Senior Backend Engineer in London

Senior Backend Engineer in London

London Full-Time On-site
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Senior PHP Developer Location:

Fareham | Hybrid | On-site Salary:

Up to £70,000 + benefits We're working with a well-established, award-winning technology business that's scaling rapidly and building a suite of market-leading products. As they continue to expand, they're looking for an experienced Senior PHP Developer to join their backend engineering team. You'll play a key role in modernising core systems, improving scalability, and supporting the delivery of new features across a range of high-traffic products. The Role You'll join a collaborative, cross-functional team of backend, frontend and QA engineers, reporting to an Engineering Manager who has grown through the ranks internally. This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of impactful work in a fast-paced, large-scale environment. Key responsibilities include: Designing, building and optimising PHP-based APIs and backend services. Helping to decouple a large PHP 7.4 monorepo into modern PHP 8.1+ services. Working with a stack including AWS, Kubernetes, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Redis, and Cassandra. Collaborating closely with frontend, QA and product teams in a Kanban workflow. Contributing ideas to improve scalability, performance and reliability. Taking ownership from concept through to deployment- they deploy to production daily. About You To thrive in this role, you'll bring a strong balance of hands-on coding expertise, initiative and problem-solving ability. Essential experience: 5+ years' commercial experience with PHP. Strong understanding of MySQL and messaging systems such as RabbitMQ and Redis. Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS or GCP). Familiarity with Kubernetes is a plus. Pragmatic, delivery - focused mindset - “perfection is the enemy of success.” Excellent communication and collaboration skills. You'll enjoy working at pace, taking ownership of projects, and improving systems operating at global scale. Additional Benefits: Annual bonus -10% Competitive benefits package If this sounds like you then please click apply now! Please note: We are unable to provide any sponsorship for this role.

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Senior Backend Engineer in London employer: develop

As a Central Government Sector Leader at our client, you will join an innovative AI-native consultancy that prioritises employee growth and offers a dynamic work culture. With a competitive salary and substantial bonus potential, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of public sector consulting while enjoying a flexible work environment in Farringdon, fostering collaboration and creativity among talented professionals dedicated to making a meaningful impact.

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Contact Details:

develop Recruitment Team