Senior PHP Full Stack Developer

Perspectv Recruiment
1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 60K

Job location

Tech stack

PHP
API
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Automation of Tests
Continuous Integration
DevOps
Laravel
MySQL
Redis
Systems Integration
Twilio
Tailwind
Delivery Pipeline
PHPUnit
Caching
Technical Debt
Backend
GIT
WebPack
Front End Software Development
Docker

Job description

Modern Stack - Work with Laravel 10+, TALL stack, Docker, Redis, AWS Small Team, Big Voice - Your ideas won't get lost; you'll help shape the platform's future Career Growth - Opportunity to contribute at both technical and strategic levels

Requirements

As a Senior PHP Full Stack Developer, you'll work with the TALL stack (Tailwind, Alpine, Laravel, Livewire), plus Docker, Redis, AWS, and CI/CD pipelines. You'll have autonomy, visibility, and the opportunity to make real architectural decisions that keep the platform fast, scalable, and production-ready.

If you enjoy solving complex problems, optimising systems, and pushing code that matters - this is the role for you.

What You'll Be Doing

Backend Leadership - Own service logic, scalable architecture, and integrations in Laravel (PHP 8+)

Queue Mastery - Improve reliability and error handling across background jobs & async processes

CI/CD & DevOps - Collaborate to strengthen pipelines, automated testing, and deployments

Containers & Environments - Manage Docker-based dev environments with multiple workers & services

Integrations - Work with APIs & services like Twilio, RingCentral, AWS

Frontend Collaboration - Contribute to UI components with Livewire, TailwindCSS, and Vite

Mentorship & Quality - Uphold coding standards, peer reviews, and guide best practices

Continuous Improvement - Tackle technical debt and contribute to long-term platform strategy

What We're Looking For

  • Strong PHP (8.0+) & Laravel (10+) experience
  • Full stack skills: Blade templating, Livewire components, TailwindCSS, Vite
  • Solid MySQL database design & optimisation experience
  • Skilled with Redis (queues, caching) and background job processing
  • Comfortable in containerised environments (Docker, docker-compose)
  • Experience with CI/CD workflows, Git, and modern dev practices
  • Strong communicator who collaborates well across functions
  • Pragmatic approach to testing (PHPUnit, CI pipelines)
  • Ability to work independently while influencing project direction

Benefits & conditions

£50k-£60k salary

Company pension scheme

Sick pay

Medicash healthcare scheme

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