PHP Developer

Mid-Level Developer (Learning Systems)

Salary £40,000 - £45,000 + Great benefits including 30 days holiday + study for free

Location: Agile / Remote within the UK - You may be asked to travel to the Coventry head office for occasional meetings

Permanent - Full Time

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The Opportunity:

At Arden University, we pride ourselves on being true innovators, disruptors and pioneers, our focus is to promote life-long learning and ensure that everyone, everywhere can access higher education. We are currently recruiting a Mid-Level PHP Developer to join our Moodle development team.

The purpose of this role is to engage with the full software development lifecycle to develop University Learning systems and contribute to the team's vision of developing best in class digital solutions in order to enable excellent educational provision for our students.

About You:

We would like to hear from applicants who have most of the following skills / knowledge:

• Excellent knowledge of software development principles, theory and practice
• PHP, employing OO Programming principles and Design Patterns.
• Agile methodology experience
• REST APIs and HTTP protocols.
• XDebug and PHPUnit.
• Linux command line, including BASH / shell scripting

Nice to have but not essential:

• Moodle plug-in development.
• Mobile application development.

Why Arden:

At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from:

• 30 days holiday, add the bank holiday on top, and we even throw in Christmas closure
• A generous Aviva pension plan, our contributions start at 7%
• PMI or Healthcare Cashback (dependent on role grade)
• Study any Arden course for free, with generous discount for all family and friends
• Our ?Golden Ticket? which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education
• Plus, other competitive benefits!

Arden?s values:

Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness, reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines and locations. For the full job description, click here, or to start your journey with us, click apply!

Closing Date: 9th July 2024.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we recognise, and studies confirm, that often underrepresented candidates in the work place are less likely to apply to roles unless they meet all skills and experience of the position.

At Arden we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, therefore we make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon age, race, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, or pregnancy, and actively welcome applications from all groups.

So, if you want to be part of Arden and our journey, but you feel that you?re missing some of the skills or experience the role requires, then we encourage you to apply anyway as you may make a great candidate for this role or others!