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At names.co.uk, we work with cutting edge technology to produce the latest professional online products and services for our customers.
We're always on the lookout for enthusiastic, innovative and talented individuals with fresh ideas to join our team and we value the unique skills each member brings.
Personal progression and development is very important to us and we’re proud of the amount of Five Year Service Awards that we regularly present.
As a friendly bunch of people, we enjoy various social occasions throughout the year including two official corporate events. Read more about names.co.uk.
If you would like to work in a challenging and rewarding environment and think you have what it takes, please send your CV to jobs@names.co.uk or apply through our website for the vacancies below.
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Current Vacancies

Here is a list of current opportunities at names.co.uk.
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PHP/JavaScript Developer

Job Description

An opportunity has arisen for a PHP/JavaScript Developer to join our established Development Team. The successful applicant must have a passion for writing clean, secure and testable code, and a commitment to ongoing professional development.

Job Title: PHP/JavaScript Developer
Reporting to: Applications Development Manager
Location: Worcester

The role requires significant experience of Object-Oriented Software design principles and best practices, such as working to PHP Standards Recommendations (PSRs), and a good understanding of the current JavaScript and CSS ecosystems. Familiarity with SQL and basic database normalisation is also required.

Web applications form the core of all of Namesco's systems, and include customer-facing sites and internal systems to manage both customers and the email and web hosting infrastructures. Working with sensitive and business critical data also requires a thorough understanding of security and data integrity issues on the Internet.

PHP, JavaScript and MySQL applications form the core of all of Namesco's systems, including the email and web hosting infrastructures. As such, an understanding of the protocols underlying these internet technologies, such as HTTP, SMTP, FTP, SSH, TLS and DNS would be beneficial.

Working with sensitive and business-critical data also requires a thorough understanding of security and data integrity issues on the Internet.

Some knowledge of dependency and package management solutions for both PHP and JavaScript would be helpful, and an understanding of asynchronous JavaScript using promises would be a bonus.

The successful applicant will have an enthusiastic attitude for their work with significant commercial experience in creating secure, high-performance web applications.

Essential Requirements:

Extensive knowledge of Object Orientated PHP
Core JavaScript concepts, such as Prototypal Inheritance
Relational databases and SQL
Unit testing with PHPUnit
Good understanding of security issues on the internet
HTML
CSS

Desirable Experience

Agile Software Development (Scrum, Kanban)
Asynchronous JavaScript using Promises
NoSQL databases (Memcache, Redis, ElasticSearch)
RESTful Web Services
Package Management (Composer, Bower, NPM)
Frameworks (Zend, Knockout, Backbone, jQuery)
Usability, Accessibility, SEO & W3C Standards
MVC Applications
HTML5, XHTML, Sass, Git, RabbitMQ
HTTP, SMTP, FTP, SSH, TLS, DNS

Key Competencies

Enthusiasm and a desire to learn
Excellent problem solving skills
Ability to communicate advanced concepts well
Attention to detail
Good team player
Ability to work in a fast moving environment and to tight deadlines

Normal Working Hours

Your usual hours of work will be from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive, however these may be subject to alteration in accordance with the dictates of the business. You are entitled to a one hour lunch break, which is normally to be taken between 12:00 noon and 2:00 p.m. Depending on shift and cover patterns this may have to be taken at other convenient times.

We are open to discussion regarding remote working for 1 – 2 days per week as we do offer flexible working arrangements. However during any induction/training period (normally 1-2 months) we would require the successful candidate to work full time from the office in Worcester.

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PHP/DevOps Developer

Job Description

An opportunity has arisen for a PHP/Devops Developer to join our established Development Team. The successful applicant must have a passion for writing clean, well structured and testable code, and in maintaining a highly-automated development platform and continuous integration system.

Job Title: PHP/DevOps Developer
Reporting to: Applications Development Manager
Location: Worcester

The role requires a good general understanding of software development best practices, such as working to PHP Standards Recommendations (PSRs), in addition to basic Linux System Administration, Virtual Networking and Docker Containers.

Internet technologies and their underlying protocols, such as HTTP, SMTP and DNS. PHP and MySQL applications form the core of all of Namesco's systems and are used to manage the email and web hosting infrastructures. Working with sensitive and business critical data also requires a thorough understanding of security and data integrity issues on the Internet.

Experience with HTML, CSS, Javascript and working to applicable W3C standards is also required, along with good knowledge of current and emerging technologies for both frontend and backend web development.