Company Description
We Dream. We Do. We Deliver.
About Merkle
Merkle, a dentsu company, powers the experience economy. For more than 35 years, we have put people at the heart of its approach to digital business transformation. As the only integrated experience consultancy in the world with a heritage in data science and our performance, Merkle delivers holistic, experiences that promote growth, engagement, and loyalty. Merkle's expertise has earned recognition as a "Leader" by top industry analyst firms, in categories such as digital transformation and commerce, experience design, engineering and technology integration, digital marketing, data science, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management. With more than 16,000 employees, Merkle operates in 30+ countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. For more information, visit www.merkle.com.

Job Description
And we are looking for a PHP Developer to strengthen our Smart Integrations team!


Key responsibilities:

• Work independently with a broader overview on the project;
• Participate in communications with partners and clients, when needed;
• Understand and follow the release processes in the company;
• Participates in requirements analysis, development, unit testing and documentation;
• Write quality code to fit unique customer needs and configurations;
• Troubleshoot and debugs (with some guidance from senior team members if needed);
• Achieve better understanding of the company platform and processes and suggests improvements.

You will be reporting to the Smart Integrations Manager.

Qualifications
What we are looking for:

• Academic background in IT or equivalent;
• At least 4 years of experience with PHP;
• Strong working experience and knowledge with PHP feom 7.3 to 8.1;
• Clear understanding of OOP, Design Patterns and anti-patterns, and SOLID principles;
• Working experience with relational Databases DBMS;
• A good understanding of project tools (Atlassian OR git/svn ...) is required;
• Experienced with testing layers (unit, integration, and functional testing);
• Knowledge in algorithms and distributed systems;
• Proficiency in English.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Ecom solutions such as Magento, Prestashop, CS-Cart, x Cart OR any PHP CMS as Word Press, Drupal, Joomla, etc;
• Knowledge in Java Script (ES6) is a plus;
• Experience with services/microservices oriented architecture, ideally in an e-commerce scope;
• Familiar with SCRUM methodology.

We do not sponsor work visa.
For those who don’t have Portuguese documents (NIF and NISS), we suggest you to search for more information at local country Social Security entities, as well as on SEF (Serviços Estrangeiros e Fronteiras), for possible roles in Merkle Portugal.

Additional Information
Benefits and perks:

• Modern Technology & Latest IT tools
• Software-house environment
• Agile and Flexible working hours
• Digital nomad policy
• Focus on career development
• Health insurance (also included for the household)
• Mental health support
• Volunteer experiences and sustainable mindset
• 25 vacation days + 3 wellness days per year
• Beers (after 6pm), foosball, and ping-pong! #workhardplayhard
• Free breakfast every second Monday of the month
• Employee discounts
• Team & Company events

Inclusion & Diversity
We value the strength diversity brings to our business and are working to build a more inclusive workplace through partnerships with Stonewall, Business Disability Forum and Business in the Community's race and gender equality campaigns. We are happy to discuss all approaches to working for all our roles – we can't promise we will offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly.
If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with the recruiter who contacts you.
#LI-Hybrid