Fullstack Developer

**The Company**:
Candid is a high growth Insurtech business located in Bristol UK and is part of the Clark.de group, a pan European Insurtech unicorn. At Candid we believe life insurance can be done better, a lot better. We are a lively, friendly bunch who strive to getbetter at what we do, protecting families. We aspire to a different kind of financial services culture where innovation and high-performance meet fun.

**The Opportunity**:
The Developer is responsible for the development of our existing and future projects. The duties will primarily revolve around building software by writing code, as well as modifying software to fix errors, adapt it to new hardware, improve its performance,or upgrade interfaces. They will also be involved in directing system testing and validation procedures and working with customers or departments on technical issues including software system design and maintenance.
- Several social events throughout the year
- 22 days holiday+ Bank holidays
- Full autonomy working on a true greenfield project
- Excellent personal development opportunities
- Great sociable working hours
- Income protection & Death in service

**Your Core focus**:

- Reviewing and maintaining current systems
- Developing new systems and workflows to improve efficiency
- Presenting ideas for system improvements, including cost proposals
- Working closely with analysts, designers, and staff
- Talking through requirements with key stakeholders
- Testing software and fixing problems
- Maintaining systems once they're up and running
- Being a part of technical designing
- Integrate software components
- Producing efficient codes
- Writing program codes for reference and reporting

**About you**:

- Experience in PHP, Laravel/Symphony Desirable
- JS/React/Angular desirable
- Knowledge OO PHP version 5 and 7
- MySQL, understanding of database usage optimisation
- API Development Experience. REST / SOAP
- Familiar with JIRA/Confluence
- Flexibility for unexpected requests to modify the project, which may occur during development