PHP Developer Advocate - Remote (UK & Europe)

  • Organization: Vonage API Group Product
  • Location: Remote - UK preferred, Europe considered

Vonage Product Management Mission: Vonage API is the emerging leader in the $100B+ cloud communications platform (CPaaS) market. Customers like Airbnb, Viber, TikTok, Snapchat, and many others depend on our APIs and SDKs to connect with their customers all over the world. As businesses continue to shift to a real-time, customer-centric communications model, we are experiencing a time of impressive growth.

Why this role matters

As a PHP developer advocate at Vonage, your main responsibilities will be to support the community and ensure that customers using the PHP SDK have the best experience possible. This will include providing SDK and API feedback to internal teams and producing demos and documentation for the wider developer community to help them get started with Vonage


IF THIS SOUNDS LIKE YOU, CONTINUE READING BELOW…….

What you will do
  • Maintain our PHP Server SDK and supporting tools such as our framework-specific plugins and JWT library!
  • Ensure that there are examples of how to use the SDK to achieve common use cases on
  • Create both technical and non technical presentations, creating a way to interact with the developer community through social media, streaming, webinars and blog posts
  • Visit meetups, roadshows, boot camps and hackathons to build in-person relationships with the developer community
  • Support community developers on our community Slack channel, Stack Overflow and other forums
  • Continue to foster a healthy community globally through engaging with the PHP developer communities to provide feedback and showcase Vonage.
  • Work in an open-source manner. You’ll be responsible for gathering requirements that are essential for adoption of Vonage by the PHP community. This includes encouraging and reviewing open-source contributions, and providing feedback to contributors to our projects.

What you will bring
  • Empathy is a core value for you. You see the best intentions in all actions and help move things forward
  • 2+ years professional PHP experience
  • Knowledge of Git and GitHub
  • Experience of writing technical documentation or tutorials for a developer audience
  • Familiarity with at least 3 of the following: PHP 7.2+, Laravel, Symfony, REST API Design, Drupal, Test Driven Development, Object Oriented Programming, Git and Github
  • Experience of giving technical talks within an organisation, at meetups or at events
  • Comfortable working in a distributed team with autonomy

What is required for application

Required

  • Empathy is a core value for you. You see the best intentions in all actions and help move things forward
  • 2+ years professional PHP experience
  • Knowledge of Git and GitHub
  • Experience of writing technical documentation or tutorials for a developer audience
  • Familiarity with at least 3 of the following: PHP 7.2+, Laravel, Symfony, REST API Design, Drupal, Test Driven Development, Object Oriented Programming, Git and Github
  • Experience of giving technical talks within an organisation, at meetups or at events
  • Comfortable working in a distributed team with autonomy

What is in it for you
  • Unlimited paid annual leave
  • Flexible working hours
  • Company pension
  • Life assurance
  • Income Protection
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Payroll Giving for Charities
  • Train Season Ticket Loan
  • Private Medical
  • Dental & Eye Cover
  • Gym Membership Loan
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
  • Career progression
  • Training
  • Industry conferences
  • Free snacks and food
  • Beer O’clock Fridays
  • Work laptop
  • Secure bicycle storage
  • Discounts in London attractions through TasteCard Loan and BUPA, the medical provider
  • Social meetups, i.e. yearly Hackathons, etc



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