Senior PHP Web Developer

Role: Senior Software Developer

Division: Pearson Assessment Services

Location: Rotherham, Oxford, London or Manchester

Salary: £45 - 55k, plus on target bonus of 8%

About Pearson: Our purpose at Pearson is to help everyone achieve their potential through learning. We are the world's leading learning company, dedicated to creating digital-first, accessible, and sustainable learning resources.

About Pearson Assessment Services: The Pearson Assessment Services (PAS) team provides assessment services to the UK and international assessment markets, supporting government education departments with project management and operational delivery.

About you

You'll have significant prior relevant experience working on full stack development, developing solutions in an Agile project delivery environment using Scrum or Kanban.

Key Skills & Experience

• Successful completion of software and data services projects using the Laravel development framework on both front and backend services.
• Design and implementation of DB structures in MySQL.
• Creating technical specifications based on requirements.
• Estimation and development following an Agile approach.
• Participation in regular peer review processes.
• Delivery of complex digital projects to tight deadlines.
• Working with a global team of developers.
• Assisting with architectural discussions and plans.
• Designing software systems for cloud-based architecture.
• Working with product owner and business analyst to refine and estimate requirements.
• Working with project managers, product owners, and operation teams to ensure applications are successfully delivered to production.
• Providing production support to applications.
• Applying best practices for the chosen development platform.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Exposure to Agile development methodology.
• Strong experience with PHP and frameworks (Laravel), MySQL.
• Awareness of application architecture in cloud-based environments (AWS).
• Understanding of key architectural components, such as caches and queues.
• Experience using Docker and containers.
• Proven track record of working in a business systems development project environment from beginning to end.
• Good communication skills both written and verbal.
• Travel may be required in support of projects.
• Strong knowledge of UI design.
• Experience in the education sector and assessment beneficial.
• Experience of designing large data, high traffic, scalable solutions.
• Experience of JavaScript and associated frameworks (Vue.js especially) highly beneficial.

Job Location and Hours

The role is aligned to our Rotherham, London, Oxfordshire, or Manchester offices in the UK, working a 37.5 hour week. All our roles are hybrid working; our current policy requires our team to visit their base office no more than once a week.

What to expect from Pearson

At Pearson, we add life to a lifetime of learning so everyone can realize the life they imagine. We are committed to building a workplace where talent can learn, grow, and thrive.

Pearson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We want a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other group protected by law.

If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing TalentExperienceGlobalTeam@grp.pearson.com.

Job: TECHNOLOGY

Organization: Assessment & Qualifications

Schedule: FULL_TIME

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Req ID: 15631