Senior Software Engineer

An excellent opportunity has now arisen for a Senior Software Engineer to join our client s growing and ambitious team.

Who are we? Our client is a scaling SaaS business, operating within a close-knit and collaborative team as they continue to grow. This is a key hire for the business, with plans to bring more of the development function in-house whilst still utilising specialist contractors.

This role will play a pivotal part in building out an internal development team, with the opportunity to step into a lead position as the team grows.

Importantly, this is not a build from scratch role the platform is already established. The focus will be on maintaining, improving, and optimising existing code, ensuring performance, stability, and scalability as the business evolves.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to be instrumental in building an in-house development function
• Clear progression into a leadership role
• Work closely with senior stakeholders and influence technical direction
• Join a growing business at an exciting stage of its journey
• Collaborative, supportive team environment

Duties of a Senior Software Engineer:

• Maintain, optimise, and enhance an existing LAMP-based platform (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
• Take ownership of full stack development across backend and frontend components
• Improve system performance, security, and scalability
• Support and contribute to architectural decisions and long-term technical roadmap
• Collaborate with product, QA, and implementation teams to deliver high-quality solutions
• Maintain and optimise MySQL databases, schemas, and queries
• Contribute to frontend development using modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Vue or similar)
• Conduct code reviews and implement best practice across development
• Support production systems, troubleshooting and resolving issues as required
• Work alongside external contractors, with a view to bringing more capability in-house
• Mentor and support future team members as the function grows

• Proven experience as a Senior or Full Stack Software Engineer within a LAMP environment
• Strong PHP development skills (Laravel or similar highly desirable)
• Solid experience with MySQL, including optimisation and performance tuning
• Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Vue, Angular etc.)
• Strong understanding of API design (RESTful or GraphQL)
• Experience working with Linux environments
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and agile methodologies
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with strong problem-solving ability
• Excellent communication skills, able to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• A passion for clean, maintainable code and continuous improvement