Senior PHP Developer

Merkle, a dentsu company, powers the experience economy. For more than 35 years, we have put people at the heart of its approach to digital business transformation. As the only integrated experience consultancy in the world with a heritage in data science and our performance, Merkle delivers holistic, experiences that promote growth, engagement, and loyalty.

We are looking for a Senior PHP Developer to strengthen our Smart Integrations team

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities:

- Work independently with a broader overview on the project;
- Participate in communications with partners and clients, when needed;
- Understand and follow the release processes in the company;
- Participates in requirements analysis, development, unit testing and documentation;
- Write quality code to fit unique customer needs and configurations;
- Troubleshoot and debugs (with some guidance from senior team members if needed);
- Achieve better understanding of the company platform and processes and suggests improvements.

What We Are Looking For:

- Academic background in IT or equivalent;
- At least 4 years of experience with PHP;
- Strong working experience and knowledge with PHP from 7.3 to 8.1;
- Clear understanding of OOP, Design Patterns and anti-patterns, and SOLID principles;
- Working experience with relational Databases DBMS;
- A good understanding of project tools (Atlassian OR git/svn ...) is required;
- Experienced with testing layers (unit, integration, and functional testing);
- Knowledge in algorithms and distributed systems;
- Proficiency in English.

Nice To Have:

- Experience with Ecom solutions such as Magento, Prestashop, CS-Cart, xCart OR any PHP CMS as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, etc;
- Knowledge in JavaScript (ES6) is a plus;
- Experience with services/microservices oriented architecture, ideally in an e-commerce scope;
- Familiar with SCRUM methodology.

We do not sponsor work visa. For those who don’t have Portuguese documents (NIF and NISS), we suggest you to search for more information at local country Social Security entities, as well as on SEF (Serviços Estrangeiros e Fronteiras), for possible roles in Merkle Portugal.

Benefits And Perks:

- Modern Technology & Latest IT tools
- Software-house environment
- Agile and Flexible working hours
- Digital nomad policy
- Focus on career development
- Health insurance (also included for the household)
- Mental health support
- Volunteer experiences and sustainable mindset
- 25 vacation days + 3 wellness days per year
- Beers (after 6pm), foosball, and ping-pong #workhardplayhard
- Free breakfast every second Monday of the month
- Employee discounts
- Team & Company events

Inclusion & Diversity

We value the strength diversity brings to our business and are working hard to build a more inclusive workplace through partnerships with Stonewall, Business Disability Forum and Business in the Community’s race and gender equality campaigns. We are happy to discuss all flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles – we can’t promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly.

If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with the recruiter who contacts you.

Location: Lisbon

Brand: Merkle

Time Type: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

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