PHP Developer (Drupal)

What is the role?

We are looking for a PHP Developer (Drupal) to join our friendly and talented team on an initial contractor basis with the potential to go permanent.

You will be tackling interesting challenges for a diverse range of clients to deliver the quality and robust solutions using open-source web technology.
You will be able to effectively devise and communicate ideas and solutions, both with our team and clients, where you will demonstrate your passion for delivering great user experiences.

We value people from all backgrounds and provide a relaxed, creative and supportive environment to enable you to do your best work. 

Where is it based?

Remote working or based in our office in Elstree.

What you'll do

You'll:

• Attend client meetings to gather briefs and to communicate ideas
• Oversee project delivery for a range of clients, from initial scoping, architecture and delivery in Agile sprints using PHP frameworks such as Laravel and Drupal
• Manage a team of developers onsite (with some remote). This could involve some travel to Europe to collaborate with the remote teams
• Run code review
• Train and mentor junior developers
• Help our CTO define and enforce quality engineering standards
• Use forward-thinking DevOps technology and processes for deployments and automated testing
• Support the QA team to improve process and embrace automation to find & fix bugs during the entire product lifecycle 

What are we looking for?

We're looking for applicants with skills and experience in the following areas.

Required skills and experience

• Strong 3+ years of Drupal 8
• Proficiency with HTML, CSS and JavaScript (VueJS or similar)
• Knowledge and experience of management tools such as Jira, git and BitBucket
• Liasing with clients
• Collaborating with other team members (developers, designers, marketers, etc)
• Good writing and communication skills

Desirable skills and experience

• Experience mentoring and coaching other developers
• Laravel (we are Laravel partners)
• PHP

What are the benefits?

• A competitive salary depending on skills and experience
• Family-friendly and flexible working hours and the ability to work remotely from time to time
• 30 days annual leave as standard (including bank holidays), along with 1 extra day for every year of service
• Pension contributions (only for UK based permanent team members)
• Private health insurance package (only for UK based permanent team members)
• Life insurance (only for UK based permanent team members)
• Budget for training and conferences to help you develop
• Support to grow in areas you're interested in, whether it's becoming a public speaker, or creating your own side-projects
• A laptop and (discretional) mobile phone 
• EMI share option scheme
• A welcoming and supportive work environment surrounded by a diverse team of creative and talented people

As well as these universal benefits, we have a generous pot of flexible benefits that you can pick and choose from (only for UK based permanent team members):

• Gym membership
• Child care vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car leasing scheme
• Medical insurance upgrades
• Additional pension contributions
• Additional holidays
• Mental health and wellbeing support
• Discounts on everything from shopping to cinema
• Access to independent financial advice

Oh, and our coffee's pretty good too.

Sound good? How to apply...

Simply send us a short email to apply@cyber-duck.co.uk, telling us why you’d be a great fit for this role, and a link to your CV and if you have one, your portfolio along with your expected salary expectations.

What are the next steps?

• We'll aim to respond to you within 1 week of contact.
• The interview process starts with an informal phone call, before a more formal interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you.

We host annual parties to bring our family of clients and Ducks together. None is complete without our photo booth!

Who are we and what do we value?

Over the past 14 years, Cyber-Duck has built up a reputation and won awards for delivering exceptional work for clients, and as part of our R&D labs. The reason for this reputation is our fantastic and diverse team of 45 passionate experts.

We run the popular meetup The Digital Pond, speak at and attend conferences all around the world, and share our knowledge through the UX Companion app.

We are and have always been 100% independently owned. We have an EMI share option scheme which we offer to all team members.

The things we really value in our team are:

• Excellence at the core - Consistently delivering to a high standard
• Adaptive to change - Calm and positive in the face of adversity, and open to new challenges
• Relentless - Dependable and willing to go the extra mile
• Selfless - Value your impact on the bigger picture above all

If you think you fit the role of a Drupal Developer, we would love you to join our friendly team.