Arbor
Senior Product Engineer
RemoteUnited Kingdom only
- Role
- Backend
- Experience
- Senior
- Employment
- Full-time
£70k–£80k/yr
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No BS summary
Senior product/backend engineer for Arbor’s core education platform. Needs strong PHP, OOP, relational databases, third-party APIs, and good written/spoken English. UK remote role; no visa sponsorship.
Core skills
PHPAPIsRelational databases
Required skills
Object-Oriented ProgrammingSOLIDDRY
Optional skills
ReactVueScrumAgileCloud computingDockerContainerisationRefactoring
Required languages
English Good written and spoken English so you can present your ideas - our HQ is based in London
What you'll do
- Work closely with the Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, QA Engineer, and Product Manager to help solutionise feature requests
- Maintain software that ties together internal systems
- Build software to centralise add-on purchases for the Arbor Platform
- Lead the creation of detailed documentation for new feature developments, incorporating diagrams for comprehensive project understanding.
- Drive the development and implementation of advanced tests around new features, ensuring the highest standards of test coverage and reliability.
- Demonstrate expertise in producing well-architected, efficient, and scalable code using industry-leading design patterns and methodologies.
- Take a leadership role in code reviews and pair programming sessions, guiding and mentoring colleagues towards excellence.
- Lead and actively participate in tech-talks, workshops, and team-based learning initiatives, ensuring knowledge is disseminated effectively across the team.
What they require
- Extensive and demonstrated experience with Object-Oriented languages and software development.
- Considerable experience in software development, specifically with PHP
- Demonstrable experience building back-end services in PHP
- Significant experience working with third-party systems and APIs
- Advanced understanding and application of best practices and software engineering principles, including SOLID, DRY, etc.
- Significant database skills and expertise in relational database technologies.
- Proactive problem-solving approach with a strategic mindset.
- Leadership qualities demonstrated through collaboration and mentorship.
- A team player, willing to muck in and help others when needed, driven personality who asks questions and actively participates in discussions
- Good written and spoken English so you can present your ideas - our HQ is based in London
- Preferred: Past experience with enterprise solutions and large-scale systems
- Preferred: Familiarity with Scrum methodology or other agile development processes
- Preferred: Familiarity with software best practices such as Refactoring, Clean Code, Domain-Driven Design, Test-Driven Development, etc.
Benefits
- The chance to work alongside a team of hard-working, passionate people in a role where you’ll see the impact of your work everyday.
- A dedicated wellbeing team who champion initiatives such as mindfulness, lunch n learns, manager training, mental health first aid training and much more!
- 32 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays). This is made up of 25 days annual leave plus 7 extra company wide days given over Easter, Summer & Christmas
- Life Assurance paid out at 3x annual salary
- Comprehensive wellness benefit provided by AIG Smart Health, which provides a 24/7 virtual GP service, Mental health support, Counselling, and personalised Health Checks
- Private Dental Insurance with Bupa
- Salary sacrifice Pension provided by Scottish Widows
- Enhanced maternity and adoption leave (20 weeks full pay) and paternity (6 weeks full pay) pay
- 5 free return to work maternity coaching sessions, helping you adapt to this new exciting time of life!
- Access to services such as Calm and Bippit (financial wellbeing coaching)
- All of our roles champion flexible working and we are happy to discuss what this means to you
- Social committees that plan team, office and company wide events to bring people together and celebrate success
- Dedicated professional development training budget (CPD courses, upskilling resources, professional memberships etc)
- Volunteer with a charity of your choice for a day each year
- Dog friendly offices!
Arbor provides MIS and school management tools for schools and trusts, helping staff use data, improve efficiency, and create happier working days in education.
Details
Visa sponsorshipNo
£70k–£80k/yr