Company overview:

Hosting Ireland one of the largest domain name and hosting providers in Ireland. For over a decade, we have provided customers with Internet technology services, including Web Hosting, domain name registration and innovative online marketing solutions, but we also provide everything else needed to run a booming online business.

Since 2019, we have been part of team.blue, a European group of brands enabling entrepreneurs to succeed online. As a group, we operate across 15 countries, manage over 1.9 million domains, host more than 650,000 websites, and provide 2 million email accounts to our customers. Our incredible team of nearly 1,700 experts make this happen - are you ready to share your passion and join our team?

Why choose Hosting Ireland?

We want every member of our team to achieve more than they thought possible so that we can keep supporting our customers to succeed. We do this with:

• A diverse and inclusive culture
• Access to flexible working opportunities
• A relaxed, collaborative atmosphere
• Motivational, coach-style leadership
• Employee perks, including an enhanced holiday scheme and a birthday bonus

What we do

We make succeeding online as easy as it can be for our customers. We:

• Provide award-winning IT services
• Keep our products accessible and competitive
• Offer a diverse range of products to allow customers to grow
• Are customer-obsessed, offering multi-channel exceptional support

Our values

The five characteristics that drive our behaviours and the heart of our business culture;

• We put our customers at the heart of everything we do
• We’re stronger together and we trust each other to do the right thing
• We tell it like it is, and keep doors and mind open
• We treat each other with respect and regard
• We’re always thinking ’what’s next?’

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.

Key responsibilities:

• Creating secure, high-performance web applications
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software
• Gather and evaluate feedback in timely manner
• Directing and participating in design activities

Required Skills & Experience:

• Extensive knowledge of Object Orientated PHP

• Relational databases and SQL

• Unit testing with PHP Unit

• Good understanding of security issues on the internet

• Agile Software Development (Scrum, Kanban)

• WHMCS - Deploying custom Hooks, Addons and Modules

• RESTful API Web Services

• Peer Code Review Skills

• 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

• HTML

• CSS

Key Competencies:

• Analytical skills to trouble shoot

• Self-motivation

• Good team player

• Prioritise tasks

• Attention to detail 

• Excellent time management

• Provide excellent customer service

• Commendable communication

Working Hours:

The normal hours of the business are 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive.

For the first two-four weeks training will be provided, on a full-time basis from our offices in County Waterford, Ireland.

Following initial training work will be based from the office full time. 

We may offer hybrid working with this role, only after discussions with the Manager.

Right to work:

At any stage please be prepared to provide proof of eligibility to work in  Ireland.

Unfortunately, we are unable to support Sponsorship Visas.