Mid-Level PHP Developer (Laravel)

Crown Oil

Bury, United Kingdom

3 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Languages

English

Experience level

Intermediate

Job location

Bury, United Kingdom

Tech stack

PHP

Code Coverage

Code Review

Continuous Integration

Relational Databases

Laravel

MySQL

SQL Databases

PHPUnit

Backend

Vue.js

Front End Software Development

Api Design

Docker

Job description

We're looking for a hands-on Mid-Level PHP Developer with solid experience building real features in Laravel, PHP, and SQL. You'll be working on new product features, improving existing systems, and contributing to a collaborative engineering team where you can continue growing your skills.

What You'll Be Working On

Building new application features in Laravel
Writing clean, maintainable PHP following modern standards
Designing and optimising SQL queries using MySQL or other relational databases
Working with Eloquent models, queues, jobs, events, and migrations
Contributing to code reviews, improving test coverage, and supporting CI/CD
Fixing and preventing performance issues (e.g., N+1 queries)
Collaborating with designers and frontend developers (Vue/Inertia optional)

Requirements

Do you have experience in Laravel?, Must-haves (non-negotiable):

Commercial experience with Laravel + PHP
Comfortable writing SQL queries (MySQL or similar)
Experience delivering real features in a production environment

Nice-to-haves (NOT required):

Vue.js / Inertia.js
PHPUnit testing
Docker
API development
CI/CD exposure

Who This Role Suits

A developer with 2-4 years of solid hands-on backend experience
Someone who has worked with Laravel on real shipped products
Someone ready for their next step into a confident mid-level role
Someone who wants to grow without being thrown into senior-level responsibilities, * Laravel: 2 years (required)