PHP Developers - Customer Services & Manufacturing Systems - Multiple Vacancies - Wren Kitchens

Did you know that Wren Kitchen's team is on the cutting edge of technology, making the most of cutting edge tech including:

• The most up-to-date versions of PHP / Symfony
• Doctrine ORM
• RabbitMQ
• Elasticsearch
• AWS Auto Scaling

Barton-upon-Humber

Salary to £45K with an excellent benefits package discussed below.

So you think you know Wren Kitchens? Think again!

We know that Wren Kitchens are the UK's number one kitchen retailer, but did you know they are Indeed's:

• Number 2 Top-Rated Workplace in the UK, second only to Apple
• Number 1 Top-Rated Retailer to work for

Did you know the scale of Wren Kitchens' family owned operation?

• 78 retail stores across the UK
• In-house, multi-site manufacturing, logistics and installation functions
• 10 years trading with over 4000 employees
• A commitment to 1200 new jobs as part of a £120million investment!

Did you know that Wren share their commercial success with their staff?

• Bonus scheme
• 2 free to use, fully equipped gyms
• 2 subsidised canteens - one healthy, one…not so healthy
• Free parking

Now you know about the wider business it's time to focus on technology!

It goes without saying that, as with most modern companies, IT is the enabler of everything that Wren Kitchens do, but did you know that all of these IT systems are built in-house by the 70 strong development team?

This tech team are led by tech people; Developers who have been there and done it meaning they know what is possible and understand realistic timescales for pieces of work. They work to agile methodologies and the devs get solid documentation, pulled together by dedicated BAs and prioritised by technical PMs.

Wren are now looking to strengthen their in-house development teams by recruiting a number of Software Developers to reinforce the good work that has shaped these teams over the last couple of years and to provide the tech backup for the 1200 jobs that Wren are creating in their upcoming £120million expansion.

They need Developers who can solve complex business problems, building enterprise level software systems to support the wider business in all sorts of areas covering Customer Services, Manufacturing, Logistics, Retail and the public facing websites.

These Developers will join either the Customer Services or Manufacturing teams and will involve a mixture of Senior Developers and Mid-level Developers.

Key Skills:

• The most up-to-date versions of PHP / Symfony
• Doctrine ORM
• RabbitMQ
• Elasticsearch
• AWS Auto Scaling

Key challenges for these teams at the moment are:

• Building systems to manage the ordering and after care of fitted kitchens. This includes:
  • Processing queries
  • Document generation
  • Refund processing
  • Order processing
  • Telephony integration

• Building systems to look after the manufacturing side of the company including:
  • Warehouse / stock management
  • Procurement
  • Forecasting
  • Introducing new products, such as the recent addition of quartz worktop manufacturing

The successful PHP Developers will join at an exciting time for Wren Kitchens and will be pivotal in the success of Wren in the coming years. The development team are open, collaborative and genuinely forward thinking, encouraging ideas and input from the most junior of developers and expecting input on architectural decisions from those with more experience. If you want to solve big technical challenges and help bring along more junior developers whilst you are doing it then this is the role for you.

If this has piqued your interest and you want to find out more give me a call on 0113 887 8355 / 07881 244 212 or send me an email to dan.butler@searchability.co.uk. All queries are guaranteed a personal response.

Interviews will be held to suit your circumstances. We are keen to hear from local people but will also consider applications from those living further afield who would be willing to relocate to the beautiful North Lincolnshire / Humberside area.