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About The Role

Wren Kitchens are not only passionate about kitchens, we are passionate about our people! We have achieved incredible milestones over the years; opening over 100 showrooms, launching in the USA, and winning multiple awards including the UK’s Number 1 place to work! This is thanks to our team, the Wren family, who have inspired us to push limits and make a difference. With our exponential growth, we are looking for incredible individuals to join us and continue our success story!

 

Our PHP developers contribute to improvements, new features and maintenance of our Symfony 4/5 based web applications.

Working as a member of our agile development team, new features are written using Object Oriented (OO) PHP/TypeScript, MySQL, HTML5 and JavaScript in an environment that encourages learning and the advancement of your technical skills as a developer.

There will be genuine opportunities to progress your career. We’re constantly investing in growing our business, from our future £120million investment at our Head Office as well as our big plans to add more showrooms across the UK plus other global locations!


Key responsibilities of this role will include:

  • Build and maintain Wren’s custom built, cutting edge applications (Symfony 4/5 based)
  • Write clean code that is clear and understandable by others
  • Contribute to project estimations
  • Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle
  • Work with senior developers, business stakeholders and wider development team to understand the initial scope for a new project
What Wren Offers: 
Life Assurance after 2 years' service
Access to Benenden health and discount platform after 1 years of continuous service
Personalised progression plan with clear career opportunities
Individual training budget for personal development
EE discount
Staff discount on purchasing a kitchen/bedroom after 1 year of continuous service
Eye Care Vouchers
Refer a Friend Scheme
Free onsite gym

About You

Essential
 
  • At least 2 years’ experience in creating and maintaining object oriented PHP7 or PHP8 based systems
  • An understanding of the MVC approach to development
  • Experience of working with MySQL (We use v8 currently)
  • Demonstrable knowledge of web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Ajax
  • Experience of using version control systems (such as Git) as part of a team
  • A passion for adhering to coding standards and clean code
Excellent communication skills – must be able to describe technical issues to a none technical audience


Desirable

  • A working knowledge of the Symfony (or equivalent) framework
  • A working knowledge of the Doctrine ORM
  • Experience in creating and maintaining RESTFul APIs.
  • Experience of working with:
    • TypeScript
    • React
    • React Native
    • MuleSoft or similar
  • Experience of automated testing (e.g. Playwright, PHPUnit)
  • Knowledge of design patterns, with practical experience of implementing them
  • Experience of agile project methodologies (and its impact on iterative design)
  • Experience of working in a continuous integration environment
  • Familiar with Linux or Mac OS
  • Has previously worked for a retailer / understands retail process

About The Company

Wren Kitchens are not only passionate about kitchens, we are passionate about our people! We have achieved incredible milestones over the years; opening over 100 showrooms, launching in the USA, and winning multiple awards including the UK’s Number 1 place to work!

This is thanks to our team, the Wren family, who have inspired us to push limits and make a difference. With our exponential growth, we are looking for incredible individuals to join us and continue our success story!

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