Experienced Magento Developer

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How about taking the next step in your software career whilst staying in Cornwall?

Be part of one of the most exciting tech companies in Cornwall.  You can't ignore the life work mix when you work in Cornwall; in fact our staff forget the work life balance and mix it up instead... Affinity appreciate that people are ditching the idea of balancing life and work in favour of simply blending it all together. This work ethic is exactly what Affinity is looking for in our staff. We run a relaxed but professional office, even when it comes to our table tennis tournaments....

Please contact Jonathan Duval on 07739 362472 or use the form below. We are open to flexible working hours and conditions, though you must be based in our Truro office...

About Affinity Digital

Affinity is a digital web agency that has been successfully operating since it was founded in January 2004 (winning best new business of the year at the 2005 CBAs). It has grown steadily since inception with a multi-sector focus. The company remains independently owned and has no borrowings.

Affinity’s current client base comprises a mix of both public and private sector organisations and includes some exceptional leaders in their respective fields, e.g. Lotus Cars, Seiko, Haymarket, The Eden Project, The Timpson Group, The Cabinet Office, The Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals NHS Trust and Taunton Deane Borough Council.

We remain technology agnostic but we have gained in-depth experience with a number of leading open-source packages (specifically Magento, Drupal and WordPress). We have resisted the offer of becoming a technology partner to any one single provider or platform. This way, we do not have any reseller targets to meet and are able to remain unbiased in our recommendations and technology choices when architecting solutions.

In a market where project delivery can sometimes be problematic, Affinity’s partnership approach and proven project management methodologies (incorporating both Agile and Waterfall depending on the client’s preferences) has had a notable success rate and gained a reputation which it will build upon to maximise its growth.

We relish a project with a significant problem-solving dimension, a solution that needs a different angle to make it compelling and usable. We like to immerse ourselves in the discovery process with our clients, looking at every angle that helps to deliver the right information to the right people in an engaging way.

Overview of the role

We need someone who will bring energy and drive to the role. Self-motivated and with a can-do attitude, he or she will be looked upon to use creative problem-solving, coupled with significant experience working with Magento 1. Magento 2 experience would also be very relevant and useful.

If successful you will be part of an agile development team, building and maintaining customer web presences using Magento, SQL and PHP, utilising various services and open source tools.  You will build, secure, test, integrate, deploy and release applications. Ideal candidates will have experience migrating Magento, tuning and improving Magento implementations and enjoy fast-paced, challenging and real-time problem solving. 

You will be working on a number of high profile accounts following a TDD process ensuring that everything is completed to the highest level from design patterns, web security and application performance. Custom Module development experience is a must together with a working knowledge of GIT.

Other essential qualities include good attention to detail, and the ability to pick up new information quickly which you can then apply strategically and intelligently.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate all of these qualities through their experience in previous roles and will have a track record of delivering projects successfully in a commercial context.

Responsibilities/duties

Within the remit of the specific project, the post holder will be required to:

1. Collaborate with our UI/UX and PM functions to deliver quality sites.
2. Have the ability to autonomously complete user stories/epics specifically around responsive web design
3. Have the ability to provide a PM with accurate time estimations
4. Collaborate in daily stands and sprint retrospectives
5. Ensure that the project’s technical lead receives the best possible technical solutions and that those solutions fully meet the client objective

Selection Criteria

Candidates will be judged on the basis of the following criteria, and should ensure that their application shows how they meet these criteria:

1. Certified Magento Developer preferred (Magento Front End a bonus)
2. 3 - 5 years’ experience with complex Magento and PHP projects
3. PHP coding, SQL administration and optimization, and Unix/Linux
4. Competency with related web technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML
5. Working knowledge of LAMP/LEMP server configuration
6. Superior interpersonal and communication skills
7. Troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities
8. Skilled at collaborating with team members
9. Flexible and able to deal with frequently shifting priorities

Desirable

1. Knowledge of other open source web development platforms, specifically Drupal and WordPress.
2. Knowledge of tools used – JIRA, Jenkins, MTF
3. Agency Experience
4. AWS, Azure Cloud Infrastructures and deployment pipelines.

Salary negotiable up to £40K