Senior Laravel Engineer in Slough

Role Summary

Zelph is a product-led engineering company building and operating complex, business-critical platforms for regulated and high-growth organisations.

We're looking for a Senior Laravel Engineer / Tech Lead to join our internal team. This is a hands-on senior role with real ownership over architecture, code quality, and delivery. You'll help lead development on large Laravel applications built with Laravel, Filament, Livewire, and MySQL, and play a key role in shaping technical direction and mentoring other engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead development of production Laravel applications
• Make architectural decisions and optimise performance
• Build admin and internal tools using Filament
• Develop reactive interfaces with Livewire
• Design and maintain REST APIs
• Lead and mentor engineers through reviews and guidance
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
• Work closely with stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions

Requirements

• 6+ years Laravel experience at a senior level
• Prior experience leading a development team
• Strong MySQL skills
• Experience with Filament, Livewire, and Laravel deployment (e.g. Forge)
• Solid REST API, CI/CD, and Git experience

Nice to Have

• Experience with regulated or compliance-heavy platforms
• Multi-tenant or role-based access control experience

Why Zelph?

• Ownership of long-term, real-world systems
• Hybrid working and flexible culture
• Strong engineering standards and autonomy