Senior Full Stack PHP Developer (In-House)

Jade Stanley Limited
7 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 63K

Job location

Tech stack

PHP
API
Artificial Intelligence
Azure
Databases
Continuous Integration
Github
SQL Databases
Systems Integration
Firebase
Gitlab
GIT
Front End Software Development
REST

Job description

We're building a modern insurance platform with a PHP-based back office system and a customer-facing website including quote & buy. The core platform is already well underway, and we're now hiring an in-house Senior Full Stack PHP Developer to take technical ownership, complete launch delivery, and lead post-live development - including an exciting AI roadmap.

This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys shipping real features, integrating systems, and improving reliability.

What you'll be working on (pre-launch)

  • Connecting the full platform end-to-end (front end + CMS + back office)

  • Improving back office workflows and internal tools

  • Delivering integrations (e.g. Firebase, medical screening provider, reporting, marketing consent)

  • Adding and improving unit + feature tests

  • Ensuring security, performance and reliability for launch

Post-live roadmap (high impact, including AI)

After launch you'll help evolve the platform, including:

  • Customer login / portal

  • Multi-scheme support

  • CRM migration + integration

  • AI Quotes (help automate and improve quoting/underwriting decisions using internal rules + data)

  • AI Knowledge Hub (internal assistant for staff: product rules, underwriting guidance, policy wording, FAQs and operational help)

You don't need to be an "AI researcher", but you must be comfortable building production features using APIs, data, and strong engineering practices.

CMS ownership (flexible)

Our CMS is being delivered with agency support. You'll either:

  • take ownership of the CMS directly, or

  • own the integration and ongoing development of the CMS delivered by the agency.

Requirements

Do you have experience in SQL?, * Strong PHP (production experience)

  • SQL + databases

  • REST APIs + third-party integrations

  • Front-end capability (HTML/CSS/JS + templates)

  • Git + collaborative development

  • Testing mindset (unit/feature tests)

Nice-to-have

  • Firebase

  • CI/CD (GitHub Actions / GitLab)

  • Insurance / fintech experience

  • AI API integration (OpenAI / Azure OpenAI / Anthropic etc.)

  • RAG / knowledge search experience

What we're looking for

  • A hands-on senior developer who can take ownership and deliver

  • Comfortable working with an existing codebase and agency partners

  • Strong integration skills and practical problem-solving

  • Focused on quality, reliability, and shipping

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