Sr Developer, PHP

&bull Provide technical leadership to your team ensuring they have a clear understanding of the design of feature enhancements/changes to existing product.
&bull Ensure TransUnion design patterns, frameworks, and architectural standards are implemented consistently within the work delivered.
&bull Take accountability for quality of the code and the effectiveness of the solution in production ensuring code is well-structured, maintainable and components delivered are testable.

2. Team Management
&bull As line manager of a development team in TransUnion you will ensure your team members are supported providing the positive leadership and direction they require to get the job done.
&bull You will be responsible for managing the absence calendars of your teams ensuring adequate levels of resource to meet commitments.
&bull You will be responsible for managing the performance of your team members from an appraisal and disciplinary perspective.
&bull You will ensure knowledge sharing and relevant upskilling is in place for your team where required.

3. Agile ways of working
&bull Actively participate with the UK development team using an agile approach. Ensuring your team are delivering code with consistency, quality and aligned with community best practices.
&bull Collaborate closely with cross-functional technology teams using the SCRUM methodology.
&bull Champion a culture of continuous improvement to enable process and team maturity improvement.
&bull Mentor, assist and support less experienced colleagues as required.
&bull Participate in quality assurance to ensure products are fit for purpose and meet regulation.

Required Skills / Qualifications / Experience:

&bull 10+ years' commercial experience of software engineering, including experience of
o PHP
o Zend Server
o PHPUnit, Behat
o Symfony or Silex frameworks
o Composer package manager
&bull A passion for software engineering, high standards and the delivery of testable code
&bull Excellent problem-solving skills to identify root cause and permanent resolution
&bull Experience leading the development of complex systems
&bull Experience of using a test driven approach to software engineering.
&bull Leadership and line management experience including managing the technical deliverables of others, managing appraisals/performance and managing team capacity and absence.
&bull Up to date knowledge of new technologies and techniques
&bull Experience of automated tests, builds and deployment
&bull A good understanding and competency with release pipelines
&bull Excellent communication and English language skills, with the ability to collaborate with teams based in UK, Lithuania and US
&bull Experience knowledge sharing and mentoring junior colleagues.
&bull Technical leadership providing day to day help to your team so that they understand the tasks required to deliver the solution that fulfils the requirements
&bull Excellent organisation skills, the ability to prioritise and allocate work within your team supporting product releases

Impact You'll Make:

• Experience with Jenkins
  &bull Experience of Microsoft SQL Server & Microsoft .net
  &bull PowerShell knowledge.
  &bull Experience of Octopus Deploy or equivalent.
  &bull Knowledge of CI/CD
  &bull Knowledge of best practices (Design Patterns, SOLID TDD, DDD, SOLID, YAGNI, DRY, KISS)
  &bull Knowledge of Agile methodologies

TransUnion Job Title

Sr Developer, Applications Development