Full-stack Laravel PHP Developer

Job Title: Full-stack Laravel PHP Developer

Salary: ₹2,000,000 to ₹3,000,000

About Vestd

Vestd is the UK’s original share scheme platform for startups, scaleups and SMEs. Our mission is to encourage founders to use equity as a lever for business growth.

We are an innovative, fast-growing fintech startup with big ambitions and product is at the heart of these. Our team is on a mission to increase equity inclusion.

Requirements

Job summary:

We are looking for a Laravel Developer to join the development team and help us build new tools and features and improve the existing ones.

You will be a highly motivated and experienced developer with many years of experience building components in a complex environment.

Overall job responsibilities:

• Work with the engineering and design team to build new features and improve existing ones.
• Proactive management and improvements of the existing codebase.
• Review error logs and make updates as necessary.
• Support your fellow team members with advice and guidance as needed.

Technical skills & knowledge:

Essential

• 5 or more years of experience working with Laravel
• Recent experience working with Laravel in a corporate environment.
• Experience working within a product development team.
• Experience working with very large or complex applications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to work independently, and within a team, and able to prioritise work accordingly.
• A desire to create testable, easy-to-use code.
• Experience working with Github or other git-based version control systems.
• Experience working for an international company.

Desired

• Experience working with large and complex datasets.
• Experience working with AWS services and configuration as code.
• Experience working with tools like Jira, Miro & Figma.

Benefits

What you can expect

As the UK’s first and most advanced equity management platform, Vestd is an innovative company, always looking for ways to break new ground.

Our culture is our backbone (we were named in the ‘Top 3 Companies in the Country for Company Culture’ by BreatheHR) and we take team happiness seriously.

Vestd strives to be as principled as possible. We’re all about Goal 8 of the United Nations ‘Sustainable Development Goals’. This goal is about ‘Decent Work and Economic Growth’ and we consider that both in relation to our external activities and in relation to our internal workings.

We expect every team member to consider how they can be part of our push to see a world in which 1bn people are enrolled on a share scheme.

We’ll do everything we can to help you grow in your role and in return, you’ll want to learn all about our industry, so that you can help us to continue leading it.

Vestd is 100% remote so you’ll have a lot of freedom around your working day. Some roles do demand office hours (to fit with our customers’ schedules) but we are committed to being flexible where possible.

Happy employees make for happy customers and that’s demonstrated in our five star reviews. Vestd’s excellence has also been recognised by The Europas, The Fintech Awards London, The Hustle Awards, TechRound, and BusinessCloud’s Fintech50.

So if you’re an autonomous and self-driven individual who likes the idea of being part of a mission and you like the idea of joining a close-knit team, we’ll be a great fit.

Why work for Vestd?

Vestd’s a great place to work. Don’t just take our word for it - take a look at our award-winning suite of benefits that you can look forward to as one of our folk:

• 100% remote, no commuting!
• A flexible working environment to help you achieve the best work/life balance.
• Team retreats twice a year, which includes an overnight stay and a big focus on fun and team cohesion.
• A personal training and personal development budget to keep your career and professional growth on track.
• Great team ethos, connect through regular team and company socials.
• Support with home working equipment
• Monthly recognition scheme, where we celebrate our folk

We’re looking for somebody with initiative who can see both the business and their own growth path. It is a great time to join our team and this is a superb role for the right person.

Our application process:

• Apply online
• 20-minute screening call
• Task-based assignment
• 1-hour interview with hiring manager and team member
• 30-minute interview with CEO

We’re striving to build a diverse team and welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply. We believe that unique differences are what makes a strong team and are actively committed to building an inclusive work environment.

This job is fully remote, within India. You will need to be primarily India-based and eligible to work in the country.