We are looking for excellent software developers to join our growing team in West London. Our web application is at the heart of our busy e-commerce business; every day it serves millions of product images and handles thousands of purchases - but we can and do update the live site with new code anytime we want without missing a beat. Our systems are written on the LAMP stack and we are migrating to Symfony 2 as our MVC framework. Developers choose the tools that work best for them - for instance, we have a mix of Linux, Windows, and Mac workstations in the team. We are adopting and adapting agile development techniques such as test-driven development, pair programming, and continuous integration. We hold regular retrospectives to improve our working environment and lightning talks to share cool ideas whether work-related or not. We expect developers to be generalising specialists, ready at the drop of a hat to refine an algorithm, write a tricky integration test, tune a SQL query, or discuss feature nuances with a product manager. Our team is growing to four PHP developers and one front-end engineer.

Skills & Requirements

Essential Attributes and Skills:

• Solid and extensive coding experience in a commercial environment
• Experience with a relational database
• Willingness to collaborate closely with colleagues inside and outside the team
• Flexibility and interest in a wide range of development activities

Ideal Skills and Experience:

• Expert, object-oriented PHP coding
• Any PHP MVC framework (Symfony, Zend, or others)
• MySQL usage and administration
• Linux usage and administration
• Test driven development and continuous integration
• Queries and analysis on large data sets
• Experience in e-commerce

About Secretsales.com

Established in London in July 2007, Secretsales.com is one of the UK's leading private shopping clubs, offering limited-time online sales with current name-brand goods at deep discounts. Brands include fashion, beauty, homewares and lifestyle categories, many familiar from the high street. The company has about 55 employees and a substantial annual turnover. The firm is growing quickly after a recent investment round.