We’re looking for a Senior Laravel developer to lead high-quality builds, write clean, scalable code, and bring smart, user-focused products to life. We’re looking for a Senior Laravel developer to lead high-quality builds, write clean, scalable code, and bring smart, user-focused products to life.
Location In-house Employment: Full-time Reporting to Head of Engineering Job Description
You’ll play a central role in building fast, reliable, and user-friendly digital products — working across a range of internal and client-facing projects. This is a hands-on development role with a strong focus on writing clean, maintainable code and delivering high-quality features. You’ll collaborate with designers, delivery leads, and other developers to bring ideas to life — and make sure what we build works as beautifully as it looks. You’ll take ownership of key builds, help shape technical decisions, and contribute to improving our codebase and development processes. If you love Laravel, care about code quality, and enjoy building things that make a real impact — this one’s for you. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?
Strong experience building web applications with
Laravel
and the wider
PHP
ecosystem Solid understanding of modern backend development — from
RESTful APIs
to
database design
and
auth systems Comfortable working with
Blade
,
Livewire
, and modern JS frameworks like
Vue
or
React Confident writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code Familiar with
automated testing
and writing tests to ensure code reliability and maintainability Understanding of
DevOps
workflows — from deployments to managing environments and CI/CD pipelines Experience with
Git
,
MySQL/PostgreSQL
, and common developer tooling Able to take ownership of tasks, manage your own time, and guide others in doing the same Comfortable mentoring junior developers, offering code reviews, and sharing knowledge Happy collaborating with designers, delivery leads, and product stakeholders to bring ideas to life Keen to contribute to planning, estimation, and finding ways to improve how we work Nice to Haves
Experience with
Laravel Forge
,
Envoyer
, or other deployment tools Familiarity with
Inertia.js
,
Alpine.js
, or hybrid Laravel+JS stacks Exposure to
headless CMSs
,
third-party integrations
, or
API-first builds An eye for UX and front-end polish, even if your focus is back-of-house Interest in contributing to open-source, internal tools, or process improvements What we need from you
6+ years’ experience working with PHP. A solid understanding of web development best practices — clean code, scalability, and performance Confidence working independently, managing your own workload, and delivering on time A collaborative mindset — happy working closely with designers, delivery leads, and other developers A proactive attitude — you don’t wait to be told what’s broken or how to fix it Strong attention to detail, and a genuine care for the quality of what you ship A willingness to mentor and support others, and help raise the bar across the team A love for learning — whether it’s new tools, better practices, or smarter ways of working Flexible start and finish times. Whether you're an early bird or a “please not before 10” type Hybrid working, home and office. Most of us split our time between home and our Bradford HQ. No awkward calendar clashes Time and space for daily prayers. Whether it’s one or all five, take all the time you need for prayer breaks. No awkward asks, no raised eyebrows. Both Eids off (no matter your religion) Celebrate or just enjoy the extra days off Enhanced paternity leave Because new dads deserve more than a nod and a ‘good luck’. Mentoring from a team with decades of combined experience. Opportunity to work on highly recognised and beneficial projects. Working with a young and bright team of creatives. Private on-site parking. 35 hour work weeks in-house/Hybrid and option based on experience. Team events and social activities. Great workstations – Macbook Pro with external screens. Great coffee!
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Mid/Senior Laravel Developer in London employer: MANZA
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