Job Description

An opportunity has arisen for a Software Engineer 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.

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.

PHP, JavaScript and MySQL applications form the core of all of Hosting Ireland’s internal 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.

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

The position will require attendance at the Hosting Ireland office in Waterford 1-2 days week and initial training may be from the office, depending on the restrictions in place.

Salary on application.

Essential Requirements:

•Extensive knowledge of Object Orientated PHP

•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)

•WHMCS - Deploying custom Hooks, Addons and Modules

•RESTful API Web Services

•Peer Code Review Skills

•Package Management (Composer, NPM)

•Frameworks (Laravel (Eloquent), jQuery, Smarty)

•Usability, Accessibility, SEO & W3C Standards

•HTML5, XHTML, Sass, Git, RabbitMQ

•HTTP, SMTP, FTP, SSH, TLS, DNS

•PHP Storm, PHPMyAdmin, Upsource•Linux Command Line & Bash

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

Working Hours - 

This is a permanent, full time role. The normal hours of the business are 9:00a.m to 5:30p.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 unpaid lunch break, which is normally to be taken between 12:00noon and 2:00p.m., but depending on shift and cover patterns may have to be taken at other convenient times.

In addition, you are required to work such extra hours as are necessary to ensure the satisfactory completion of your duties.

Whilst we are happy to consider applications from outside the UK/Ireland, due to regulatory requirements we are limited to countries in which team.blue operates. For a full list please see https://team.blue/contact/

Company values and overview - 

• We love automation 
• We never stop improving
• We are self sufficient and take control
• We stand shoulder to shoulder
• We get the job done 
• We empower
• We are an equal opportunities employer

Hosting Ireland is one of the largest domain name and hosting providers in Ireland. Since 2019 we have been part of team.blue, a leading digital enabler for companies and entrepreneurs. We serve over 2 million customers in Europe and have more than 1,250 experts to support them. Our goal is to shape technology and to empower businesses with innovative digital services. 

Welcome to our journey. We are just getting started.