Lead Web Developer - PHP/Laravel/Full Stack in Surrey

At Nteractive, we create and deliver world-class experiences for global brands through events, creative production, and digital innovation. We’re now looking for a Lead Web Developer to take ownership of Hive, our in-house operations platform, and shape its next stage of growth.

Hive is a Laravel + Livewire platform that powers our day-to-day operations, connecting resourcing, finance, HR, time tracking, identity, and increasingly AI-driven workflows. You’ll take full ownership of the platform, drive its technical direction, and help shape how it grows across the business.

• Build and ship new features in response to evolving business needs
• Design and maintain database architecture and backend logic
• Develop and maintain Livewire and Bootstrap-based front end
• Manage deployments, environments, and release processes (staging + production)
• Monitor platform performance, stability, and security
• Introduce and maintain automated testing across critical paths
• Improve scalability, structure, and long-term maintainability of the system
• Set coding standards and technical best practices

Strong experience with Laravel (v12 preferred) and Livewire. Excellent PHP development skills and strong backend engineering capability. Solid understanding of MySQL and relational database design. Front-end experience with Bootstrap 5. Familiarity with deployment workflows (e.g. Laravel Forge, DigitalOcean, staging/production environments). Experience operating as a senior or lead developer, setting technical direction.

Bonus: exposure to LLM/AI features.

You’ll join a fast-growing, global creative and events agency where tech is becoming increasingly central. Benefits include:

• 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Hybrid working with flexibility
• Pension scheme (5% employee / 3% employer)
• Private Medical Insurance & Cash Plan
• Life Insurance
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Wellbeing & Inclusion initiatives (including EAP access)
• Birthday day off
• Summer hours
• Generous employee referral scheme

Quiet home working environment. Ability to attend the office occasionally for collaboration and key meetings. Willingness to travel internationally when required.

We are Experience Architects with an ambition to cultivate client trust and brand value. We are commercially aware and drive value for our clients and Nteractive by seeking efficiencies and cost effectiveness without compromising the creative vision. We are specialists in the technology sector. We create incredible live brand experiences – the sort that really make a difference.

We eagerly seek individuals who bring diversity of background, experience, and thought to create an engaging work environment, foster innovation and better understand and meet the needs of our users. We encourage people from underrepresented and/or marginalized backgrounds, including BIPOC, LatinX, LGBTQ+, women, and people with disabilities, to apply.