We're looking for a Senior PHP Backend Engineer to help us work on our cloud-based platform to deliver the future of Smart, Intelligent EV charging. You will be thinking ahead on our technical roadmap, ensuring the features we are building will enable us to scale the product to as many users and clients as possible. You'll be considering how features and modules can be built in a maintainable and reusable way while finding the right balance to deliver features quickly. You'll mentor and advise other engineers in the team, encouraging knowledge sharing and a collaborative environment. You'll also be driven to develop your skills, evaluate new technology trends, and identify how to leverage these to improve our work. Responsibilities:
These are the kinds of tasks you'll be doing in your role. As a startup, this list is not exhaustive, and we're keen to know how you can help us in other ways too.
- Design and implement APIs
- Develop software and automated testing for EV Charging components
- Ensure compliance with industry specifications and standards
- Work effectively in a cross-functional agile team
- Maintain CI infrastructure and build for observability and resilience
- Prioritize security in critical infrastructure development
- Triage and troubleshoot operational and customer issues
These are some of the skills and experiences that may align with your background; it's not an exhaustive list, but if you've done some of these, this role could suit your skills.
- Experience working with PHP, Symfony, PostgreSQL, and AWS services for over 5 years
- Design and develop scalable API-driven services in PHP; experience with React Native is a plus
- Experience leading technical development and helping teams with challenges
- Experience in product development
- Building on AWS using serverless and container technologies like Lambda, API Gateway, ECS, or Docker
- Datasource experience with PostgreSQL and Redis
- Knowledge of EV charger solutions and standards such as OCPP
- Security-focused processes like DevSecOps
- Experience with Agile/Kanban methodologies
- Knowledge of quality and testing initiatives such as Unit testing, TDD, BDD, and monitoring tools like CloudWatch and Sentry
- Infrastructure and deployment management using Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.
- Experience with IoT or connected devices
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
Location We are a 100% remote company, working UK hours. Occasional travel to the office may be required. What we offer:
- Competitive startup salary (reviewed as the company grows)
- Employee Equity EMI Scheme
- Discounts on EV purchases from partners
- Private medical insurance
- Pension contributions
- Work laptop
- Discretionary performance bonus (up to 10%)
- 25 days holiday plus your birthday off