Senior PHP Developer

Senior PHP Developer -Port Solent, UK - Up to £70,000

About the Position

We’re looking for an experienced PHP Developer to take a Senior or Principal role in our full stack development team - creating and maintaining our customer facing applications.

Based in Portsmouth and supporting customers around the world, we’re looking for a proven developer with a real passion for all things PHP to take a senior role in our existing team - adding both extra capability and mentorship for junior developers.

We work in an agile environment, and you would be involved in a mix of BAU focused work as well as personal projects - these could be investigative in nature, new feature development, and anything in between.

Who are we?

Searchlight Security is mission-proven as the world’s leading provider of Darkweb intelligence and tools to protect society from the threats of the Darkweb. We are used by the world’s most advanced government agencies and businesses, enabling them to go further, faster, and deeper into the Darkweb. Our proprietary technology provides actionable data that was previously unobtainable; delivering insights, situational awareness and sense-making, helping our customers keep ahead of the threats.

Our mission is simple - protect society from the threats contained within the Darkweb.

Building on our proven law enforcement foundation, we’ve developed a product exclusively for the commercial market and are now ready to take the next steps in using our Tor expertise to help minimise threats towards business.

We can’t shout about all of our successes, but our products have directly contributed to securing convictions for criminals of all types; protecting people and businesses around the world.

3 key things we’re looking for:

• In Depth knowledge of PHP and Laravel
• Knowledge of a front end framework, ideally Vue
• Team management or mentorship experience

What are we looking for?

• In-depth knowledge of PHP and Laravel
• Knowledge of a front end framework, preferably Vue
• Confident with Web Design, UI & UX Principles
• Experience taking a senior role in a development team - management, mentoring, coaching etc.
• Strong understanding of HTML, CSS & JavaScript
• Knowledge of MySQL
• Experience with debugging & code reviews.

• Experience with code control using Git
  
• An understanding of Virtualisation, preferably Docker and Kubernetes
• Confidence working in Linux and the command line.
• Understanding of Apache / Nginx / Etc...
• Experience with ElasticSearch.

Progression and training routes?

Searchlight is a company with a real passion and commitment to developing it’s staff, and all of our employees are fully supported in their career goals.

Typically most candidates will progress in their chosen career path, and progress from Junior to Intermediate, Senior and to Principal roles.

You will be supported with a mentor in the form of your line manager who will support and guide your training needs. Every employee has access to a training budget, with funding available for courses, certifications and more.

Salary package and benefits

The salary range for this position is £50,000-70,000 depending on your experience, skills and performance on our technical test. There is also an annual bonus scheme and potential stock options for the right person.

You will also receive:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Entry into company pension scheme
• Flexible working where agreed with your line manager
• Comprehensive training and support to develop your career

Interview Process

• Screening Call with our Talent Manager
• Short Technical test
• Face to face interview with line manager and senior management (virtual interview available if needed)
• Offer and onboarding