Senior PHP Laravel Developer
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Job description
We're looking for a Senior PHP Laravel Developer who thrives on clean, scalable code and loves turning big ideas into powerful, user-friendly features. You'll play a key role in shaping our SaaS platform - leading development across new modules, maintaining robust performance, and helping ensure a seamless experience for our 1M+ users.
You'll be joining a passionate, close-knit product and engineering team working on a modern Laravel + Vue stack with AWS infrastructure. This is a hands-on technical role, but also one where your voice matters - you'll help guide architecture, mentor others, and influence the direction of the product.
What You'll Do
- Lead development of new features and user interfaces from well-defined user stories.
- Write clean, readable, testable code (and help others do the same).
- Optimise application performance and maintain top-tier reliability.
- Collaborate with designers, product managers, and other developers to deliver elegant, well-architected solutions.
- Implement automated unit and integration tests to ensure rock-solid releases.
- Review pull requests, uphold coding standards, and guide best practices.
- Investigate, debug, and resolve complex production issues.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and infrastructure improvements.
- Support data migrations and integrations for new customer onboarding.
- Help shape technical documentation and internal knowledge sharing.
Requirements
Do you have experience in Vue.js?, * Expert knowledge of Laravel / PHP and RESTful API development.
- Solid experience with AWS, CI/CD, and DevOps pipelines.
- Strong grasp of application architecture patterns and scalable design.
- Confident working with Git, automated testing, and JSON data structures.
- Experience with mobile app integrations (Ionic knowledge a plus).
- Great debugging and profiling skills - you don't just fix, you improve.
- Comfortable mentoring others and contributing to an Agile workflow.
- Passionate about clean code, strong documentation, and continuous improvement.
Bonus Points For
- Familiarity with Ionic, Inertia.js, or Vue.js.
- Experience with push notifications or real-time app features.
- Previous work in a SaaS or recruitment tech environment.
How You Work
- You collaborate well with others - from design to delivery.
- You thrive in Agile environments, contributing to sprints, stand-ups, and show-and-tells.
- You understand the vision behind the product and align your work to move it forward.
- You take ownership of your work, documenting clearly and testing thoroughly.
- You enjoy mentoring others and sharing knowledge with the team., * PHP: 3 years (preferred)
- Laravel: 3 years (preferred)
- Vue.js or similar: 2 years (preferred)
Benefits & conditions
- Competitive salary (based on experience and skill).
- Hybrid working - a blend of office collaboration and home flexibility.
- Early Friday finish (12:30pm - start your weekend early!).
- Free gym membership.
- On-site parking.
- Regular team events and nights out.
Why You'll Love It Here
You won't be another cog in the machine - you'll be part of shaping the future of a platform that's genuinely changing how agencies work. You'll have autonomy, support, and the space to experiment, learn, and grow - all while shipping meaningful features that impact real users every day.
If that sounds like your kind of challenge, we'd love to hear from you.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £40,000.00-£60,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- On-site parking
