Senior PHP Developer - REST API

Technology/Software Architect to help oversee the next phase of development of our suite of products. As an, Methodologies: Agile/Kanban, TDD/BDD, Continuous Integration and Delivery, AI-assisted development with, We are looking for someone to help oversee the next phase of development of our REST APIs. While we have highly

skilled developers within our teams, your role will be to provide a more holistic view to our product offering. These

products are both internal and external facing, the majority of which are developed in PHP. You will be working with

our dev team to design efficient and future-proof features whether for a specific product, or for features that interact

across various products.

Our systems process significant amounts of data every day so you will need to make sure that these systems are, expertise and project management. The direction you take is yours to choose, and we'll be on hand with the guidance

and support you need to succeed.We offer a highly collaborative working environment, excellent support for career progression, and a strong

accomplished PHP Senior Engineer you will have a solid track record of designing highly scalable technology

platforms., You will have experience with most of the following:

• 5 years of current, professional experience as a PHP Software Engineer.
• A strong understanding of software design patterns and principles.
• Experience with systems that process and handle large amounts of data.
• A strong understanding of cloud computing/distributed systems.
• Analysing existing systems and increasing efficiencies.
• Experience with highly scalable database platforms and have delivered Enterprise distributed cloud applications.
• A track record of delivering mission critical, enterprise cloud-based software/SaaS applications to budget and time.
• Experience with developing robust and secure APIs to facilitate an ecosystem of apps and websites.
• Proven experience deploying, managing, and optimising SaaS applications on AWS, including EC2, RDS, S3,

CloudFront, and Lambda.

• A good understanding of modern web security standards and methodologies.
• Experience in background processing, queuing, scheduling and multithreading.
• Proficiency using AI coding tools such as Cursor and Claude to write, review, refactor, and document code

efficiently.

• Ability to craft effective prompts and work iteratively with LLMs to solve complex engineering challenges.
• Experience integrating AI APIs (e.g. Anthropic Claude, OpenAI) into backend systems and workflows.

Technical Experience:

• Language: PHP (8.2+), Javascript, HTML, CSS
• Frameworks: Laravel (or equivalent)
• Cloud services: Server and serverless systems, object storage, logging, relational databases
• Database and Datastores: MySQL, Redis
• Operating system: Linux (Ubuntu)
• AI Development Tools: Cursor IDE, Claude (Anthropic), prompt engineering for code generation and review

Bonus knowledge:

• Apache server, message queue architecture
• Experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP etc.)
• Experience with microservicing large platforms.
• Experience with developing with websockets.
• Experience with building continuous integration pipelines (Jenkins, Docker and Kubernetes).
• Experience building AI-powered features or integrating LLM-based tooling into production systems.
• Familiarity with AI agent frameworks, RAG pipelines, or MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations., We are an equal opportunities employer. You must be eligible to work in the UK, hold a valid visa or UK residency, and

We are extremely ambitious, with bold targets designed to place us among the very best in our industry. As part of our, * Company pension scheme

• Gym membership
• Hybrid working (3 days a week in our Farringdon, London office)
• Vibrant location with a top-quality coffee shop next door and a bustling food market right outside

With an existing and highly satisfied customer base of very well-known large international blue chip enterprises, we