Job Description
Work from home, UK client, Full-time, PHP Developer position
This role is for a substantial, fast-growing and well respected UK IT company who has hired us to exclusively recruit for them. It is a permanent Work From Home position and everyday you’ll be working directly as part of their UK team. It is a senior role with real opportunities to learn and develop.
Please view Smart Working’s Glassdoor or LinkedIn to learn more about life as a Smart Worker. We are proud to have one of the highest Glassdoor ratings of any business in India.
This company’s expertise lies primarily in software development. Their Comparison and Affiliates Team power comparison tech for market-leading brands, including Compare the Market and Go.Compare. Their services cover a range of markets, including Broadband, Mobiles, Energy and Pet Insurance.
Key points about the company:
• Over 23 Years old.
• The company offers bespoke services in creative web design, competitor price monitoring, digital marketing, and more.
• Some of the big names they currently work with include Asda and Google to name a few.
They are looking to make a full time hire for a long term position.
Location: Permanent Remote Work from Home in India
Experience: Minimum 5 years PHP experience
Shift Timings: 12pm - +:30pm (Summer), 1pm - 10:30pm (Winter)
Roles and responsibilities
• Write new web-scrapes to capture data from websites
• Fix web-scrapes when they break, for example due to website changes
• Improve web-scrapes for better performance, higher reliability and accuracy
• Analyse data from web-scrapes to ensure that it is complete and accurate
• Collaborate in a team of web-scraping engineers, product managers and Data Quality Analysts to ensure “360° quality” in the data we scrape and manage.
Required skills and experience
• PHP - 5 years
• Knowledge and an interest in Web scraping - you must be able to speak intellectually on web scraping. You do not need experience but must have an interest.
• Really good communication and interpersonal skills. Doing this job well requires close collaboration with Data Quality Analysts, and it’s vital that web-scraping engineers have very strong abilities (a) in understanding issues raised by the DQAs, and (b) in communicating and explaining issues, asking follow-up questions in a precise and clear manner.
• An ability to understand complex data-sets and data requirements. Our data collection requirements are complex, and a successful Web Scraping Engineer will need the ability to quickly grasp the underlying logic behind these requirements.
• Comfortable working with websites in many different languages. Beyond having fluent and clear English, we don’t require our engineers to speak many different languages — but they must be able to work with websites in any European or east-Asian language using common sense and Google translate.
Desired Skills and Experience:
• A strong understanding of and experience in online retail (e-commerce) is quite important in this role.
• Experience in scraping data from smartphone apps is a plus, but not 100% essential.
• Knowledge of using proxies, IP-switching services, etc., in a web-scraping context is also helpful.
• Web scraping (3 years)- A strong PHP developer with an interest in web scraping should be able to pick up the web-scraping fundamentals quickly.
Job Perks
• Work life balance: You will work fixed hours and will never have to work on weekends again
• Laptop provided
• Full medical insurance provided
• Learn and Grow: Learn from highly skilled UK colleagues and other Smart Workers in our active and useful forums
• Joining bonus
• Become part of the Smart Working family: Take part in games and quizzes, network with like minded, ambitious and friendly colleagues
About Us:
• Smart Working recruits excellent people to work full time, remotely and directly for UK businesses on a long term basis.
• Once you pass the interview process with Smart Working you will be introduced to our UK client. We are here to help and support you through the entire application process.
• If you are looking to grow, learn and develop professionally then working at Smart Working is the right place for you. Come and join our family and accelerate your career.
• We welcome you to add or message any of our staff on LinkedIn to ask any questions about working here. We recommend reading some of Smart Working’s Glassdoor reviews - you will see what a trusted and supportive employer we are.
Here is our LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/smartworkingsolutions
Kindly email your applications at shalini@smartworking.io
Note: Kindly DO NOT Apply, if the Notice Period is for more than 30 Days, as the position is very urgent.
This role is for a substantial, fast-growing and well respected UK IT company who has hired us to exclusively recruit for them. It is a permanent Work From Home position and everyday you’ll be working directly as part of their UK team. It is a senior role with real opportunities to learn and develop.
Please view Smart Working’s Glassdoor or LinkedIn to learn more about life as a Smart Worker. We are proud to have one of the highest Glassdoor ratings of any business in India.
This company’s expertise lies primarily in software development. Their Comparison and Affiliates Team power comparison tech for market-leading brands, including Compare the Market and Go.Compare. Their services cover a range of markets, including Broadband, Mobiles, Energy and Pet Insurance.
Key points about the company:
• Over 23 Years old.
• The company offers bespoke services in creative web design, competitor price monitoring, digital marketing, and more.
• Some of the big names they currently work with include Asda and Google to name a few.
They are looking to make a full time hire for a long term position.
Location: Permanent Remote Work from Home in India
Experience: Minimum 5 years PHP experience
Shift Timings: 12pm - +:30pm (Summer), 1pm - 10:30pm (Winter)
Roles and responsibilities
• Write new web-scrapes to capture data from websites
• Fix web-scrapes when they break, for example due to website changes
• Improve web-scrapes for better performance, higher reliability and accuracy
• Analyse data from web-scrapes to ensure that it is complete and accurate
• Collaborate in a team of web-scraping engineers, product managers and Data Quality Analysts to ensure “360° quality” in the data we scrape and manage.
Required skills and experience
• PHP - 5 years
• Knowledge and an interest in Web scraping - you must be able to speak intellectually on web scraping. You do not need experience but must have an interest.
• Really good communication and interpersonal skills. Doing this job well requires close collaboration with Data Quality Analysts, and it’s vital that web-scraping engineers have very strong abilities (a) in understanding issues raised by the DQAs, and (b) in communicating and explaining issues, asking follow-up questions in a precise and clear manner.
• An ability to understand complex data-sets and data requirements. Our data collection requirements are complex, and a successful Web Scraping Engineer will need the ability to quickly grasp the underlying logic behind these requirements.
• Comfortable working with websites in many different languages. Beyond having fluent and clear English, we don’t require our engineers to speak many different languages — but they must be able to work with websites in any European or east-Asian language using common sense and Google translate.
Desired Skills and Experience:
• A strong understanding of and experience in online retail (e-commerce) is quite important in this role.
• Experience in scraping data from smartphone apps is a plus, but not 100% essential.
• Knowledge of using proxies, IP-switching services, etc., in a web-scraping context is also helpful.
• Web scraping (3 years)- A strong PHP developer with an interest in web scraping should be able to pick up the web-scraping fundamentals quickly.
Job Perks
• Work life balance: You will work fixed hours and will never have to work on weekends again
• Laptop provided
• Full medical insurance provided
• Learn and Grow: Learn from highly skilled UK colleagues and other Smart Workers in our active and useful forums
• Joining bonus
• Become part of the Smart Working family: Take part in games and quizzes, network with like minded, ambitious and friendly colleagues
About Us:
• Smart Working recruits excellent people to work full time, remotely and directly for UK businesses on a long term basis.
• Once you pass the interview process with Smart Working you will be introduced to our UK client. We are here to help and support you through the entire application process.
• If you are looking to grow, learn and develop professionally then working at Smart Working is the right place for you. Come and join our family and accelerate your career.
• We welcome you to add or message any of our staff on LinkedIn to ask any questions about working here. We recommend reading some of Smart Working’s Glassdoor reviews - you will see what a trusted and supportive employer we are.
Here is our LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/smartworkingsolutions
Kindly email your applications at shalini@smartworking.io
Note: Kindly DO NOT Apply, if the Notice Period is for more than 30 Days, as the position is very urgent.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Work From Home position is now open for candidates interested in the Work from home Jobs sector. This role in Mumbai offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Work from home Jobs is a plus.