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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # MID LEVEL DEVELOPER - **Company:** Unico Recruitment London - **Location:** London, UK - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Query Performance, PHP (Programming Language), Microsoft Excel, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Automation of Tests, Code Review, Software Debugging, Laravel, SQL Azure, MySQL, Redis, Systems Integration, Highcharts, Tailwind, Phpunit, Backend, Git, Vue.js, Webpack, Integration Frameworks, Restful APIs, Webhooks - **Published:** September 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://itjobpro.co.uk/job/mid-level-developer-2 ## About the Role Experience: Approximately 3-5 years We are delighted to be partnering with a highly successful and well-established organisation within the finance sector, based in Borehamwood. Following continued year-on-year growth, the business is going from strength to strength and is now looking for a talented Mid-Level Full Stack Developer to join its small, collaborative in-house technology team. This is an excellent opportunity for a developer who enjoys taking ownership of their work and wants to play an important role in the continued development of business-critical platforms within a growing organisation., * PHP and Laravel 8+, including Eloquent, migrations, queues, events and Blade. * Vue 3, including single-file components, Composition or Options API and component state. * MySQL, with experience writing non-trivial queries and an understanding of indexes and query performance. * Consuming, integrating and debugging third-party REST APIs and webhooks. * Git, branch-based development and code review. * Working carefully with live production systems and sensitive data. * Taking a thorough, verify-before-you-ship approach to development. Desirable Experience Experience with any of the following would be beneficial but is not essential: * Tailwind CSS and component libraries such as shadcn/Reka UI. * Data visualisation tools including ECharts, Chart.js or D3. * Vite or legacy webpack/Laravel Mix. * Redis, AWS (S3, Cognito) or Azure SQL. * PHPUnit or Pest, with experience writing and maintaining automated tests. ## Description As a Mid-Level Full Stack Developer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the company's core business platforms and reporting applications. Working across both the Laravel backend and Vue front end, you will take ownership of features from initial development through to deployment. The systems support a range of customer and partner journeys, administration processes, reporting and internal dashboards used by teams across the business. Key Responsibilities * Deliver new features, enhancements and fixes across core business workflows, customer-facing dashboards, document generation and partner journeys. * Develop new reporting dashboards within the Vite/Vue reporting application, taking features from data queries through to charts, tables and user-facing functionality. * Build and maintain queue jobs, background reporting processes and PDF and Excel generation. * Work with a variety of third-party integrations and external APIs. * Help increase automated test coverage and improve the front-end build as the platform continues to evolve. * Take ownership of features throughout the development lifecycle while working closely with colleagues and the people who use the systems day to day. * Contribute to the ongoing improvement of a mature and business-critical codebase. ## Related Videos - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Reducing LLM Calls with Vector Search Patterns - Raphael De Lio (Redis)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1714-reducing-llm-calls-with-vector-search-patterns-raphael-de-lio-redis) - [MySQL Protocol Features You Should Be Aware Of](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100267-mysql-protocol-features-you-should-be-aware-of) - [Build and Deploy a Fullstack App with Open Source Tooling](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/775-build-and-deploy-a-fullstack-app-with-open-source-tooling) - [Branch your database like your code: How schema changes and pull requests go hand in hand](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/350-branch-your-database-like-your-code-how-schema-changes-and-pull-requests-go-hand-in-hand) - [Coding for Good: Achieving social change with an app](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1645-coding-for-good-achieving-social-change-with-an-app) ## Related Articles - [Frontend Developer Salary in The UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/233-frontend-developer-salary-in-the-uk) - [Fullstack Developer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/251-fullstack-developer-salary-uk) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [Find a Developer Job: 12 Best Job Sites For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/165-find-a-developer-job-12-best-job-sites-for-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline)