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# PHP Developer

- **Company:** Harnham
- **Location:** Birmingham, UK
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** £45,000.0 - £50,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, JavaScript (Programming Language), PHP (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Software Quality, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, Software Debugging, DevOps, Laravel, SQL Databases, Vue.js, Docker
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/php-developer/57458020

## About the Role

* Strong commercial PHP and Laravel experience
 * JavaScript knowledge
 * API integration experience
 * Experience with relational databases
 * Understanding of testing and software quality practices
 * Strong debugging and problem-solving skills

Nice to have:

 * Vue.js or Inertia.js
 * CI/CD or DevOps exposure
 * Docker experience

## Description

Looking to work on a major platform transformation using modern PHP technologies? This is an opportunity to join a growing development team building and enhancing business-critical internal applications within a collaborative engineering environment., You will:

 * Develop and enhance applications using PHP and Laravel
 * Contribute to a greenfield internal platform
 * Build and integrate APIs
 * Work closely with SQL Developers and QA Engineers
 * Write clean, secure and maintainable code
 * Participate in testing, code reviews and releases