PHP Developer- London Dachis Group

Headshift is a part of Dachis Group, the world's largest social business consultancy. We help organizations make the most of social technologies to engage people and improve business performance.

We are a new sort of company - part management consultancy, part technology developer and part communications agency - that is dedicated to the task of building the connective tissue for Twenty-first Century organizations. We bridge the gap between existing IT, marketing and operations to engage both employees and customers more effectively, and help create the kind of network effects and energy that characterize successful businesses.

Headshift is looking for an experienced PHP developer, with a deep knowledge of either Drupal or WordPress, to join the production team to build and extend a series of exciting, and innovative applications.

In addition to very high technical standards, we also expect a successful candidate to have good social and communication skills and be used to working well with a team, and clients in an agile, flexible environment.

You must have experience with:
Using PHP 5.2 and 5.3, with MySQL.
Version Control Systems, in particular Git.
Working on commercial WordPress or Drupal projects
Writing your own modules or wordpress plugins, and extending themes in a maintainable way.

Experience in the following is a bonus:
Working in an agile, flexible environment, and using tools like Pivotal Tracker in sprints.
Experience with PHP testing frameworks, specifically Simpletest and PHP-Unit.
Working with and deploying code to Linux servers and working with the command line, ideally with an automated process like using Capsitrano for WordPress or Drush for Drupal.
A keen appreciation of standards compliant XHTML and CSS.
Visible contributions to existing open source projects, or having an relevant online presence (i.e. being active on github, running your own blog, etc.)

If you are interested, please apply via http://www.smartrecruiters.com/headshift or Email your CV and cover letter to iwanttowork(at)headshift(dot)com.

Location:	London United Kingdom
Employment Type:	Full Time
Functional Area:	Engineering / Product Dev / Science