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# Backend Web Developer

- **Company:** ECM Selection Limited
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** £40,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), PHP (Programming Language), Big Data, Databases, Web Development, Django Web Framework, Python (Programming Language), Laravel, Node.Js, Web Application Security, SQL Databases, Backend, Information Technology, Web Technologies, Docker
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.ecmselection.co.uk/register/27335

## About the Role

This successful and growing company are looking for bright web developers to work on a suite of web tools written with a variety of languages and frameworks. These tools are integral to the value of the products and services that have made this company such a success. These are very much a set of tools which are built with web technologies and languages rather than regular web development., * 1st or 2:1 in Computer Science or similar from a top university

 * Good knowledge of web backend languages and technologies
 * Solid understanding of databases and SQL, especially large databases
 * Willingness to learn new languages and frameworks

For historic reasons, some of the code you will be working on is written in PHP, and so any specific knowledge of PHP would be very beneficial.



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