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# Senior Backend Engineer

- **Company:** developrec
- **Location:** Titchfield, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £70,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** PHP (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Messaging Systems, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Redis, Backend, Kubernetes, Cassandra, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** August 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5841744170

## About the Role

* We need at least 5 years of commercial PHP experience.
 * We need strong understanding of MySQL and messaging systems such as RabbitMQ and Redis.
 * We need experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP.
 * Familiarity with Kubernetes is a plus.
 * We need a pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset.
 * We need excellent communication and collaboration skills.

## Description

* We design, build and optimise PHP-based APIs and backend services.
 * We help decouple a large PHP 7.4 monorepo into modern PHP 8.1 services.
 * We work with AWS, Kubernetes, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Redis and Cassandra.
 * We collaborate closely with frontend, QA and product teams in a Kanban workflow.
 * We contribute ideas to improve scalability, performance and reliability.
 * We take ownership from concept through to deployment and support daily production releases.

Technologies:

 * AWS
 * Backend
 * Cloud
 * Cassandra
 * Frontend
 * GCP
 * Support
 * Kanban
 * Kubernetes
 * MySQL
 * PHP
 * RabbitMQ
 * Redis, We are a well-established, award-winning technology business that is scaling rapidly and building a suite of market-leading products. You will join a collaborative, cross-functional backend engineering team in Fareham, working in a hybrid or on-site environment and reporting to an Engineering Manager who has grown internally with the company. This is an opportunity to work on high-traffic products, modernise core systems, and have real ownership in a fast-paced, large-scale environment. We offer a salary of up to £70,000, an annual bonus of 10%, and a competitive benefits package. Please note that we are unable to provide sponsorship for this role.


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