Job Description
Senior PHP Developer
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- Basingstoke (Hybrid - 1 day onsite per week)
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- Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 per annum
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Overview
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A growing client of ours is seeking an experiences Senior PHP Developer to join its technology team, supporting the development and enhancement of its business-critical CRM platform.
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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.
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Roles & Responsibilities
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- Develop and maintain backend systems using PHP (Laravel/CakePHP).
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- Deliver features end-to-end, from design and development through to testing and deployment.
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- Enhance and modernise legacy CakePHP applications.
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- Build and maintain APIs, integrations, and backend services.
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- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code.
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- Contribute to code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD processes.
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- Support architecture decisions, technical improvements, and reduction of technical debt.
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- Troubleshoot production issues and support continuous improvement.
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- Mentor developers through knowledge sharing, coaching, and code reviews.
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- Collaborate with Product Owners, QA, DevOps, and wider technology teams.
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Skills & Experience
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- 5+ years' commercial experience in PHP development.
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- Strong experience with PHP 7.4 (CakePHP) and PHP 8+ (Laravel/Symfony).
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- Experience building RESTful APIs and backend services.
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- Strong MySQL knowledge, including query optimisation and performance tuning.
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- Understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and SOLID principles.
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- Experience with JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS, Git, Docker, and Linux/WSL environments.
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- Strong experience with unit testing, automated testing, and code reviews.
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- Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.
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- Exposure to Vue.js/Nuxt, Azure, CI/CD pipelines, messaging technologies, microservices, or event-driven architectures is desirable.
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- Experience working within regulated industries such as Insurance or Financial Services is beneficial.
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Qualifications
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