• Elastic search and Kibana

• Git

• Understanding of decoupling and reusable code.

• Understanding of Design Patterns and Service Architecture.

• AWS architecture and services

Who you are?

The work we do is fast paced, demanding, and intellectually challenging. We are looking for dynamic candidates with an interest in technology and publishing. You will need strong oral and written communication skills, attention to detail, and excellent organization and time-management skills. You will need to be proactive in troubleshooting and problem-solving, upbeat, enthusiastic and motivated. You will be a demonstrated self-starter who is focused and calm under pressure.

You will be able to be technically hands-on, you will take responsibility for developing and maintaining software produced by you and the team. You will have delivered robust and reliable complex web based systems. You will have experience of delivering Websites, API Gateways and Developer Portals.

You will have experience in using the Laravel framework, while also having a willingness to learn new skills.

As a Full Stack Web Developer you will be mentored by your work colleagues, to utilize your and improving your current skill set.

Why work at Packt?

We recognize how important our people are and acknowledge and support the things that are important to them. We focus on the full team member experience. We aim to create a positive working environment that supports personal and collective development – where our people can not only grow their skill sets, continuously challenge themselves, and develop their careers, but also work together as a team and with our customers.

We try to achieve this by:

• Ensuring a positive working environment for all team members, supportive of flexible and remote work.

• Supporting individual development through growth opportunities and internal mobility.

• Encouraging social collaboration within teams and communities and knowledge-sharing.

• Fostering a culture that supports a healthy work-life balance.

We seek to achieve this by:

• Providing a broad range of benefits and initiatives.

• Advocating a healthy lifestyle where wellbeing is seen as an essential responsibility.

• Celebrating success stories and encouraging peer-to-peer recognition.

• Fostering a culture of self-development.

• Providing a work environment where the best idea wins, and challenge is encouraged.

Benefits

You will also have access to a range of flexible benefits that are designed to help you make the most of your time with us.

• Bonus scheme

• 25 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays)

• Training Material, Courses and Conferences

• Flexible hours: choose how, when and where you work

Salary Range - Upto 1.5Lacs per month depending on experience and skills