At a Glance
- Tasks: Develop and enhance backend systems using PHP in a dynamic Agile team.
- Company: Join a growing organisation with a focus on innovative technology solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid work model, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with excellent career advancement potential.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by modernising critical systems and mentoring fellow developers.
- Qualifications: 5+ years of PHP experience and strong knowledge of backend development.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 70000 £ per year.
- Senior PHP Developer
- Basingstoke (Hybrid - 1 day onsite per week)
- Overview
A growing organisation is seeking a Senior PHP Developer to join its internal technology team, supporting the development and enhancement of its business-critical CRM platform.
Working within an Agile Scrum team, you will deliver scalable backend solutions, take ownership of complex features, contribute to technical improvements, and support engineering best practices across the team.
- Roles & Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain backend systems using PHP (Laravel/Cake PHP).
- Deliver features end-to-end, from design and development through to testing and deployment.
- Enhance and modernise legacy Cake PHP applications.
- Build and maintain APIs, integrations, and backend services.
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code.
- Contribute to code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD processes.
- Support architecture decisions, technical improvements, and reduction of technical debt.
- Troubleshoot production issues and support continuous improvement.
- Mentor developers through knowledge sharing, coaching, and code reviews.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, QA, Dev Ops, and wider technology teams.
Skills & Experience
- 5+ years' commercial experience in PHP development.
- Strong experience with PHP 7.4 (Cake PHP) and PHP 8+ (Laravel/Symfony).
- Experience building RESTful APIs and backend services.
- Strong My SQL knowledge, including query optimisation and performance tuning.
- Understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and SOLID principles.
- Experience with Java Script (ES6+), HTML5, CSS, Git, Docker, and Linux/WSL environments.
- Strong experience with unit testing, automated testing, and code reviews.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.
- Exposure to Vue. js/Nuxt, Azure, CI/CD pipelines, messaging technologies, microservices, or event-driven architectures is desirable.
- Experience working within regulated industries such as Insurance or Financial Services is beneficial.
Qualifications
- A-Level or equivalent required
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