Senior Back end Developer (PHP - Laravel - Dev Ops)

Poet Farmer is an international agency with offices in Rotterdam, Munich and Kuala Lumpur.
 
Our KL office is located in Bangsar and is equipped with ergonomic furniture (standing desks, yay!), the latest in tech hardware and a killer coffee machine (among other things).
 
We are a happy bunch of developers and project/product people with a passion for technology. We strive to create great looking products which deliver meaningful solutions to our Clients. 
 
While we are an international agency, we operate very much like a start-up. You wont just join our team, you will make the team and have a real influence in shaping how we do things and what we work on.
 
Expect a productive work environment, as much responsibility and freedom as you can handle, and some truly interesting projects. 
 
Sound like your cup of tea? Get in touch - send your CV to hello@poetfarmer.com, along with your portfolio. Links to your GitHub, Stack Overflow, Twitter and LinkedIn profiles, any other references is greatly appreciated as well.

Responsibilities

At Poet Farmer we do custom solutions for clients where what we do is always done with purpose. As a back end developer at Poet Farmer you will build the foundation of all the great stuff we create. 

In summary what we're looking for:

• Development of PHP / Laravel platforms
• Experience with development of data sensitive applications
• Dev ops experience in setting up Linux environments
• Good command of English both in writing and speaking

What you'll be working on, some work we've done the past year:

• Project based custom web platforms for clients
• Projects include online services such as:
  • customer care platforms (such as BMW i Community)
  • subscription based web services (such as Save-Me.nu)
  • Content delivery platforms
  • online marketplaces
  • custom enrolment flows or sign up flows
  • wizards (like the IDEA Gender Equality Tool)

We need someone who can take ownership and is proud of what he creates, someone who writes solid code and can set up secure and reliable environments.

Requirements

Your competences

You won’t just join our team, you will make the team and you will have real influence in shaping how we do things and what we work on. Expect a productive environment, as much responsibility and freedom you can handle, and some truly interesting projects.

• 5 or more years of experience
• Up to date with the latest code bases and standards
• Ability to build web application from scratch using Laravel and MySQL
• Skilled in server side development (Dev ops), setting up secure and reliable servers. But also including SSL, Server to server VPN set up, redunandant environments and CDN.
• Experience with cloud computing is a plus, services like Google Engine or Amazon AWS
• Familiar with using GIT
• You are comfortable expressing your vision and communicating in English

We also expect you are comfortable to design the initial architecture of the to be build application, and can document this beforehand.

Desired Personal Traits

We trust you write the cleanest, best-commented and well-working code, but there should be more in your work life than your field of expertise, how about these?

• Writing skills, for documenting your work
• Commenting on the interaction design
• Taking ownership and suggesting improvements, new features or other improvements
• Front-end development, for when the front-end guys are stuck

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