Middle PHP Engineer (5298)

About client

Our client Ryan, an award-winning global tax services and software provider, is the largest Firm in the world dedicated exclusively to business taxes. With global headquarters in Dallas, Texas, the Firm provides an integrated suite of federal, state, local, and international tax services on a multijurisdictional basis, including tax recovery, consulting, advocacy, compliance, and technology services. Ryan is a seven-time recipient of the International Service Excellence Award from the Customer Service Institute of America (CSIA) for its commitment to world-class client service.
 

About the project:
A VAT recovery system for Ryan clients in European countries that would help to automate the regular work of VAT specialists at Ryan. The client team is located in Braga, Portugal.

Responsibilities:
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code
• Contribute to the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to mitigate and address these issues
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation
 

Requirements:
• Minimum 3 years of commercial experience as a PHP/Laravel developer
• Experience working in the finance domain (or at least education in finance) would be an advantage
• At least upper-intermediate English level
• Solid knowledge and experience with PHP and the Laravel framework
• Confident knowledge of Object-Oriented Design principles
• Experience with LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
• Experience working with YAML and XML documents and files
• Experience working with 3rd party APIs and web services
• Skilled in using Git or another version control system
• Good theoretical understanding of software development
• Experience working in an Agile (preferably SCRUM) environment
• Strong communication skills
• Team player, responsible, and hardworking
 

Will be a plus
• Good understanding of JavaScript (ES6, TypeScript), HTML and CSS