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# Senior Full Stack Engineer (PHP / Laravel) | Contract, Outside IR35

- **Company:** hedgehog lab
- **Location:** Leeds, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** PHP (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Laravel, Front End Software Development, Terraform
- **Published:** September 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=855a981855f124b7

## About the Role

* Senior to principal full-stack experience, genuinely end-to-end across front-end, APIs and data
 * Strong hands-on PHP and Laravel, working in a large, established codebase
 * You can pick up and build within an existing platform quickly, rather than only working greenfield
 * You can advocate for technical decisions and communicate them clearly
 * Comfortable delivering at pace in a complex, high-volume environment
 * Comfortable working in English, written and spoken

Nice to have:

 * Hands-on AWS, ideally with infrastructure as code (Terraform or CDK)
 * Retail or e-commerce background
 * GenAI or agentic workflows in your engineering practice

## Description

Flexible working, largely remote. We just ask that you're based within 50 miles of Manchester, as occasional visits to the office will be needed.