Backend Developer

We are all about making everyday moments simple and awesome, our apps are currently transforming the hospitality industry. Flypay’s newest product Flyt was designed to give hospitality business the flexibility to innovate quicker.

The philosophy behind Flyt’s platform technology is simple: to say goodbye to all the hassles that get in the way of having a great time by enabling a wave of digital commerce experiences across the customer journey, working collaboratively with many other companies in the sector.

Last year we received a £7 million investment from Time Out and we recently received £3.5 million from JustEat. This has given us the platform to grow our amazing team, all in preparation for our global expansion plans over the next 12 months.

We also have some exciting innovations and initiatives in development with Apple. You can read a little more about it here - http://www.ibs-systems.co.uk/morning-briefing-from-propel/flypay-begins-technology-partnership-with-apple/

Working on our core platform team, you will be responsible for writing clear, tested, documented code that delivers real business value.

You will be involved in creating API’s that developers (both internally and externally) really want to use.

We’re a small nimble team, so you’ll be expected to get involved with a little bit of everything, from performance tuning, technical debt and helping to drive out requirements with stakeholders.

We work in an Agile environment with pair programming and TDD at the heart of everything we do.

Documenting what you build, not only internally but for 3rd party vendors and the public.

Some big pieces of work at the moment include: Building and maintaining our current API, starting to move towards microservices, the launch of our Flyt platform (and all of the 3rd party Hospitality integrations that go with it)

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• PHP 5
• Understanding of OO principles & good code design
• Experienced in building highly scalable systems
• Pair Programming or at least a keen interest
• Test Driven Development
• Able to express technical ideas clearly.
• Good knowledge of MySQL
• Understanding of good API design
• An understanding of full stack development
• Agile development environment
• A working knowledge of Git

NICE TO HAVE:

• Go
• Slim PHP microframework
• Redis and / or Memcached
• Node.JS
• AWS experience (SQS, EC2, S3, SES, CloudFront, ELB, DynamoDB)
• NoSQL solutions (MongoDB, Cassandra, etc)
• Microservice solutions
• Nginx
• Debugging tools (e.g. XDebug)

WORK PERKS:

• Working alongside talented, passionate people who live and breathe technology.
• A great working environment with a ping pong table, bar (serving beer/cider) and breakout areas.
• Innovation incentives and a personal learning and development budget
• Working in a fast growing company with global expansion plans.
• Flexible working hours and a work from home policy.
• Personal MacBook Pro (to setup the way you work best)
• Regular office events including weekly sports.
• Cycle to work scheme – www.cyclescheme.co.uk.