Senior Full Stack Web Developer (PHP) || Remote Working

Centric Talent
UK
5 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Clean Code Principles JavaScript (Programming Language) PHP (Programming Language) Artificial Intelligence Apache HTTP Server HTML5 Automation of Tests Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Software Quality Code Review Databases Continuous Integration
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Database Design Software Design Patterns Linux DevOps Programming Tools Web Servers Laravel Memcached MySQL Model View Controller (MVC) Nginx Node.Js Object-Oriented Software Development Performance Tuning Redis Responsive Web Design Server Administration Symfony TypeScript Web Applications Web Application Frameworks PHP Frameworks ReactJS Software Security Caching Technical Debt Indexer Backend Magento Git Vue.js Webpack AngularJS Git Flow Build Tools Npm(Software) Graphql Front End Software Development Restful APIs Doctrine (orm) Software Version Control Docker Microservices

Job description

external systems using RESTful APIs, third-party services and other integration technologies. * Contributing to technical architecture and solution design, ensuring implementations follow appropriate development standards, security practices, design patterns and coding best practices. * Reviewing and improving existing codebases, identifying opportunities to reduce technical debt, improve performance and increase maintainability. * Ensuring changes are thoroughly tested in appropriate development and controlled environments before release to production. * Working closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders to understand business requirements, assess technical feasibility and translate requirements into effective technical solutions. * Supporting development standards and engineering processes including source control, code reviews, CI/CD and deployment practices. * Providing technical guidance, knowledge sharing and mentoring to other developers, while promoting high

Requirements

standards of code quality and engineering best practice. * Keeping up to date with relevant technologies and identifying opportunities to improve the Group’s development processes, platforms and technical capabilities, including the appropriate use of automation and AI-assisted development tools. Core Technical Skills Strong proficiency in PHP (modern versions, OOP, best practices) * Extensive experience with PHP frameworks such as Laravel, Symfony, or similar * Solid front-end development skills using JavaScript / TypeScript * Experience with modern frontend frameworks (e.g. React, Vue, or Angular) * Deep understanding of HTML5, CSS3, and responsive design * Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs Essential Tools & Ecosystem Experience with version control using Git (branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews) * Strong working knowledge of Composer * Experience with npm / Node.js * Familiarity with build tools (e.g. Vite, Webpack) * Experience working with Linux-based development environments Backend & Database Strong experience with MySQL * Understanding of database design, indexing, and performance optimisation * Experience with ORMs (e.g. Eloquent, Doctrine) * Knowledge of caching systems (Redis, Memcached) Architecture & Best Practices * Proven experience designing scalable and maintainable applications * Strong understanding of MVC architecture and design patterns * Experience writing clean, testable, and well-documented code * Understanding of API security, authentication, and authorization DevOps & Deployment * Experience with CI/CD pipelines * Familiarity with Docker and containerised environments * Understanding of server management and web servers (Nginx, Apache) Experience * 5+ years of professional development experience, primarily with PHP * Proven track record of delivering production-grade web applications * Previous experience in a senior role Soft Skills * Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail * Ability to mentor and support junior developers * Excellent communication skills * Proactive mindset with strong ownership of work Nice-to-Have * Familiarity with GraphQL * Experience with microservices architecture * Exposure to automated testing pipelines and QA processes * Experience working with magento 2 and building modules * Understanding / experience of working with AI agents. Could this be the role for you? If you are interested, click apply!!

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