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Senior PHP Developer

Job Posted: 4 days ago

Salary: £ 60,000 - 70,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Basingstoke

Expire in: 24 days

Job Description

Senior PHP Developer

Basingstoke (Hybrid - 1 day onsite per week)
Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 per annum
Overview

A growing client of ours is seeking an experiences Senior PHP Developer to join its technology team, supporting the development and enhancement of its business-critical CRM platform.

Working within an Agile Scrum team, you will deliver scalable backend solutions, take ownership of complex features, contribute to technical improvements, and support engineering best practices across the team.

Roles & Responsibilities

Develop and maintain backend systems using PHP (Laravel/CakePHP).
Deliver features end-to-end, from design and development through to testing and deployment.
Enhance and modernise legacy CakePHP applications.
Build and maintain APIs, integrations, and backend services.
Write clean, maintainable, and testable code.
Contribute to code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD processes.
Support architecture decisions, technical improvements, and reduction of technical debt.
Troubleshoot production issues and support continuous improvement.
Mentor developers through knowledge sharing, coaching, and code reviews.
Collaborate with Product Owners, QA, DevOps, and wider technology teams.
Skills & Experience

5+ years’ commercial experience in PHP development.
Strong experience with PHP 7.4 (CakePHP) and PHP 8+ (Laravel/Symfony).
Experience building RESTful APIs and backend services.
Strong MySQL knowledge, including query optimisation and performance tuning.
Understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and SOLID principles.
Experience with JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS, Git, Docker, and Linux/WSL environments.
Strong experience with unit testing, automated testing, and code reviews.
Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.
Exposure to Vue.js/Nuxt, Azure, CI/CD pipelines, messaging technologies, microservices, or event-driven architectures is desirable.
Experience working within regulated industries such as Insurance or Financial Services is beneficial.
Qualifications
A-Level or equivalent required

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