ABOUT SURGE
We're a full-service online services agency with internal Design, Media, Content, Marketing, Social and SEO teams and we offer a lot more than just your average brochure and e-commerce sites. We currently have iOS, Android, Software and multi-million eCommerce projects in active development so the opportunities are broad, and going.
THE ROLE
We're looking for someone with a number of years of agency experience working on PHP, Laravel and Web projects who's looking to take a step towards a more senior position.
Unfortunately we're not looking for fully remote or hybrid workers, this role is based in a collaborative environment at our offices in Middlesbrough, we do however offer flexible working to suit the unexpected and all staff have a fixed work from home day too.
No agencies please, we struggle to ensure our message and requirements are fully passed on to the prospective candidates and would prefer to work directly with them, please feel free to share to your network, and thanks for your interest.
The expectations for the role are not set in stone however typical projects that we would expect the applicant to be able to contribute to and quickly take on as their own would include;
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS
Statamic CMS based Brochure websites
â—¦ PHP / Laravel
â—¦ Building bespoke HTML / CSS / JS / PHP based page templates from in house designs
â—¦ Building custom addons / API interfaces, eg Hubspot, Klaviyo, Mailchimp, etcAero Commerce based Ecommerce sites
â—¦ PHP / Laravel
â—¦ Building bespoke HTML / CSS / JS / PHP page templates from in house designs
â—¦ MySQL - basic Devops, query optimisation, data transfer
â—¦ Elastic Search
â—¦ Payment gateway integrationsWeb based software development with Laravel Backpack
â—¦ PHP / Laravel with JS and CSS
â—¦ MySQL - basic Devops, query optimisation, data transfer
â—¦ More advanced database / Laravel model schemas, entity relationships and software architecture
â—¦ Good understanding of user experienceBroad understanding of current digital / web standards
â—¦ SEO
â—¦ Google search console
â—¦ Google analytics
â—¦ Meta pixel
â—¦ Web site accessibility
â—¦ Page speed requirements and techniques
â—¦ Google shopping
â—¦ Web API's / JSON / authentication
â—¦ Project management
â—¦ Good communication skills and the ability to understand customer requirements and convey complex solutions in a broad range of simple terms
POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES
We also have a number of other projects that we actively support and retain where there could be opportunities for the right candidate, or use existing skillsets may be of added value to us, these include;
• React JS / React Native Mobile Apps
• Xamarin / .Net MAUI based Apps
• .Net / .Net Framework MVC Web Applications
• Wordpress site development
• Windows Server Management
• Linux Server Management
• Azure Infrastructure Management