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Company Intro

Join State of Play, a cutting-edge leader in tech-driven leisure, home to exciting brands like Bounce, Hijingo, and Flight Club. We create immersive entertainment experiences by merging advanced technology with beloved social activities.

We’re a PE-backed scaleup with global ambitions, featuring:

Bounce: The home of ping pong, with three London locations and a US sister brand, AceBounce. In 2024, we launched Ping Pong X, our AI-driven interactive table.

Hijingo: A high-tech, immersive bingo experience, combining futuristic visuals with a premium atmosphere, now expanding globally.

Flight Club: A darts concept powered by technology, rapidly expanding across North America.

Position

As a Senior Full Stack Developer at State of Play Hospitality, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining our company websites and web applications.

The ideal candidate will showcase expertise in both front-end and back-end technologies, with a strong focus on PHP (Laravel and WordPress), ensuring the creation of seamless user experiences and visually stunning interfaces.

We are looking for a product-minded developer who not only excels in coding but also thinks critically about user needs, business goals, and the overall product vision. You will be expected to proactively contribute to product decisions, always aiming to deliver features that add value and improve the customer experience.

Reports to: The Lead Developer

Office: Chancery Lane side of Farringdon (above Bounce)

Hybrid working: High degree of flexibility but you may need to on occasion to work with the rest of the team who are office based.

Requirements and minimum Qualifications

* Proven experience in full-stack web development with PHP (Laravel/WordPress), Vue, and React (Next.js).

* Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and related web technologies.

* Familiarity with front-end build tools (Vite, webpack) and version control systems (e.g., Git).

* Ability to collaborate in a team environment and work independently when needed.

* Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

* Strong communication skills, capable of working with stakeholders at various levels.

* ⁠Experience with CI/CD build & test pipelines

* Solid foundation in testing practices from unit testing to integration testing

* Authorised to legally work in the UK

* Must pass a reference check prior to being hired.

Responsibilities

* Collaborate with design and development teams to craft engaging and responsive websites and web applications.

* Implement user interfaces using Vue.js, alpine.js, and React.js to deliver dynamic and interactive web experiences.

* Develop robust and scalable backend solutions using PHP, specifically Laravel and WordPress.

* Optimise applications for maximum speed and scalability.

* Stay updated on emerging technologies and industry trends, incorporating them into your work.

Benefits:

* Team Assistance Programme: A totally confidential expert service to help when you are facing problems, difficulties, or challenges

* Wagestream: Instant access to your wages as you earn them

* Holiday: 31 days holiday per year, pro-rata, including bank holidays

* Life Insurance: Financial security for you and your loved ones

* Specsavers Eye Test Voucher: Stay sharp with eye check-ups on us

* Weekly Office Snacks: Keep your energy up with healthy and delicious snacks every week

* Office Pizza and Beer Friday: Unwind and bond over everyone’s favourite combo

* Refer a friend bonus: Earn £500 bonus when you successfully refer a friend to join our team

* Annual company party: Celebrate our successes together with a night to remember

* Team discount: 50% off for staff and 25% off for Friends & Family

Milestones

* After a year's service: Enhanced Maternity & Paternity payment, as part of our family we'll help support your family

* After a year's service: Volunteer Day, an annual day paid for you to give back to your local community

* After three years' service: £200 bonus and Holiday increase to 32 days

* After five years' service: £400 bonus and Holiday increase to 33 days

* After ten years' service: 2 weeks paid sabbatical

The Company reserves the right in its absolute discretion to add to your duties or amend this job description at any time. In addition to the above duties, you will carry out such other duties as the Company reasonably directs from time to time.

Our Leadership Principles are:

Listen to the Customer both external customers and internal customers.

Own the Problem, doing your best to solve the problem and seek help from others. Ask yourself what can be done to avoid problems from reoccurring.

Test and Learn, by elevating, educating, and developing through continued training and learning.

Create Positive Energy, optimism and a can-do attitude are infectious and motivating. Avoid negativity, focus on solutions, and avoid blame.

Show Urgency, get things done quickly and accurately.

Be Consistent and Fair, by showing respect to your co-workers. Bring your best self to work.

Be both independently minded and a team player, by communicating issues and viewpoints to assist in better productivity and teamwork.

Be a Big Person, be quick to say thank you and appreciation to fellow co-workers and learn from mistakes.

Be Respectful of the Companies Resources, respecting each other’s time and money to optimise success for the business and each other.

Deliver Results, our business is to succeed and deliver positive results to better provide future growth and opportunities for development.

Equality Opportunity Statement: State of Play Hospitality Limited is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and team members without regard to their actual or perceived race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, marital or civil union status, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, citizenship, veteran status, genetic information, gender, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law