Senior PHP Backend Developer

Si digital
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 65K

Job location

Tech stack

Clean Code Principles
JavaScript
PHP
Agile Methodologies
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
HTML5
Unit Testing
CSS
Cloud Computing
Database Design
Software Debugging
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
JSON
MVC
Performance Tuning
Systems Development Life Cycle
Software Engineering
Subversion
TypeScript
Web Applications
XML
React
SOAPAPI
Backend
GIT
Angular
Material Design
Kubernetes
Front End Software Development
REST
Software Version Control
Microservices

Job description

We are seeking an energetic and highly experienced Senior PHP Backend Developer to join our in-house development team. In this role, you will lead the design, development, and optimisation of robust backend solutions using PHP, ensuring seamless integration with front-end technologies and third-party services. Your expertise will drive the creation of scalable, secure, and high-performance web applications for a wide range of different clients with different business needs.

If you thrive in an environment where you can make the big decisions that ensure web app projects are a success, and you want to help mentor other developers then this opportunity is for you!, * Develop, maintain, and enhance server-side applications using PHP, ensuring high quality and performance standards.

  • Design and implement RESTful APIs to facilitate smooth communication between front-end interfaces and backend services.
  • Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate UI components built with React, or other frameworks, ensuring a cohesive user experience.
  • Optimise database design and queries to support application scalability and efficiency.
  • Participate in the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including planning, coding, testing (unit testing), debugging, deployment, and documentation.
  • Utilise version control systems such as Git or SVN to manage codebase effectively across team members.
  • Implement microservices architecture when appropriate to improve modularity and system scalability.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by adopting best practices in application development, security protocols, and performance tuning and training others
  • Mentoring other members of the dev team, sharing PHP best practices
  • Working on greenfield builds as well as supporting and improving existing client projects

Requirements

  • Proven software development experience with extensive knowledge of PHP and backend frameworks at least 5 years.
  • Strong understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) principles and MVC (Model-View-Controller) architecture.
  • Hands-on experience working with REST APIs, SOAP web services, XML, JSON, and other data interchange formats.
  • Proficiency in database design and management.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS ( Kubernetes) for deploying scalable applications.
  • Experience with front-end development tools like HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular), TypeScript is a plus.
  • Ability to write clean code with a focus on debugging and troubleshooting complex issues efficiently.
  • Familiarity with version control systems such as Git, experience with CI/CD pipelines is advantageous.
  • Strong understanding of SDLC methodologies and Agile practices to ensure timely project delivery.

Benefits & conditions

Pulled from the full job description

  • Company pension
  • Casual dress
  • Company events
  • On-site parking

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